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From the editor

t’s been a busy spring for everyone at BCI and we are working on many MISSION STATEMENT
fronts to make bonsai and stone appreciation a pleasurable pass time for
Iour members around the world. Work on an improved website, especially BONSAI CLUBS INTERNATIONAL
the log in and account management section, has begun in earnest and soon Bonsai Clubs International, a not-for-profit educational
we’ll launch a website that has more content and will be easier to use. Promise. organization, advances the ancient and living art of bonsai
The season’s highlight for me was a visit by Dan Robinson, from Elandan and related arts through the global sharing of knowledge. We
Gardens in Seattle, to our local bonsai club’s workshop in June. Dan is an educate while promoting international friendship and solidify
American bonsai pioneer and a unique artist whose main concern when world relationships through cooperation with individuals and
creating a bonsai composition, is the trunk. To this end, he has mastered organizations whose purpose is consistent with ours.
many techniques to make the trunk a major focal point with a story to tell.
Not only did he demonstrate on a club tree and collaborate with all workshop
participants on their individual trees, he also took interest in our unique OFFICERS DIRECTORS
geography by asking to be taken tree collecting on the Canadian Shield. Thomas S. Elias, President Massimo Bandera, Italy
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California, USA
After a short 90-minute drive and an easy climb to granite outcrops no [email protected]
more than 30 feet high, we were in Jack pine land where stunted trees grow Glenis Bebb, 1st Vice President Bill Butler, USA
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on the glacier-scoured rock face. Dan was in his element, commenting on Queensland, Australia
everything he was experiencing and sharing his considerable experience [email protected] Kathy Coffman,
Ohio, USA
on how to “bring them back alive.” Most important was his advice on “root Paul Gilbert, 2nd Vice President [email protected]
enhancing” wild trees with good bonsai potential but with small root pads or Colorado, USA
no root pads at all. Six hours later, we had five trees in tow and a new outlook [email protected] Les Dowdell, Canada
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on our beloved rocks. Sometimes it takes a visitor to help you see what you Pauline Muth, Treasurer
have. While it is essential to study bonsai and to apply what is learned, there New York, USA Joan Greenway, Canada
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is no substitute for a lifetime of experience like Dan’s. Our club is now joining [email protected]
in Dan’s gnarly tree aesthetic and the future looks promising for creating Kath Hughes, Min Hsuan Lo, Taiwan
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bonsai from our local Jack pines. Secretary
This issue is full of articles from very experienced and knowledgeable West Midlands, UK Frank Mihalic, USA
contributors from which we can learn. Lew Buller, Nikunj and Jyoti Parekh [email protected] [email protected]
and Sujata Bhat provide valuable information and insights into two species IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Chiara Padrini, Italy
suitable for bonsai; Kath Hughes is on a mission to help us understand the Robert Kempinski, [email protected]
Florida, USA
complexities of judging bonsai with a challenge to comment on the trees she [email protected] Nikunj Parekh, India
presents; Kath also profiles her colleagues Mark and Ritta Cooper, whose love [email protected]
of Japan and all things Japanese has enriched their life; and Tony Ankowicz EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Ng Ing Suan,
Helen Su
contributes an important chapter in American stone appreciation, presenting Taiwan, R.O.C. Malaysia
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stones from The Great Lakes. Everybody loves a bonsai tree in bloom but the [email protected]
Satsuki Festivals in Japan are in a class of their own. Mike McIntyre takes us BCI BUSINESS OFFICE Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
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there to explain the fascination with the tree of “the fifth month.” Carole Roske,
Our feature article, by Massimo Bandera is on Ryan Neil, part of a new Business Manager DIPLOMATIC MAILBAG
generation of bonsai artists who have studied in Japan and are energizing PO Box 40463 Frank Mihalic, Editor, USA
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bonsai activities all over the US and beyond. We are also pleased to show you Bay Village, OH 44140-9998 USA
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the great bonsai Ryan has created.
As always, I invite your comments.
—Joe Grande, Canada ([email protected])
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