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Top and right; What could be more Price Tags Blank 2 Blank
fitting in Canada than a bonsai show in
a hockey arena?
Left; Gay Liddell was given the BCI
Award of Excellence by BCI Director
Bonsai on the Blue Line Joan Greenway for her many Golden
contributions to the Matsuyama Golden
Bonsai Society.
By Joan Greenway, Canada Arrow
Gay Liddell was awarded a BCI Award of Excellence at the Matsuyama Bonsai Club an- Arrow
nual show for her many contributions to MBS and the art of bonsai. The award winning
potter, and a 15-year member, past president and secretary of the Matsuyama Society Bonsai Bonsai
summarized the joys and tribulations of putting on a Canadian bonsai show in a hockey
arena this way….. Andrew Smith, 22473 Alpine Andrew Smith, 22473 Alpine Acres Dr,
“On behalf of the show committee, I want to thank everyone for all of your hard work
in creating, and presenting one of our best Annual Bonsai Shows to date. The huge Acres Dr, Deadwood, SD Deadwood, South Dakota 57732
number of spectators and the many genuinely interested folks were a testament to the 57732
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Finally, a thank you to Joan and BCI for the beautiful medallion award you gave me. It
represents and reflects the wonderful fellowship within our family of bonsai, the mem-
bers, past and present, of the Matsuyama Bonsai Society, mentors and friends all.”

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