Got a ton of material to show just have not found the time to sit down and write all these events down. I'll try my best to document everything I have as some items are several months old now.
Lets beginning with last's month Orange County Bonsai Society show in late June. I literally got back in town and Big Joe asked if I wanted to see the show. This show has been on dark for the past year because of the construction of their show site. But, that is all in the past. The show building that they were in was beautiful and full of ambient light. Unlike many new remodeled locations with new LED setup this place was gorgeous to shot or film.
I did have all my equipment to film the event but Jason Saito beat me to the punch so I linked the video at this link to Facebook. Another great thing about several local clubs is that we are sharing the resources we have to cover events all around Southern California.
Here are the trees at the show:
Ginkgo - Debra Mauzy Melitz
Ginkgo - Joyce Gibbs
Olive - Chuck Medina
Cork Bark Jade - Gary Lai
Japanese Boxwood Shohin - Joyce Gibbs
Jade - Bill Vega
Banyan Fig - Dick Harlow
Shohin Display - Joyce Gibbs
Star Lavender - Ken Scholthan
Fig - John Deluca
Silverberry - Ken Nguyen
Ficus - Gary Lai
Boxwood - Gary Lai
Olive - Dick Harlow
Saikei - Debra Mauzy Meltiz
Silverberry - Ken Nguyen
Pomegranate - John Deluca
Shohin Display - Peter Macasieb
Cork Oak - Ken Nguyen
Shohin Display - Peter Macasieb
Shohin Display - Peter Macasieb
Tamarisk Shohin - Peter Macasieb
Olive - Allan Sugimura
Olive - Michael Walsh
Bougainvillea - Nicole Mashburn
European White Birch - Ken Scholthan
Ficus - Gary Lai
Bougainvillea - Dick Harlow
California Juniper - Tom Vuong
Torulosa - Jimmy Takeda
Japanese Boxwood - Michael Walsh
Bougainvillea - Nicole Mashburn
Cork Bark Jade - Bill Vega
Japanese Black Pine - June Nguy
Chinese Elm - Ken Schlothan
Japanese Black Pine - Carly Mashburn
Bush Cherry - Jim Pierce
Star Lavender - Maryann Tran
California Juniper - David Nguy
Frank Goya was the guest demonstrator for the day. Of course Frank was showing the crowds how to make a basic "Saikei".
Great story from Michael Walsh. He was explaining to us that this tree was one of his original trees he started with many years ago. For a during in his life bonsai was a hobby and many of his trees were placed into the yard and became yard trees. So when he started bonsai again he dug up this boxwood hoping it would be like a grand oak bonsai style one day.
That day never came and that boxwood would never become that oak style tree. Michael let Roy Nagatoshi restyle his tree for him. Within minutes this tree that had a large canopy mass became the tree you see above with a single tiny foliage left. That was 5 years ago and since then this tree looks pretty good so far.
Well, that will do it for this post. If you got some stories to tell about this show or if I got the wrong person please tell me and I'll change or add it as best as I can. Until the next post.