The
January 2008 Newsletter
Meeting
Date:
Time:
Place: Thomaston Savings Bank
Program:
President’s
Message:
Barbara
and I enjoyed seeing many of you at the Christmas party at our residence in
early December. As usual, the appetizers
and deserts were great, with several main course selections. We hope everyone had good memories
from the continuous
projection
of dahlia photos from the four major regional shows last summer, including CDS,
We
just received our 2007 handbook of dahlias along with the fourth quarter
Bulletin and will be looking at how various varieties did last year.
This
year has an event filled calendar for our members. We will be holding the 50th anniversary show
for CDS and hope to make it our best show ever.
We will be discussing preparations for the show at our January 13
meeting.
In
addition, the ADS National Show will be at
It
is also time to start planning for our annual root auction and sale, our
primary fundraiser for the year. Each
year it seems we still have some rough edges, but a lot of progress has been
made in streamlining the auction and giving participants multiple options to pick up lots of dahlia roots at
reasonable prices.
Our
topic that should be discussed at the meeting is how to expose more people to
dahlias and how to increase our membership.
Everything we do would be easier and better with more members so we hope
to hear suggestions about how to increase our reach.
Jon
Wooten
jwwooten@optonline.net
Meeting
Cancellation in the Event of Bad Weather:
If
weather conditions may cause a cancellation of the meeting, call either, Jon (203)
259-8359, or Donna (203) 574-3945 to determine the status of the meeting. Our decision will be made by
Meeting
Dates for 2008:
February
17 Sunday,
March
16 Sunday,
April 20 Annual Root Auction, Pond House,
Elizabeth Park,
Set-up
May
18 Sunday,
June
22 Sunday,
July
13 Sunday, Annual Picnic at the Wooten’s,
August
10 Sunday,
Aug. 23 &
24 50th Anniversary Show of the CDS
& 48th. Annual NADC Show,
Elizabeth Park
September No Meeting-Show Month
October
12 Sunday
November
9 Sunday
Dec. Christmas Party, date to be decided
William
G. Neckerman Award at our 2008 Show:
By hosting the NADC Conference Show along with our 50th. Anniversary Show, our
society has selected the variety “Embrace”
as the Neckerman Class variety. Entry is
limited
to one bloom per exhibitor, 1st Prize is $60.00, 2nd is $25.00 and 3rd. is
$15.00.
History of the
Connecticut Dahlia Society, Inc.
On
Harry Allyn,
Lester Andrew,
Fred Calkins,
Franklin Dressel,
Walter Hardisty,
Charles Hobbs,
Clarence Johnson,
Thomas McNulty,
Ernest Miller,
Frank Seaman,
Paul Smith,
Paul Smith was
the founder of the Connecticut Dahlia Society and he was also elected as its’ first President. The first show of
the society was held on September 9 & 10 of 1959 in the
The society
then held its’ second and third shows in Waterbury, before moving to the Pond
House in Elizabeth Park in Hartford for two years. Following shows were held in
The
Connecticut Dahlia Society is an affiliated society of the American Dahlia
Society and has its’ judges credentialed according to the standards of the ADS.
The CDS is also a member of the North Atlantic Dahlia Conference that consists
of six other societies from the states of
For the past
nine years, the Connecticut Dahlia Society has been maintaining a
The Annual
Show of the CDS is always held on the fourth Saturday in August. The 50th. Anniversary Show of the
CDS will be held on August 23 & 24, 2008, at the Pond House in Elizabeth
Park. Admission for the public is free and exhibitors from many states will
display their blooms at this show.
The mission of
the CDS is to stimulate interest in, and promote the culture and development of
the dahlia; to conduct and promote public exhibition of dahlias in
Marge Schnerr, Editor
mrschnerr@sbcglobal.net