Ray & Cindi McDonald
Kaye Burke, Alan McMillian & Sara Stevenson
Catherine & David Ottley
Ann & Allen Bush
Skip Vogelsang & Richard Hooton
Jamie, Joannah & James Martin
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he Pensacola Camellia Club held its 80th Annual Camellia Show in a new
location this year, at the UWF Conference Room and Ballroom on Saturday,
December 8. This Camellia Show is registered with the American Camellia
Society, and follows all the regulations and guidelines required to present
the event. Depending on weather habits throughout the year, anywhere between
1,000- 1,500 blooms are presented. Many people travel the country to attend these
shows, coming from nearby states like Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Several members of the Camellia Club are specially certified judges, so they are asked
to be present and judge multiple shows over the year. Each species has a judging class,
followed by a sub-variety, and individual breed class. The winners from each class are
then judged for Best of Show and Runner-up awards. Usually, the winner receives a piece
of crystal as their prize.
Director Skip Vogelsang said, “Camellias are wonderful. They grow when nothing else
is growing, they bloom in the winter, they are evergreen, and a very hearty landscape
plant, so they stay with you all year round.”
This year, The Camellia Club followed last year’s trend and asked club members to
donate a toy or cash to help local area children in need. Christi Hankins said, “We try to
cover all the children, ranging in ages from itty bitty, to almost adult. Everyone deserves
something for Christmas.”
photos & story by
Kristina Wright
Pam Kuhn & Margaret Tamberella
VIP Pensacola at UWF Conference and Ballroom
Pensacola Camellia Club’s
80th Annual Camellia Show
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