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Roses in a Tropical Paradise! If you can find an old Conch shell from some long ago vacation, hold it to your ear and listen to the song of the sea. Close your eyes, and imagine the Coconut palms swaying. Feel the sand in your toes, hear the island sounds of Jimmy Buffet. If that sounds good to you, plan to attend the Fall 2013 District Convention and Rose Show, October 25 - 27 hosted by the Greater Palm Beach Rose Society. Experience our beautiful beaches, tour the gardens of the rich and famous and take home an original oil on canvas painting by renowned artist Hope Reis. Of course, you will have to win Queen of Show first. Visit Hope’s website at www.hopereis.com to see some of her outstanding works of art. We’ll start Friday off with the Deep South District’s traditional rose arrangement workshop led by the “Fantastic Three” Sandy Dixon, Lee Hale and Jim Harrell. You may remember them hosting the first ARS Multi-Regional All-Arrangement Rose Show and School in Franklin, Tennessee last summer. You will be learning from the best. For those that don’t do arrangements, we have a tour of the Henry Flagler Museum in Palm Beach. You will arrive back at the Hotel in time to “Come as a Rose” to our lake and poolside gathering under the palms, with live music and complementary Champagne for the first hour. For dinner, we have Tropical Island Display Stations laden with (to name a few), jerk marinated chicken breast, smoked Mahi Mahi, marinated grilled sirloin of beef with assorted dipping sauces and cheeses, pasta stations with sauces, chicken and sausages, and a carving station featuring herb marinated beef tenderloin. Sounds great doesn’t it? Don’t worry, the stations will be spread out around the pool deck because we don’t like long lines here in Margaritaville. After dinner we’ll have fun judging the “Come as a Rose” costumes, and awarding prizes. That’s just Friday. Saturday’s rose show will be sure to draw the Deep South’s best exhibitors as they vie for Queen of Show and a beautiful painting that the artist, Hope Reis will sign for the winner. We are thinking outside the crystal vase for this rose show and will have lots of great rose show prizes that you can really use. So bring your roses, it only takes one to win. We have lined up some awesome programs to entertain you during the day on Saturday:
For Saturday night’s Awards Banquet, we will have passed hors d’oeuvres during the cocktail hour and a plated sit down dinner with a choice of three delicious entrees. The top show trophy winners will be announced as will the recipients of the DSD Outstanding Judges Award, Outstanding Consulting Rosarian and Silver Honor Medal. So make sure you are there, it could be you! Sunday we invite you to a tour of the beautiful gardens of Palm Beach, Manalapan and Ocean Ridge, of course, lunch is included. Our Hotel is the Hilton Palm Beach Airport and the group code is: Rose. Click here to make hotel reservations for DSD Fall Convention. The rate is good for three days before and three days after, and comes with a full breakfast for two each morning, and complementary shuttle to and from the airport and lots more. Look for the Registration Form with this article and reserve your room now. I promise you won’t go home hungry. You might not go home with Hope’s beautiful painting, I plan to win that! THE GAUNTLET IS THROWN, and you are invited to the Tropical Paradise that is Palm Beach County, Florida. We hope to see you then!. |
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