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Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010
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PostPosted: Feb 22, 2010 12:34    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

The reason Rob Lavinsky was up there during the awards presentation is he gives at least $100 cash to each of the junior age exhibitors. The second highest score gets $300 and the highest junior score gets $500. This was his fourth year he has done this and his biggest complaint to me is we are not giving enough of his money away.

Here are all of the award winners and thank you for asking.

Junior
Gordie Downs – Tucson, Arizona 1st Place and Best Junior
Clay Downs – Tucson, Arizona 2nd Place

Junior-Master
Erica Richardson – Phoenix, Arizona 1st Place and Best Junior-Master

Advanced
Kaye Thompson – Colorado Springs, Colorado 1st Place and Best Advanced

Master
Lauren Megaw – Tucson, Arizona 2nd Place
Gretchen Luepke Bynum – Tucson, Arizona 2nd Place
Danny Jones - 3rd Place
Alex Schauss – Tacoma, Washington 1st Place and Best in Show

Best of Theme

Thumbnail Phosphophyllite, Bolivia Paula Presmyk – Gilbert, Arizona
Toe-nail Tanzanite, Tanzania Paula Presmyk – Gilbert, Arizona
Miniature Corundum, Sri Lanka Robert Thacker – Houston, Texas
Small Cabinet Elbaite on Albite, Brazil Robert Thacker – Houston, Texas
Cabinet Quartz var. Amethyst, Uruguay Robert Thacker - Houston, Texas
Lapidary/Jewelry Faceted Quartz, +/- 750 facets Danny Jones –
Best Arizona specimen Barbara Muntyan - Tucson, Arizona

Special Trophies

Bideaux – For the best Arizona specimen entered in the competition
Steve Maslansky - Prescott, Arizona
Romero – For the best Mexican specimen on display in any of the exhibits
Scott Rudolph –
Lidstrom – For the best single specimen in a competitive exhibit
Al and Sue Liebetrau – Oregon
Desautels – For the best case of minerals entered in the competition
Alex Schauss – Tacoma, Washington
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PostPosted: Feb 22, 2010 12:37    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Bless you Les, I was so busy snapping photos I didn't write down all the award winner name and why they got the award!
If you see any photos that need a name, or a tweak, let me know?
It was great to see both you and Paula in Tucson, and thanks for all you do.
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PostPosted: Feb 22, 2010 13:03    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

You are welcome and thank you for all of the hard work you put into taking photos and getting them posted. So, right back at you.

Somewhere in the string of photos and comments is a picture of a brunette you identified as "the nice lady who does the advertising for the show". She is Laura Schauss, wife of Alex Schauss. Alex is the one who won Best in Show and the Desautels Trophy.
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PostPosted: Feb 23, 2010 22:48    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Hey, I did run into Tom and Irv at one of the booths at the show. They were really looking for some sleepers.
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PostPosted: Mar 02, 2010 08:34    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Wow, this thread has had over 27,000 hits!
Makes it all worthwhile!

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PostPosted: Mar 02, 2010 08:36    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

...Settled back home, along with a new friend we saw in our backyard!


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PostPosted: Mar 02, 2010 19:27    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Les Presmyk wrote:

Here are all of the award winners and thank you for asking.!


Les, I couldn't remember, what category did Barb Muntyan win her award in?

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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2010 09:09    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Best Arizona specimen in the Best of Theme (Gems and Gem Minerals) competition.
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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2010 09:19    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Gail wrote:
Wow, this thread has had over 27,000 hits! Makes it all worthwhile!

Congratulations, Gail!

It's a quite difficult goal to achieve in a time so short. You must be very proud.

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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2010 10:30    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Thank you Carles, it makes me proud to see so many people like the content of my show report/photofest.
Many people cannot travel, or afford to travel, and it is a great thing to see what a show is all about. What people wear, how the shows are set up, what the weather is like....
All important to people who might wish to make the trip one day.

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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2010 10:42    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

To all, in an earlier note I listed the Tucson winners and I just discovered two mistakes. First, I have added Barbara Muntyan to where her award properly belongs. Second, Steve Maslansky won the Bideaux Trophy for the best Arizona specimen. My apologies to both.

Best of Theme

Best Arizona specimen - Barbara Muntyan - Tucson, Arizona

Special Trophies

Bideaux – For the best Arizona specimen entered in the competition
Steve Maslansky - Prescott, Arizona
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PostPosted: Mar 03, 2010 11:16    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Les Presmyk wrote:
To all, in an earlier note I listed the Tucson winners and I just discovered two mistakes. First, I have added Barbara Muntyan to where her award properly belongs. Second, Steve Maslansky won the Bideaux Trophy for the best Arizona specimen

Already corrected in the previous list.
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PostPosted: Mar 22, 2010 04:39    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

What are the odds! I was just reading this thread for the third time when i couldn't believe my eyes: On page 1, picture

https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/files/dscn8420_878.jpg

the man behind Jordi - this is Reinhard Balzer from Marburg, the patron of the Marburg Museum. The museum owes a lot of its inventory to him and his trips around the world. He is gemologist and author of books about minerals from Rio Grande do Sul and amethyst from Uruguay.

A really funny coincidence that you got him on the photo, Gail :-)
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PostPosted: Jul 05, 2010 06:01    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

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PostPosted: Jul 05, 2010 08:03    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

:-)
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PostPosted: Jul 05, 2010 08:38    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Discount? what awful word!!!... Everybody knows that I'm a very serious person, so concentrate in science and knowledge, that I can't waste my time with this kind of minor terrenal details ;-)


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PostPosted: Jul 06, 2010 14:38    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Oh..sort of like this?????????


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PostPosted: Nov 23, 2010 15:33    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Hi Gail,

The photo on page 18, DSC 0015.JPG is Garry Alexander, a long time mineral collector from Tucson.
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PostPosted: Nov 23, 2010 15:41    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010.  

Hi again Gail... The photo on pg 15 DSC 0177.JPG is Rodney Moore the previous owner of Jackson Crossroads in Georgia.
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PostPosted: Jul 03, 2011 06:10    Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson photo fest, 2010  

When I see mineral's picture ı can't stand, I want to buy what I see, I ordered new turmalines and emerald pieces. I will share when ı delivered, ı want to have a museum in my house.
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