April 2011 monthly meeting

This meeting will be held on Sunday April 17th 2011 at 10.00 am at the Auditorium at the San Fernando Technical Institute at the Southern end of the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Tarouba, San Fernando. The meeting will discuss important aspects of this show.

Monthly Show Table

There will be the usual monthly show table so do bring along your flowering orchids for judging.

Monthly Plant Raffle

There will be a raffle of an Orchid plan donated by Shanti and Moses Samusl. The price is two (2) chances for $5.00

Spring Orchid Show 2011

Our annual Spring Orchid Show will be held at the San Fernando Technical Institute in San Fernando on Saturday April 30th and Sunday May 1st. 2011.
Kerry Latchman and Sharon Ramjit-Mohammed are the chairpersons for this Show.
The theme for this show is 'ORCHIDS IN ART' and members are encouraged to participate and exhibit to give full representation of this theme.
This Show will be open to the public from 9.00am to 6.30 pm.on both days, and will feature exhibits within the entire auditorium comprising of small, medium and large exhibits.
Sister Societies, Environmental Organizations and the Ministry of Agriculture will also be staging exhibits. There will be many vendors selling orchid plants and horticultural supplies.
The entry desk will be set up at the show hall to receive entries of Orchid plants and cut flowers on Thursday April 28th 2011 all day until 9.00 pm.The entry classification system to be used for this show will be based on the Monthly Show Table format. Judging of exhibits will be done on Friday April 29th 2011from 9.00 am to 12.00 noon.

Assistance is required from members of the society for the Information Desk and Sale of tickets at the door for both days of the show.
Assistance is also required from members with regards to other areas of the setting up of the show.

Members who are willing to assist can contact the Show Chairpersons Kerry Latchman and Sharon Ramjit-Mohammed

Entry to the Show will be free to members on presentation of their Membership Card 2010/2011. Members whose subscription is not up to date should contact the Treasurer Gervais de Matas to have their membership renewed. Members, who do not have their membership renewed for the current fiscal year, will have to pay the admission fee for entry to the show. Tickets for the show are available from the Treasurer Gervais de Matas and other members of the Management Committee.
We are appealing to members to take as many tickets as possible to pre-sell in order to make this Show a huge success.