hello membersWe just had our Regional Competition and event organised by Lesley
Edwards of the Southern Belles in Bournemouth. (8th & 9th October 2011).
It was a lovely event attended by 58 members. The venue was perfect
and all the catering was supplied, everyone had a great time meeting
old friends, completing workshops and entering the GDS competition.
A big thankyou to members who brought so many dolls, a staggering 76
entries !!
Well done all of you and congrats to all the winners. Gillian will
send out the results sheet soon.
A big thanks also to Sue Maidment for taking the dolls in and of
course to the judges who had a lot of work to critique so many dolls,
it took them all day and they did a fine job!
I also had the opportunity to meet our new Gems System manager Trudy
Hood and a huge thankyou to her for sorting everything out and getting
it all up dated. This was a major task as it was in a bit of a mess.
Trudy has also translated the handbook into German language and
printed new certificates. Several Gem awards were handed out at the
weekend as well.
A big thankyou to all UK members for your efforts and hope you all
enjoyed the weekend.
We also had an AMAZING International event in Hanau, Germany , (16th
to 18th September 2011), which was very well organised by Martha
Grunewald and her family. The competition had 106 entries and some
really stunning dolls! The Doll Museum made the best venue for a doll
convention and in beautiful surroundings. I was thrilled to see so
many of our European members from Germany, Switzerland, Austria and
Norway and a large group travelled from the UK to help make it a truly
international event !
There were several special awards including Puppen & Spielzeug
magazine, The Doll Museum award and a fantastic prize presented by
Hildegard Gunzel as well as the GDS Coleman, Stanton and Wanke trophies.
Gilliian has already distributed the results sheet for this
competittion a few weeks ago, congratulations to all the worthy winners.
See you all again soon I hope.
Best Regards
Debbie Stanton
President & Founder
Global Doll Society
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