seattle's show now in record books

[dick benbow]

A "bumpershoot" was actually needed for the 15th annual Washington Koi and watergarden Show. Around 200 koi competed with the GC going to Dan and Sharon Olson from Spokane. In a bold move, Judges for the event took a size six kohaku and placed it above some very nice size 7 koi to become grand champion for this year's show. Reserve went to lisa and Rich street with a very proper kohaku. 3rd best koi was a beautiful sanke owner by KB's own Chris C who was show chair for this year's event.(she also took a first with a wonderful asagi named "blue".....

Air travel complications caused the judge from the UK to miss her connections and her place was nicely covered by Pat Christianson of Portland. Head Judge kentaro Sakai brought his wife and 4 year old son with him and it was wonderful for me to be able to meet them and spend some time together. last years' GC owner, Gene Gowand took baby grand honors.
Oregon judging was also upheld with the presence of Norm Call from the Roseberg area.

It was a great time to visit with many old friends including several down from Van Couver/British Columbia, Canada.

I hope someone took photos because the koi were very nice ( this is Joel B's
who posts here backyard) so many nice koi were scattered thru out the sizes including a wonderful "domestic" longfin bred right there at pan intercorp. The show layout with splash guards and proper distance between tanks was the best i had seen this year so kudos to the show staff.

[KoiCop]

Congrats to all. Anxiously awaiting pix.

[dick benbow]

I think our best hope is Chris c...she was show chair and very busy this weekend so hopefully maybe in a day or two....
Sunday afternoon i slipped away to the Aki matsuri festival at a nearby community college. Listen to the drums beat in my chest for a half hr or so,
enjoyed some roasted chestnuts and took in a noh play. Lots of demonstrations on kendo and judo. Very hard to find a parking place this year.

There is an artist that i always buy one of her works because she does cats and this year I found one with a koi pond in the foreground, a little girl curled up with her cat and a nursery tale book under a tree and pretty temple in the background.was delighted...

Great weekend...now if we could just get some photos....

[Moneypit]

Well I have pictures of the show but for some reason they will not upload

[Moneypit]

Ok here are the pictures I took at the seattle show

[Moneypit]

Sorry got a few wrong pictures on the last post here are some more.

[KoiCop]

thanks for keeping after it and getting the pix up. Enjoyed looking at them.

[MikeM]

I always enjoy seeing the variety entered in shows. Thanks for posting.

[Moneypit]

The Kohaku in the picture of the second row second from left took GC

[dick benbow]

Thank-you Stacey for posting all those pictures. We should work on stacey to tell us about his new pond he built and what he's done to it to keep it heated. Quite an interesting story and a lot could be learned by KB readers.... By the way I'm off to the home of the GC from the seattle show the first weekend in october to speak to a study group from the spokane club about a group of toshio sakai tosai aquired this spring to document growth and change. One of the 7 is a true tategoi (showa) and will be a rare treat for those members to actually see these fish to compare what they looked like this spring and how they changed by this fall. You can see pictures and hear discriptions but until you actually get a chance to see a true tategoi in the flesh your learning curve goes up remarkably.... Dan,Sharon and i have been asked to document our findings and perhaps have them published as a learning tool....but more on that at a later time which may also include some special fish from nisei koi farm in the study....that's the beauty of this hobby, the more you know, the more you realize you have yet to learn!!!!!!!