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Dansk Bonsai Selskab er medlem af
European Bonsai Association &
World Bonsai Friendship Federation
„Bonsai in the middle of Europe“
This is the
motto of the EBA/ESA Convention from 30.09. – 02.10.2011, taken place
in Ratingen near Düsseldorf / Germany.
The hosts of
the meeting for Bonsai friends coming from 19 European countries are the
German Bonsai Club and the members of the local Bonsai Club from North
Rhine-Westphalia. For the fourth time since 1985 the convention will take
place in Germany. Parallel to the EBA/ESA convention the German Bonsai Club
will execute his yearly exhibition and annual general meeting in Ratingen.
The Bonsai
Club Germany is already, since its establishment in the year 1978, connected
to the European Bonsai idea. This reflects itself also in the original name
of the BCD, which was” Bonsai Club - European Association of miniature tree
friends ". After a series of informal contacts between Bonsai enthusiasts of
different countries at the beginning of the 80's of the last century the BCD
president at that time Paul Lesniewicz invited 1982 to the first common
meeting to Heidelberg. Representatives of the Bonsai organizations from
Great Britain, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Belgium and
Germany became fast united to pursue the project of a European Bonsai
Association.
1984 in
Mannheim/Germany in the context of the 2nd international European Bonsai
symposium during the first general assembly ("Annual general Meeting" AGM)
of the EBA, Peter Brown (UK) was elected as the first president of EBA. The
formal establishment followed in the autumn of the same year, when the
by-laws became also in practice effective. 1985 in the Netherlands Apeldoorn
starts then the series "official" yearly meeting, which continues until
today. The BCD was thereby three times host: 1988 in Heidelberg, 1996 in
Munich and 2001 again in Munich, at that time connected with the 4th World
Bonsai Convention.
In this
European tradition of the German Bonsai Club and the local Bonsai Club
Nordrhein-Westfalen feels free to organize the EBA Convention 2011 on top of
the organization of the BCD annual general meeting.
For the
organization of the project EBA Convention Jürgen Stodt and Axel Paduch
(president of the North-Rhine/Westphalia federation and Business Manager
BCD) are responsible. The fact that both belong to the BCD board, provides
for short ways. For the connection to the EBA Jürgen Carocci (EBA delegate
of the BCD and the EBA treasure) is responsible. Without the mechanism of a
large organizing committee Stodt and Paduch are working with several working
groups, which care in each case for concrete fields.
The
Convention is located in the „House of Sports“. The location has all the
requirements we need for a perfect exhibition (areas for two exhibitions-
Bonsai and Suiseki, areas for sales stalls, demos and meetings)
The
geographical position of the location is near the airport of Düsseldorf and
also near several highways. So it is for all foreign visitors easy to reach.
Also there are a lot of accommodations in the neighborhood in different
categories and prices.
The visitors
in Ratingen can look forward to a number of top-class Bonsai artists from
Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany. Primus inter pares of them all might
be thereby the South Tyrolean Othmar Auer. For the first time in Germany
Aurelio de Capetani will show his art of Bonsai. Capitani is considered as
the prominent Shohin specialist of Italy. Well known in Europe are also the
Alsace Francois Jeker and Serge Clemence from Switzerland.
The national
contingent of the demonstrators reads itself as " Who' s who" of Bonsai in
Germany. Names such as Walter Pall, Udo Fischer, Hartmut Münchenbach, Werner
M. Busch and Jürgen Zaar influence the scene in Germany over years. With
Christian Przybylski and Ralf Steiner the visitors will see that Bonsai in
North Rhine-Westphalia again and again brings new talents out.
Added to
nearly 200 Bonsai and Suiseki, the Bonsai artists, the presentations and
lectures the visitors will also find a number of dealers, coming from
different European countries, with an offer of a variety of goods.
More
information about the gala dinner, prices and hotel accommodations etc. you
will find on the convention homepage:
www.european-bonsai-convention.eu
Hope we see us in Ratingen
Jürgen Carocci
BCD Board
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