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Please do not reply to this message. Thank You. To view the archives or join/leave TMG list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/tmg.html [music,musical notes,symbols]Hit a High Note in Music City! American Daffodil Society 2012 Fall Board Meeting and Symposium Hosted by the Middle Tennessee Daffodil Society October 26-27 in Nashville, TN This fall event of the American Daffodil Society is OPEN TO ALL ADS members and guests (this includes Master Gardeners) and is not for ADS Board Members only. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for anyone who wants to learn more about modern daffodils and meet some of the amazing people in the daffodil world (from around the world!). Please join us for the reception, dinner, and bulb auction on Friday night; a Symposium on The Future of Daffodil Breeding on Saturday; and a reception and dinner on Saturday night. The Friday night reception will include a costume contest for costumes based on daffodil names or themes (costumes optional). The ADS Board Meeting will be held on Saturday morning. The Saturday Symposium from 1:00 to 5:00 presents a unique opportunity to hear some of the most exciting speakers in the Daffodil World share their thoughts on where The Future of Daffodil Breeding is heading. The slate of speakers includes Wilf Hall from New Zealand. Wilf is famous for his tazetta breeding and is the hybridizer of the stunning ‘Fencourt Jewel’, the best standard 8W-P to date. Lawrence Trevanion from Canberra, Australia amazed us with photos of his miniatures at the 2008 Symposium and he will be with us once again. Brian Duncan from Northern Island is arguably the most famous daffodil hybridizer in the world. Harold Koopowitz and Bob Spotts from California will round out the panel of presenters. Saturday night dinner speakers Nancy Tackett and Ben Blake are the ADS tech team who manage DaffSeek (the free online photo daffodil database at www.daffseek.org<http://www.daffseek.org>) and Daffnet (the free online daffodil discussion board at www.daffnet.org<http://www.daffnet.org>). Nancy and Ben will share their experiences of spring 2012 in New Zealand and the 2012 World DaffodilConvention in Dunedin. With vendors encouraged to bring bulbs to sell to Symposium participants, combined with the bulb auction Friday night, this weekend will be a great opportunity to add a few modern daffodils to your gardens. Jaydee Ager, the ADS Executive Director, will host a ghoulishly good sale of daffodil publications and items from the vaults of ADS. More details and registration information is available on the ADS website at www.daffodilusa.org. Hit a high note this fall by attending this extraordinary event in Nashville, TN! HOTEL INFORMATION Millennium Maxwell House, 2025 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37228 Group Code: 1210DAFFOD Call 800-457-4460 M-F 8am – 5pm www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumnashville Room rate $110, single or double occupancy Same rate available for 3 days before or after the event Free on call shuttle from & to Nashville International Airport (BNA) Free shuttle within 5 miles of hotel (includes many local attractions) Free Parking For more information contact: Becky Fox Matthews, ADS President and Fall Board Meeting Chairman, 615-838-1359 (cell), [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Carol Smith, Registrar, 615-720-2294 (cell), [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Harold Koopowitz, Program Chairman, 714-838-4826, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Did your email address change? Visit http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/tmg.html Remove your old email and add your new email address to continue receiving timely updates. To reduce pressure on your spam filter, please add this sender's email address to your contacts. Have you visited the Master Gardener Store? https://web.dii.utk.edu/agstore/c-49-master-gardener.aspx To view the archives or join/leave TMG list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/tmg.html