The Awards banquet for the 20/2000 Space Coast Shell Festival was held
at Sweetwaters in Melbourne.

Special recognition was given to all the dealers who have supported the
show during the last twenty years.

An excellent program by judge Bill Lyons was presented on "Using
Mollusks in Florida By for Assessing Change"

Show awards announced were:

COA Trophy:   "Xenophoridae"  Jake and Syliva Dominey

duPont Trophy:  Educational:   Alice Monroe

Master's Trophy:  Family Haliotidae: Tom Grce

R. Tucker Abbott Trophy:  Self Collected Philippine Shells:  Jim Cordy

Fossil Trophy:  Jim VunKannon

Astronaut Trail Shell Club Arts and Craft Trophy:  African Family
Masks:  Helen Kwiat

Astronaut Trail Shell Club Collectible and Antique Trophy:  Eleanor
Hillman

Shell of the Show Tropies:
    Special:  Calyptogera magnifica:  Emilio Power
    World-Wide Self Collected:  Latirus varai - Craig Caddigan
    Florida Self Collected:  Caribachlamys mildredae - Jim Cordy

Judges Rosettes:    The Genus Zoila:   Emilio Power
                             One Geographical Area:  Helen Kwiat

                            Picture Constructed of Shells:  Donna
Kinsinger
                            20/2000 Theme:  Chris Levine

Congratulations everyone.  Great job!

The show opens to the public tomorrow from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Saturday
and 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Sunday



--
Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.

Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells

Bobbi in Shell Creations