The following awards were presented at the banquet tonight. Judges Kurt
Auffenberg and Peggy Williams did a fantastic job. Kurt said it was the
hardest show he has ever judged! The exhibits ARE awesome!
COA Trophy: Linda Zylman Shells from Tonga
Dupont Trophy: Craig Caddigan Voyage Into Darkness
R. Tucker Abbott Award: Jim & Bobbi Cordy "It's Better in the Bahamas"
The Master's Trophy: Gene Everson "Methods of Collecting"
Fossil Trophy: Jim VunKannon
Junior Award: Melinda Bolton "Seashells Around the World"
Astronaut Trail Shell Club Arts and Crafts Trophy: Carolyn Vunkannon
"The Mermaid"
Astronaut Trail Shell Club Collecticle Trophy: Ray Wichus "Frame of
Black Coral"
Shell of the Show Special: Bud Rogers Fusinus harveyi
World Wide Self Collected: Craig Caddigan Oocorys barbaouri
Florida Self Collected: Jim VunKannon - Freak Cassis
Judges Rosettes:
Ray Wichus - Seahorse Pictures
Cindy Bolton - Shell Dishes
Gene Everson - Cerithidae
Wayne Harland - Cones of Solomon Islands
Bobbi Cordy, Show Chairman