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