Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 5, 2018 9:53:59 GMT -5
Late notice on this one. Starting tomorrow! Sorry, just heard about it.
This is a really good three-day show, with vendors camped out in their selling spaces tents/RVs in a large grassy field. I have met paulshiroma and family, Dan <'))))>< Fish and Chris Anthony christopherl1234 and family here at previous shows.
Always a good time, large variety of material.
Venue: Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum
2040 N. Santa Fe Ave., Vista, CA 92083
Hours: Fri and Sat 9:00am – 5:00pm daily
Admission & Parking: Free.
Contact: Kelly Hickman at kellyahickmanAThotmail.com or seven60-62two-6five01.
Website: www.vistarocks.org
This is Southern California largest outdoor gem, mineral and Jewelry show with free parking and free admission over 145 Vendors spots. We will have everything from very rare and hard to find material to common rough, slabs, cut and finished, mineral specimens, crystals, fossils, cabochons, completed jewelry and jewelry-making supplies, tools, machines and lots of other goodies. Our raffle grand prize this year will be a Cathedral Amethysts Split, along with approximately 50+ other raffle prizes.
Next up
End of the month, one-day event on Saturday, April 28, 2018. A Do-Not-Miss event, if you are in the area. I have personally bought a lot of slabs, rough, gemstones, and used lapidary equipment for a song! Have also won a lot of goodies in the raffle.
Hope you can make it this year, Craig socalagatehound !
San Diego Mineral & Gem Society
57th Annual Spring BBQ
and Silent Auction
Doug Peeler, BBQ Chairperson
Saturday, April 28, 2018
10:00am – 4:00pm
Location:
Lawn at SW corner of Park Blvd. and President's Way. Ample parking.
Schedule:
BBQ Set-up, 7:30–10:00am
BBQ Activities, 10:00am–4:00pm
Eating, noon–1:00pm
Catered Lunch:
The Barbeque Pit. Menu includes sliced beef and chicken (instead of ham), cole slaw, beans, potato salad, dinner roll, cookies and brownies.
Water and soda will be available to purchase separately for $1 each.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
BBQ Lunch Tickets:
Available now at Village Silversmiths in the SDMG Bldg., from some instructors and at the SDMG board meeting on 4/16 and the general meeting on 4/23).
Mail your ticket request no later than Tuesday, April 17, with a check made out to SDMG in the proper amount, and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Anne Schafer
84seven3 Hydra Lane, San Diego CA 92126
Buy a ticket, and you will automatically be entered in a drawing for fabulous prizes.
BBQ Ticket Prices: Must purchase in advance. Still some time left!
Adults: $15.00, Kids 12 & under: $7.00
Seller's Tables:
Bring your own tables, sell rock-related items.
Donate $15.00 to participate
Silent Auction:
Bring up to 15 rock-related items to sell, with 10% of the proceeds going to SDMG.
Questions?
Text or call Doug Peeler at 6one9-244-07five7, or email him at dlpeelerATearthlink.net
The Spring Barbeque and Silent Auction is one of SDMG's biggest annual events. There will be fun. There will be more sellers than ever, with tables of rocks, slabs, faceting rough, tools, books. And there will be catered food, courtesy of The Barbecue Pit. The menu features sliced beef and chicken (instead of ham), cole slaw, beans, potato salad, dinner roll, cookies and brownies for dessert.
But wait, there's more! There will be Door Prizes and for the first time this year, every lunch ticket sold will be entered into a special drawing to win fabulous prizes. There will be a B-I-G Silent Auction. Bring up to 15 rock-related items to sell, with 10% of the proceeds going to SDMG. Last, but not least, there will be the ever-popular Ugly Rock Contest.
What, pray tell, is an UGLY ROCK CONTEST? Although there are actually some folks out there who don't believe there is any such thing as an ugly rock, trust us, there is, and it will be your mission to prove them wrong! No, we are not kidding; there is prize money involved. First, there is the just plain Ugly category. Nothing has been done to it, it's just a rock that only Mother Nature could love. It's all about finding that rock whose intrinsic ugliness shines like a beacon. The Mimic Rock is more specialized, having to be not only as ugly a refrigerator repair man's behind, but also look like something identifiable. Of course, the something it looks like is usually disgusting and gross, but this is a family event, so the name has to be clean. The Embellished Rock category is an exercise in gilding the lily, er, rock. As the name implies, the proud owner of an ugly rock actually decorates it in the style of his or her choice in order to enhance it. The hardest part is picking a silly name. It can take weeks, so start now. Enter your rock between 10 and noon on the day of the BBQ. Voting occurs during lunch, and winners are announced around 2:00 pm.
ETS - Over the years, I have won in several different categories in the Ugly Rock contest. They give cash prizes!