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Show Review and Memories |
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Embassy Suites St. Louis Airport - Sunday February 22, 2009 |
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Traveling makes a person hungry and several artists stopped for lunch early Saturday morning. They were introduced to a little Australian Bear that is traveling around the world. So small he can fit into a wine glass!
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Amazed at the details on the small Aussie Bear, Valerie Rogers wonders if he stopped in St. Louis for a little imbibing? After the little bear circulates around the globe he will be auctioned off for charity. |
Saturday a group of artists met to enjoy some shopping, antiquing and commraderie in Old Town, St. Charles, Missouri. It was a warm day!
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 Sue VanNatten found some rare treasures at the St. Charles Antique Mall' a favorite place. |
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Nothing better than getting together for dinner and enjoying the food! Everyone was impressed with the delicious food and presentation. Cheers for Bradden's! |
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George Weber surrounds himself with the gracious servers, Ashley and Debbie, who made our dinner so much fun! |
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 Dinner fun at Bradden's! |
One piece of cheesecake and three spoons! |
Teddy Bear Artists love meeting the collectors and creating special bears but the night before the show they enjoy sharing commraderie over dinner. Dinner usually lasts for several hours! The St. Louis area teddy bear show continued with enthusiasm even though the numbers were down. "Still lots of exciting artists and bears to thrill me," said Debbie
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| Before the St. Louis Teddy Bear Show opened the doors... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Congratulations Tudy!
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 Attending collectors receive a special invitation each year, and artists vie for the cover position.  Tudy shows off her bears and the Winner's Certificate. |
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Participating Teddy Bear Artists are always happy! |
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Glass Dragon Bears |
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In the photo to the right, Cathy Draper of Good Bears of the World accepts a huge box of teddy bears from an area collector. "i wish that these bears bring joy to others" Gail said. Good Bears of the World is a non-profit organization who gifts bears to those in need of a hug. The contributions help support the worldwide club in order to buy more GBW brown bears for fire and police departments, nursing homes and schools.
Good Bears of The World Good Bears of The World welcomes your support with donations. |
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A special "treat bag" which was loaded with goodies was presented to each artist by the St. Louis Show-Me Teddy Bear Club. Thank you! |
 Valerie thanked George and Art for their contribution to keeping the St. Louis Teddy Bear Show active. "All though we were small in numbers, the energy was wonderful," said George. "So were the sales," Art chimmed in. |
and red boots! |
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Collector's Choice Contest - winner's chosen! |
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Collectors tried to decide, which of the lovely bears on display, was their favorite. "They each are so adorable," said one of the guests. Tokens were dropped in corresponding ballot boxes and tallied around 2:30 p.m. and the winners announced. |
All the artist who entered the contest gathered and wondered who would be the winner! |
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 Third place went to Betty Franks of BJ's Bears for her Annie Bear. |
 Second place went to Judy Mathis of Judy's Raggedy Country for her miniature bear. Can you see Murphy in her hand? |
 Best of Show Ribbon went to Art Rogers of Chatham Village Bears for his pink flamingo named Frasco |
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Special thank you to our photographers: Edrye Kelly George Weber Bettina Groh
More photo memories of the St. Louis teddy bear show are seen on Bettina's blog page. Thank you Bettina! |
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Your smiling face, coming to the shows, encourages these fantastic artists to create more tedy bears and our show to continue. |
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Join us then! Remember collecting teddy bears is so much fun! |
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