The VGMS

presented

The VGMS Annual Gem, Mineral,
Fossil & Lapidary Show.

The 2013 Show was Our 51^st Annual Show.

Location:

Ventura County Fairgrounds
at Seaside Park,
10 West Harbor Blvd.,
Ventura, California 93001.

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The location of the Ventura County Fairgrounds.

The 2013 VGMS "Ventura Gem Show" is now history. It was a good show, the weather was OK.

The VGMS would like to thank the dealers, demonstrators, exhibitors, fairgrounds people and all our members and friends who worked so hard to make the show a success. We would also like to thank all those who attended the Show. You're the reason we have it.

As has become our custom, we'll leave some of the rest of this page in place for a while so that you can see what you missed. Again, we'll leave evidence of some of the things that go on during a show. We'll do that by leaving the headings of some of the categories of people you'll see at the show. There will be some pictures also. The text is just below the pictures. We're sorry if you weren't able to make it to the 2013 show but we hope to see you there next year. As usual it will be a fun and exciting time.

This first batch of pictures is from Friday, the final set-up day.
Set Up - Work in Progress!	More work in Progress - Getting there!
Hospitality Set Up.	Dealer - Todd Schowalter Setting up.
Silent Auction Set Up with Luther Brown & Ron Wise.	Our Pres - Rob Sankovich checking out Demo table.
Richard & Shirley Bromser, Jim Brace-Thompson, Richard Slyker & Jean Wise in a Pow-Wow.	Friday Night Dinner for Dealers, Exhibitors and Members. Susan Mulqueen, Nancy Brace-Thompson and Jeff Miller grabbing a bite.
Marie Haake and daughter Mary, Angela & Luther Brown and some of our Dealer friends enjoying the dinner.	More enjoyment.
End of Setup pictures. There will be more pictures later. We have a lot of them.

Things to See and Do
     (Subject to Change Next Year):

• Gems - Minerals - Fossils - Jewelry
• Exhibits - Dealers - Demonstrators
• Silent Auctions - Kids' Activities
• Raffle Prizes - Country Store - Plant Sale
• FREE ADMISSION!!!
• Parking is NOT free
       Subject to Change Next Year.

Kid Stuff:
     (Subject to Change Next Year):

Also normal 'stuff '.

• Grab Bags.
• Spinning Wheel with Prizes.
• Tourmaline Sifting with Adrian Ruiz.

Here's The Whole Thing:

Come to the Ventura County Fairgrounds at Seaside Park to see displays of gems, minerals and fossils. You'll also find a wide range of fun children's activities, on-going demonstrations of jewelry-making and the lapidary arts, fossil cleaning and dealers selling rocks, jewelry, magazines and fossils.

(Please note, since it came up in an e-mail, the entire show area is under cover. The parking is not.)

The Ventura Gem and Mineral Society is a nonprofit, educational organization and welcomes new members! We sponsor a gem show every year, host lectures on earth science topics, make presentations to area schools in our society museum and at their locations and take field trips to places near and far.

2013 VGMS Show Committee Chairs.

Member Exhibits, Guest Exhibits, Society Exhibits and Special Invited Exhibits.

Member Exhibits:

Guest Exhibits:

Society Exhibits:

Special Invited Exhibits:

Dealers, Demonstrator Dealers and Demonstrators as of February 16, 2013.

Dealers:

Demonstrator Dealers:

Demonstrators: