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The 2024 MAAVS
Convention and Show will be in York, Pennsylvania, on November 8 - 9,
2024, at the St. John Episcopal Church
 Our hotel in York is the Four
Points
by Sheraton at 1650 Toronita Street York, Pennsylvania 17402
where we have obtained a room rate of $134/day plus tax. Reserve your
room here.
We
are going to have our Friday Night Costume and Awards Dinner at
the hotel.
Dinner menus and prices can be found on the Convention
Registration Form. Our Saturday night dinner
will be held at
the nearby Iron Horse
restaurant. Please
look at our revised 2024
Convention/Show page for additional updates, menus, and prices. 2023 MAAVS Convention and Show in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Results
Here's a list of the WINNERS
Please consult our 2023
Convention/Show page for more pictures and details. We had a great Show.
Horticulture had 184 exhibits and Design had 45 exhibits entered by 30
attending MAAVS Members!
Horticulture 
Best in Show Horticulture Carolina Elegant
Affair shown and hybridized by Linda Abplanalp
Best Russian/Ukrainian Hybrid RS-Zimniy
Tavetok shown by Rodney Barnett
Best Gesneriad Aeschynanthus humilis
shown by Paul Sorano
Best Species S. 5b clone grotei Silvert shown
by Linda Abplanalp
2023 MAAVS Show Room
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Design 
Best in Show Design Beavers shown by
Bill Schmidt
2nd Best in Show Design Butterflies
in a kinetic arrangement shown by Karyn Cichocki
3rd Best in Show Design Terrarium
shown by Jackie Leitzel
The Mid-Atlantic African
Violet Society
is an association of persons with an interest in
African violets (AV) and is affiliated with the African Violet Society
of America (AVSA). We were originally formed as a regional African
Violet Society for the Middle Atlantic United States (US) including
Canada. MAAVS now has no regional boundaries and encompasses the whole
world.
Membership includes a
subscription to our quarterly publication, The MAAVS MEMO; the opportunity
to enter the MAAVS Collections Class at local MAAVS Affiliate
Shows; and the opportunity to attend a yearly regional
Convention/Show. Please JOIN
US! MAAVS is affiliated with the
African
Violet Society of America, Inc.
African Violet and
Gesneriad World Today
Almanac
After two years of effort, Vladimir Kalgin's African Violet and Gesneriad World Today Almanac has
finally arrived. It is in Russian and English. It is a 516 page
compendium of the African Violet World in 2022!
Everywhere on Earth!!
Included are articles about Russian and Ukrainian
hybridizers and activities, as well as what’s going on in
Australia, Japan, England, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, South Africa; and
North America with US and Canadian African Violet Societies, Judging
Councils, and Clubs. The History of
MAAVS is also included on page 193. View
it here on our web site at African
Violet and Gesneriad World Today Almanac It is a
large file worth waiting for.
Meet Our President
Minh Bui with Best Trailer in Show Rob’s
Vanilla Trail
at the AVSA
2023 Convention Show
in Atlanta, Georgia
Contact him at minhbui82@hotmail.com
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