Our Festival began.......
with demonstrations at the door


Then we move inside to see the display ..... these photos are of 1/12
th scale displays

































These two houses are 1/24
th scale


A 1/144
th scale house.

As it is our 25
th Year of S.A.M.E., we celebrated with a theme of Silver Room Boxes - and balloons!!!






























Another themed set was 'Unusual Containers' - these items are of all sizes - 1/12th, 1/24th, 1/48th and 1/144th scale































This display was done by a Year 6 group from the Burnside Primary School - with NO help from parents!!

We also had some Peddler Ladies selling their wares - dont know how much they managed to sell tho!





There was even a man trying to sell his jams off!

The Christies Beach Group of Miniaturiasts brought their 'Twelve Days of Australian Christmas' to the show.
On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me - An emu in a gum tree

On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Two cockatoos

On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Three lizards

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Four woolly sheep

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Five kangaroos

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Six koalas munching

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Seven singers singing

On the eigth day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Eight snakes skiing

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Nine baubles swinging

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Ten swaggies swigging

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Eleven crackers cracking

On the twelve day of Christmas my true love sent to me - Twelve mince pies for sharing

We had demonstrators with thier goods for sale...

There was a fabulous miniature needlwork display









There was hourly raffle room boxes to be drawn..

And as you can see, there were some very happy people who won some of the room boxes



As always, there is a lovely dinning area where tea, coffee, cake and a variety of hot food is available to keep you sustained for the day...some of the lovely people who served the food and drinks

And some of the lovely people who patronized the coffee spot!


Saturday evening sees us all sitting down (well... nearly all of us!) to a wonderful meal.



The lights are turned off so that "The Moon Walk" can take place....all the miniatures that have lights are better displayed this way - it is hard to do this during the day unfortunatley.








Because it is our 25th year, we had a special cake to celebrate..

Our Chairperson, Anne had the pleasure of cutting the cake..

There was a few 'original' members at the dinner.

Some displayed their miniatures and visited the show.

The traders from insterstate were happy..

There was a door prize that was drawn at the dinner..

And a very happy recipient..

And of course, the Grand Finale was the drawing of the raffle house, which has gone to a very excited young woman!!


So, all in all it was an excellent Festival, with lots of visitors and plenty of oohs and arhs at the size (or lack of size) of items displayed.
If you missed our Festival this year, please mark it on your calender to come see us next year...August 13th and 14th 2011!!!
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