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Congratulations
to
Harold Bell
Winner of the Showa Drawing
Spring Koi Event 2007
Saturday, April 14th
10:00am - 4:00pm
(rain or shine)
featuring
Burt Ballou, AKCA Judge
Yamamoto Showa Nisai (2 year old Koi)
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raffle showa
Peters & Sons Koi & Pond Supply just received a large shipment of nisai (2 year old) Showa from Yamamoto Koi Farm in Isawa, Japan. These beautiful Showa are 14 inches in length, and their quality is outstanding. The Koi have been quarantined and heated, and they will be available for purchase on Saturday, April 14th, 2007.
To open the 2007 spring season, PSKoi is continuing our annual event in our new store: PSKoi’s Opening the Spring Koi Season. The event will feature beautiful Koi, Guest Lecturer (and AKCA Judge) Burt Ballou, and a Growing Contest of last year’s Maruyama Kohaku, and lots of food and beverages.
Schedule of Events
10:00 am Store opens / Yamamoto Showas for sale
10:45 am Burt Ballou will randomly draw names to purchase Showas*
11:00 am Burt Ballou Judges 2006 Maruyama Kohaku / Growing Contest
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Lecture on Yamamoto Showas by Burt Ballou
1:30 pm Q & A by Burt Ballou
*Schedule subject to change
Yamamoto Showas: Koi will be sold for $400.00 each. The normal price for this fish is $600.00. There are only 12 available. All Yamamoto Showas purchased on April 14th, 2007 are eligible to compete in the 2008 growing contest.
We regret to inform you that we have suffered a disaster that many of our fellow Koi-Lovers have experienced. We have lost 12 of the Yamamoto Showas due to leaving the water on, filling the tank, and forgetting to turn it off. We are heart-broken to lose such beautiful fish, including the fish that was reserved for the raffle. We've spoken with Burt Ballou and he thinks the best idea is to go forward with the event and do the best we can. So we have decided to include some jumbo Maruyama Kohaku tosai (one year old) for sale at sale prices in addition to the Yamamoto Showas.
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*We
have 12 nisai (2 year old) Yamamoto Showas available
for purchase, all at the same price of $400.00
each. If you are interested in purchasing one,
please arrive by 10:30 so that you have an
opportunity to look at the fish before the buying
starts. Each person interested in buying a Showa
will be given a numbered ticket. At 10:45 we will
ask Burt Ballou to randomly draw the tickets and
we'll keep track of the order, then we'll have each
person select a fish in the order that the tickets
were drawn. If you don't see a fish you like, or if
the one you had hoped to get has already been
purchased, you are not obligated to buy a fish.
There will be pictures of the fish available to help
you make decisions, and you will be encouraged to
select a fish quickly, so that there is enough time
for all to purchase a fish. We're trying to be as
fair as possible and understand that everyone wants
to choose early, but we need to be fair to all of
our customers. You can come by anytime to look at
the fish, but they will not be for sale until April
14th.
Remember, there is a limited number of fish, so
get here early!
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Lecture: Yamamoto Showa by Burt Ballou
**Raffle: PSKoi will sell raffle tickets both online and in the store for a chance to win one of the beautiful new Showa with a minimum value of $400.00. Price of each ticket is $10.00. In the event of an online winner, the winner will be responsible for the shipping costs.
Growing Contest: The winner of the growing contest will receive a cash prize equal to the amount of the 2006 Event purchase price of their fish. Maruyama Jumbo Tosai purchased at the PSKoi 2006 Spring Event may compete for a cash prize equivalent to their original purchase price.
Maruyama Kohaku Jumbo Tosai
Growing Contest
Koi must have been purchased on Saturday, March 25, 2006. Competitors must contact PSKoi to register for the competition by Thursday, April 12, 2007. Koi must be brought to PSKoi Retail Store in a sealed fish bag by 10:00 am on Saturday, April 14th, 2007. All competition fish will be kept in their bags and floated in show tanks in a shaded area for the competition. Oxygen, fresh water, and Chlor AmEx will be available for competitors to replenish their water & air needs. Burt Ballou will select the competition winner and explain why the fish was chosen. Competition winner will receive a cash prize equal to the value of his or her Maruyama Kohaku original purchase price at the PSKoi Spring Event 2007.