2008 Spring Meeting
The TCAA spring meeting was held this year on April 4th & 5th in downtown Boise, Idaho at the Grove Hotel. The meeting was successful with much Association business discussed.
Many issues were covered. Among them were changes and updates to the bylaws, plans were discussed and finalized for our 10th anniversary dinner and exhibit, reviews were given on workshops completed and reports on those to come, committee reports were given and discussed.
The membership welcomed our two new members, rawhide braider, Mehl Lawson from Bonita, California and saddle maker, Pedro Pedrini from Marysville, California. Also present and welcomed, TCAA friend and honored guest, Jim Liley and NCWHM liaison, Don Reeves.
TCAA saddle maker, Rick Bean and his wife Kristie invited the membership, their families and guests to their house for a very nice dinner Friday night. Rick and Kristie have a wonderful place and everyone had the chance to see his shop, tools, and awesome machines, a high point for many. Our thanks to Rick and Kristie for a great time.
Saturday night was topped off with dinner at Leku Ona in downtown Boise and it was every bit as their business cards read Fine Basque Dining. A very enjoyable experience for all. No one left hungry!
Our thanks to T. J. Wald for her research and making the reservations.
On Sunday several members drove to Ernie and Teresa Marsh's to visit and to see Ernie's shop.
Over all it was a successful and enjoyable weekend. Many thanks to all who worked so hard.
2008 High Noon Show
The 2008 High Noon show in Phoenix, Arizona was a great success! Our booth this year was twice the size of past years and gave us the opportunity to show off more of our members' work. We had five walls full of pictures of members' work and interesting TCAA facts. It was a great way to kick off our 10th year. Don Reeves and the Museum staff did a great job as always printing the posters and banners that Cary and Scott designed. We received many great compliments on the booth and stayed very busy talking to people about the TCAA, our work and the demonstrations that were being done. We had more items for sale this year than in the past and all were handled with lots of oohs and ahhs. The quality was outstanding. Two pieces that Ernie sent were sold early in the show. The rest were well handled and looked over as we stayed busy wiping off fingerprints. We had several honored visitors this year among them, A. J. Mangum from the Western Horseman, and Bill and Linda Jacobs. It was by far our best show yet. Each year gets better as more and more people come by for the first time to see what the TCAA is all about. Thanks to all those who took the time to send items and cards as well as those who helped with the booth. And a special Thank You to High Noon for giving us such a great location.
2008 Winter Newsletter
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2007 Ninth Annual Exhibit and Sale
The TCAA saw another very successful exhibit and sale which was reflected by the increase in attendance; 30 of the 36 pieces sold on opening night for a total of $424,725. Since opening night another saddle has sold. As always, Don Reeves and the staff at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum did a great job with the exhibit display keeping everything fresh and exciting. The 2007 Exhibition Photo Gallery is now online and available for your viewing.
Upcoming 2008 Events
There are lots of events coming up this year. Make sure to visit the Upcoming Events section of our website to find out about them all.
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