Much more than aloha shirts and flip flops are being packed into suitcases as BJ Dyer and Guenther Vogt prepare to leave for Hawaii on Sunday.
The owners of Bouquets will be lugging laptops loaded with Power Point, and assorted tools of their trade, because their mission in Honolulu is to give a multimedia demonstration of their expertise at a Garden Club of America-sanctioned meeting of the Garden Clubs of Hawaii.
So how did the islanders discover the talented Denver duo?
The story begins last May when Dyer dazzled the 600- plus who were in Denver for the GCA’s 93rd national conference. Representatives from six GCA member clubs were so impressed that they invited him to their respective cities for an encore.
With Vogt, who handles the Power Point segments, Dyer has already demonstrated his cutting-edge (and award-winning) designs in Nashville. After Hawaii, they travel to Piedmont, Calif., and Easton, Md. In 2008, the couple has dates in Baltimore and Carmel by the Sea.
In Hawaii they’ll be staying in Makiki Heights at an estate overlooking Honolulu that was formerly owned by Imelda and former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos.
More good news
“Judicial Selection Across the Nation: A Time for Change” is the topic Thursday when former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis speaks at a breakfast meeting of the Colorado Judicial Institute. It’s at 7:30 a.m. at the University Club; admission is free with a response to executive director Becky Miller Updike, 303-766-7501.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Superintendent of Schools Michael Bennet and the singing trio of Tom Clark, Dick Hinson and Andrew Hudson are among those who’ll roast Chamber of Commerce chief Joe Blake on April 17. It’s a benefit for the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation and begins at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Convention Center. Attorney Ned Minor and 9News reporter Gregg Moss are the emcees. Call 303-861-5005.
It was Hooray for Hollywood when Colorado Children’s Chorale supporters filled the Marriott City Center for An Affair to Remember. Karren Miyamoto and Ruth Ann Keil chaired the dinner and concert starring the chorale’s concert and tour choirs; the cocktail hour Wining, Dining and Diamonds Auction was coordinated by Gianna LaRouche and Jennifer Rothschild.
Wellness advocate Cindy Nelson, whose husband is 7News chief meteorologist Mike Nelson, has been elected to a two-year term at Howard Dental Center, a Denver nonprofit that provides comprehensive oral health programs for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Society editor Joanne Davidson can be reached at 303-809-1314 or jdavidson@denverpost.com. She also contributes at denverpostbloghouse.com/Davidson.
