Fall 2012 - United Federation of Doll Clubs

UFDC Region 2North Newsletter
Fall 2012
Maryll Goldsmith
916 716-5490
1649 49th St., Sacramento, CA.95819
mgsp2@att.net
A message from your New Director….Hello everyone!
My name is Maryll (Mary-ell) Goldsmith and I am proud to be your new UFDC Director for Region 2N. My home is in
Sacramento, which is also the city where I was born. I live here with my husband, Michael, who is a retired railroad
conductor. We have an old dog, Casey, who is 15 now and two cats. Our house is full of antiques of all kinds; mostly
trains, Sacramento and California history items and of course dolls. I started my collection with five dolls, four from
my husbands’ family and one from my grandmother. My sisters and I all had dolls when we were young, but few of
those made it through time and wear. My collection is always changing but the core of it is made up of German
bisque and American composition dolls. I have given dialogues and seminars in the past with two of my favorite
topics: unusual paperdolls and the compo dolls of the World’s Fairs of 1939. I have also been introduced to the
newer BJD’s and now have a few Kish and Goodreau critters and dolls. In my “other” life, I am a part-time college
professor, teaching music courses at Sacramento City College and am also the Secretary/Treasurer of Local 12 of
the American Federation of Musicians. As a musician I play bassoon and contra bassoon for Sacramento’s
professional orchestra as well as others in the area. I also am a conductor of one of the levels of Youth Symphonies
in this area. I was asked if I had time for this job as well, and I said that I would make time. I look forward to meeting
as many of you as possible these next three years and sharing the love of all things dolls with you. By the way, you
may recognize me if you see me with some of my sisters. We like to attend meetings, luncheons and conventions
together whenever we can. There are four of us; Donnell Wisniewski of the Sagamon Valley Doll Study Club in
Illinois, and Jean Smith and Adeline Piper from the Sacramento Pioneer Doll Club. Say Hi! when you see us .
The 63rd Annual UFDC Convention
was held in New Orleans just two weeks ago. It was
quite an experience being back in the Crescent City.
I thought I was ready for the weather, but some of
those afternoon storms were beyond impressive.
Since this was the first 4 day convention in a long
time, there was a lot going on all the time. The helper
room was the first to get our attention. My sisters and I
started helping with the set-up and Adeline put in
many more hours there. Donnell and Jean spent a lot
of their time at the registration desk. I still had to
assemble the items for the workshop I was presenting,
so our room was chaotic for a time. We all did manage
to get to the Riverwalk to eat, drink and shop.
Back at the hotel, things got into full swing very
quickly with seminars, workshops, meal events,
competitive exhibit entries and the set-up of the
special exhibits. Those exhibits were fabulous, by the
way, and it was fun to spend time there. After the
opening program the salesroom had its grand
opening. The room was laid out well and the street
signs were a great help when going back to see if that
certain thing was still waiting for you to take home.
I attended one luncheon and one dinner and
the souvenirs from those are wonderful. At this writing
I am still waiting for a box I shipped home to see what
other treasurers I packed in it. The wayward box went
to Texas and then back to New Orleans. The latest
has it going through Mississippi and Missouri. I do
hope it makes it home someday soon. (continued)
??W H AT’S CO M ING U P IN O U R R EGIO N ??
!There are a few spaces still available!
Doll Journeys
UFDC Region 2-N Conference
Sept 5-8, 2012
Hyatt Regency
5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA
Registrar: Anne Lien stilly5@yahoo.com
Hosted By: Independent Spirits Doll Club If you cannot attend the conference, I do hope you can
meet us there for the sales room public day on
Sat. Sept. 8, 2012
10am to 3pm
O ther upcom ing events in R 2N
September 1, 2012 Portland Oregon
Crossroads Doll and Bear show
10AM to 4PM
September 22, 2012 Roseville, CA
Crossroads Doll and Bear show
9am to 3pm
Friday (Sept 21) we are co-hosting a luncheon event
with the Gold Rush Doll Club.
(convention continued)
There were many free programs to attend and quite
a few gatherings of special doll groups. One of
those gatherings was the Ann Estelle gathering. My
sister Donnell lead the group and one goal of the
evening was to raise money for the Becky Wallace
Scholarship Fund. Both this event and Region 3’s
meeting raised over $600 to contribute to the Fund.
One highlight of the Ann Estelle gathering was
when Robert Tonner joined us. He took questions
and spoke a little about his new products.
The Annual meeting moved along at a fine
pace Thursday morning and then we viewed the
preview of next years’ convention, to be held in
Washington DC. After that we broke for lunch and
then we were ready for the afternoon’s events.
The competitive exhibits were great to see
and the “mystery” doll display was an added
attraction this year. Those who entered dolls in this
category received cards with suggestions of what
the doll could be. My next event was the Board
meeting Friday morning and then we all got ready
for the Banquet. The surprise for most of us was
the dancers in their feathery (and hot) costumes.
They had many followers as they moved around the
room. They were more than happy to poise for
pictures with us.
The souvenir doll was very well received.
She is a cute Just Me by Alice Leverett and the
Vogue Doll Company. This was a great end to a
fast paced convention. Now, on to Washington DC
where I hope to see many of you as well.
..
O ther upcom in g even ts in R 2N
Contin ued
October 13, 2012 Northern CA Doll and TeddyBear Show
10am to 3:30 pm Alameda County Fairgrounds November 2 & 3 , 2012 Nancy Jo’s Doll Sale Vallejo Fairgrounds, Vallejo, CA The sisters (taken in Anaheim 2011) – One of us is your
new R2N Director. (hint – not the shortest or the tallest and I
always wear a Mickey watch)
!!See you soon!!!
WELCOME TO OUR NEW MALS!
You MUST come to next year’s convention!
Katy Marie Frost, Alpine UT
A JambalayaBobbie
Jubilee Cecil,
will be Stockton,
held in the historic
city
CA
of New Orleans, July 24th-27th, 2012. Check your
Chang
, San
Bruno, CA
Winter Issue Rosalind
of Doll News
for more
information!
Les Legler , San Rafael, CA
Karen Bergstrom , San Jose, CA
Janel Reichmuth , Galt, CA
What’s going on in your club??
In order for this newsletter to represent the entire Region I need your help. Please send information
of your events, things of doll interest in your area and reports of things you or your club have
experienced, to me so we can all share in the fun. I will have to keep a deadline for submissions for the
quarterly newsletter so please submit your items by the 3rd of each month of November, February, May
and August. I will be happy to include e-mailed pictures as space allows.
DEADLINE…… for the Winter Newsletter is NOVEMBER 3rd.