KNIGHT SHOWS & EVENTS
SOUTHEASTERN DOLL & BEAR EXTRAVAGANZA
DOLL & BEAR SHOWS, TOY & MODEL TRAIN SHOWS, & DOLL & BEAR EXPO'S 2008/2009 SCHEDULE
FOR NC & SC
WELCOME TO OUR 2008 & 2009 DOLL & BEAR SHOW and TOY & TRAIN SHOW SCHEDULE & DOLL & BEAR EXPO 2008 & 2009
We invite you to attend our Doll & Bear Shows, Toy & Train Show and EXPO 2008.
Check out EXPO 2008 NOW.
Book Hotel Room NOW for EXPO 2008.
Register NOW for EXPO 2008.
THIS YEAR WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DOLL ARTISTS & MANUFACTURERS AT OUR SHOWS FOR DOLL SIGNINGS, SUCH AS LINDA RICK, BRYNN MIDDLETON RIORDAN, BERDINE CREEDY, DENISE MCMILLAN, KATHY FITZPATRICK, ELIZABETH DYE, RICHARD HAY and LINDA VALENTION MICHEL.
ELIZABETH DYE, member and Membership Chairperson, of The Professional Doll Makers Art Guild will be at some of our 2008 Shows and EXPO 2008 presenting Workshops on "How To Make A Fine Art Doll". Come learn to sculpt your very own doll.
We've also got some very fine BEAR ARTISTS, such as MARY DOWD (Mary Dowd Bears), JUDITH EPPOLITO (Ashenberry Bears), MARGARET JACKSON (Pinney Bears), BARBARA TRINGO (Ayers Bears), ELAINE SPARKS (Heart 'n' Sole Bears) and SALLY WINEY (Winey Bears). More Doll & Bear Artists will be announced 
soon.
Also folks from DOLL CASTLE NEWS and DOLL READER will be at several of our Shows. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Noted Author, Columnist, Collector and Speaker, GLENN MANDEVILLE will be at all of our Shows. He will be happy to provide you with one FREE verbal appraisal of your favorite Doll.
You can always find the latest in LINDA RICK, DOLL MAKER & FRIENDS, ROBERT TONNER, VOGUE, BARBIE, MADAME ALEXANDER, EFFANBEE, PRECIOUS MOMENTS, MIDDLETON and MARIE OSMOND Dolls, and all of the other top Name Dolls at our Shows. Plus you can find their Vintage Dolls as well.
SHOW OFF YOUR HOBBY AND
LOVE OF DOLL COLLECTING
Gloria always has plenty of these 
great Tote Bags and T-Shirts at every Show. Look for them at the front door as you come in. Shirley will be happy to help you find your T-Shirt size. There come in lots of different sizes, one just perfect for you.
RALPH PARR, "The BARBIE Man" is at all of our Shows with his famous "Wall of Barbie's" stretching 48 feet long and stacked 5 rows high, with all of your favorites, and those hard to find ones. Every BARBIE lover and collector will want to visit with Ralph at one of our Shows.
DEALERS - Check out the DEALERS CORNER for some important INFO & NEWS just for you about these shows.
CECE GOIN, known as "The Dolly Doctor" will be at all of our Shows for instant repais at the Show, or to transport major cases back to her Dolly Hospital for some TLC in the ICU.
You can rely on her 25 years of expertise, and her own line of safe formulated chemicals, to be sure that your Doll is properly cleaned, repaird or restored.
There is never a shortage of Antique & Vintage Dolls at our Shows. Quality Dealers such as Connie Blain, Billye Harris, Filomena Davidson, Elaine Amburgey, Christine Crouch, Ingrid Dexter, Pauline Burgbacker, Carol Bohlman, Ursula Gottus, Mary Dunahay, Sandy McHenry and others, always have great selections of dolls and accessories.
Dealers and Collector's, you can click for HOTEL Info.
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2008 DOLL & BEAR SHOW DATES
Knoxville, TN - August 9
PLEASE NOTE: The Knoxville Show will be promoted by The Oak Ridge, TN Doll Club this year and NOT by us. If you are interested in that Show please email them at Ktowndollshow@gmail.com
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Myrtle Beach, SC - October 24, 25 & 26
Richmond, VA - November 15
PLEASE NOTE: This Richmond Show will be promoted by Cece Goin, Sara Josephson & Judy Seay, and not by us. If you need their contact info please go to www.thedollydoctor.com
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2009 DOLL & BEAR SHOW DATES
March 21 - Concord, NC
May 2 - Columbia, SC
Dolls & Bears and Toys & Model Trains
EXPO 2009
October 23, 24 & 25, 2009 - Myrtle Beach, SC
Scroll down for more details on each Show.
DEALERS, you'll want to sign up EARLY for our 2008 & 2009 Shows as space is already being taken. If you want your "Choice Spot" get it NOW. Go to our DEALERS CORNER to print an Agreement.
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EXPO 2008
Co-Sponsored by DOLL CASTLE NEWS
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, October 24, 25 & 26
Fabulous Myrtle Beach, SC
Southeastern Doll & Bear Extravaganza "EXPO 2008" - Springmaid Beach Resort and Conference Center - 3200 South Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach, SC
Friday & Saturday Workshops & Seminars, Friday Night Banquet & SEDBE Awards, Saturday Night Gala Party, Sunday Morning Breakfast Buffet with Fabulous Prizes, Saturday Celebrity Breakfasts and Friday & Saturday Celebrity Luncheons, Doll & Bear Artists, EXPO Exclusive Dolls & Bears, PRIZE PATROL, Gifts, Door Prizes, Big Doll & Bear Sales Room open Saturday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM & Sunday 9:00 AM - 12:00 noon, Guest Speakers, Limited Editions, Show Specials, Surprise Guests, and a whole lot more ........
STARTS AT NOON ON FRIDAY
and ENDS AT NOON ON SUNDAY
Book Hotel Room NOW for EXPO 2008.
Register NOW for EXPO 2008.
Dealers, click here for an application.
Come join us in the Sales Room for this BIG Myrtle Beach Doll & Bear Show & Sale on Saturday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and Sunday from 9:15 AM - 12:00 Noon, October 25 & 26, 2008.
More in-depth EXPO 2008 details can be found by clicking HERE.
You can come to learn. You can come to buy. You can come to meet 'n' greet. You can come to win prizes. You can come to have fun. You can come to eat great food. You can come to see some of your favorite Doll & Bear Artists. You can come to relax at the beach. You can come to acquire some EXPO Exclusive's. You can come to shop for your favorite Dolls & Bears. There is a lot that you can come here to do. JOIN US!
Sign up early so you can vote for your favorite Dolls, Bears, Artists etc. to win a SEDBE Award. All Banquet Attendees who sign up in time, can vote on the Awards.
LINDA RICK, "The Doll Maker" will be at EXPO 2008.
She is designing the EXPO 2008 EXCLUSIVE DOLL - "Mae Priscilla - A Southern Lady" - a Limited Edition of only 250 dolls. You must pre-order your doll and pick it up at EXPO 2008. They will be available at the Banquet, where Linda will sign your doll. Bring your camera.
SALES ROOM VENDOR LIST
COLLECTOR'S, Come shop with these fine Vendor's on Saturday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM and on Sunday from 9:15 AM - Noon. Whatever you're looking for, one of them most likely will have it.
Gloria & Fannie Knight - new Marie Osmonds, Gunzel, Kripplebush & others as well as furniture & accessories
Ralph Parr - Barbie's of all kinds, new & old
Robert Crawford - Nancy Ann's new & old, Re-Ment food, Robert Raikes Dolls
Glenn Mandeville & Richard Chapman - Robert Tonner, Vogue & other name brands as well as Vintage dolls
Cece Goin - The Dolly Doctor - Vintage Dolls, supplies and parts
Sandi & Fred Tucker - Handmade Cloth Doll Artist, Wooden Paper Dolls and other doll related craft items
Dorita Mortensen - Representing Doll Castle News - America's Oldest Doll Magazine
Diana Vining - Paper Doll Artist
Connie Blain - Antique Dolls & accessories
Sally Winey - Bear Artist
Kathy Fitzpatrick - Doll Artist
Kathy Dolly - Representing Doll Reader Magazine (America's #1 Doll Magazine) and Teddy Bear & Friends Magazine
Linda Adams - Biltmore Village Doll Shop, Linda Rick & Doll Maker & Friends Dolls, and Precious Moments Dolls
Linda Rick - Doll Artist
Linda Valentino Michel - Doll Artist
Richard Hay - Precious Moments Doll Company
Berdine Creedy - Doll Artist
Elizabeth Dye - Fine Art Doll Artist
Alice Beacham - Vintage Dolls & furniture
Lue Gravely - New & Vintage Dolls
Gladys Ballard - New & Vintage Dolls
Van Davis & Ken Register - Barbie's and lots of other new dolls, some vintage
Brett Parker & Andy Janoviczki - Vintage Dolls
Harry & Mary Metz - Middleton Dolls
Mary Dowd - Bear Artist
Margaret "Meg" Jackson - Bear Artist
Denise McMillan Lawrence - Doll Artist
Elvira Peele - Doll Artist - Miniatures
Judith Eppolito - Bear Artist
Judith "Bing" Ruiter - Doll Artist - African American Cloth Dolls
Thelma Resch - Doll Artist & supplies
Carol Bohlman - Antique & Vintage Dolls
Paul & Lis Schmidt - new dolls from Denmark
Christine Crouch - Antique & Vintage Dolls and accessories
Elizabeth Peace - Antique & Vintage Dolls
Mary Dunahay - Antique & Vintage Dolls, furniture and accessories
Sue Ivey - 25 year collection of Alexanders, Effanbee, Ideal, Suzanne Gibson & others
Margaret "Margie" Ross-Dryden - Bear Artist
Ursula Kuny - Teddy Bear Collection
Karen Pappas - Designer dolls & Babies
Julie Barr & Debra Blackburn - Vintage to new Dolls, furniture & accessories
Sylvia Butler - Antique Repro Dolls, costumes & accessories
Sandra Catoe - Doll Artist - Newborn's
Debra Lundberg -
Diamond Doll Designs - Artists Dolls by Sarah Lynn Babik, Beverly Stoehr and Pat Moulton
Wilde Imagination - Debra DeForte will have Ellowyne Wilde (created and designed by Robert Tonner) and Evangeline Ghastly (designed by Joe Petrollese and sculpted by Robert Tonner) dolls, fashions and accessories
This will be updated daily. You can learn more about some of these Vendors by clicking HERE and reading our "Celebrities" page.
All of your favorite Doll & Bear Dealers are going to be here. The Exhibit Hall will be packed full of wonderful items. This is going to be a great Event. Mark your calendar now so you don't forget it.
Click HERE to get more details about EXPO 2008
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2009 SHOWS - 2009 SHOWS - 2009 SHOWS
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*** MARCH 21, 2009 in CONCORD, NC ***
SOUTHEASTERN DOLL & BEAR EXTRAVAGANZA SHOW & SALE - SPRING FLING
Cabarrus Arena & Events Center, Events Center B, 4751 Highway 49 North at Old Airport Road, Concord, NC
Times: 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Adults $5.00 - Children 12 & under free, Girl Scouts in uniform free.
FREE PARKING WITH
COUPON - Copy and print the coupon to the right. You will have to pay to park without a coupon.
Food concessions will be available on the premises.
This was a gigantic Show - We have a very nice, very large facility, and look for 2009 to be an even larger Show. Dealers and Collectors, you need to start planning for this big Charlotte area Show NOW.
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*** MAY 2, 2009 in COLUMBIA, SC ***
THIS IS THE BIG DOUBLE HEADER SHOW OF SHOWS
SOUTHEASTERN DOLL & BEAR EXTRAVAGANZA SUMMER FUNTIME DOLL, BEAR, TOY & MODEL TRAIN SHOW & SALE - SC STATE FAIRGROUNDS, 1200 Rosewood Drive, Main Gate, Moore Building - Doll & Bear Show and in the Ruff Building - Toy & Model Train Show - Times: 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM - Adulys $5.00, children 12 & under free, Girl & Boy Scouts in uniform free. One ticket, both shows. FREE PARKING - Food concessions available on premises. More details soon.
This was the best attended Doll & Bear Show in SC, NC or VA in the past several years. We look for the big Double Header Show to make it even larger and better. Plan NOW to attend. Something for the Ladies and something for the Gents.
Dealers, reserve your space early. We will sell out.
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WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD LOCATION IN
SAVANNAH, GA FOR A SHOW!!!!!!!!
We'll keep you updated right here.
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*** OCTOBER 23, 24 & 25, 2009 in MYRTLE BEACH, SC ***
SOUTHEASTERN DOLL & BEAR EXTRAVAGANZA EXPO 2009 - Springmaid Beach Resort & Conference Center, 3200 South Ocean Bou
levard, Myrtle Beach, SC - This is truly a great place that you will enjoy along with having a grand time at EXPO 2009
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We would like to "thank" all of the fine Dealers and wonderful Collectors who have been a part of our Shows. We hope to see you in Columbia, Concord and Myrtle Beach each year at our future Shows & EXPO'S.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. Howard & Gloria
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2010 One-Of-A-Kind Art Doll Show
Asheville, NC - Check it out by clicking HERE.
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It is possible from time to time to have to cancel a Show, or change the date, for some reason. If this ever happens, it will be posted on our Website. Always check here before traveling a long distance to a Show. Thank you for your support.
Please note that the information on this page is based on what we know about the particular items that our Dealers carry from time to time and what they tell us they are bringing to a show. Also, the pictures shown here of items, may not all be at the show they are shown with as Dealers inventory changes from show to show. These are used merely as examples of what you can expect to find at some of our shows.
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If you need more information, directions or a Dealer Application for a Doll & Bear Show, please call me at 803-783-8049 or Email knightshows@hotmail.com All of our show addresses will map so you can print one out. Go to www.maps.google.com and type in the street address, city & state. You can adjust the map smaller or larger then print out one for directions.
Girl Scouts in uniform, are always admitted free to all of our Doll & Bear Shows.
