LINES FROM LINDA
by LINDA AYERS TURNER KNORR
Dick surrounded by Linda and Gayle
F or all those romantic souls out there, here is a story about a Salt Lake City couple whose love story began at the Westminster Dog Show in 2006. Mutual friends, Cindy and Robin Stansell, introduced me to Gayle and Dick Denman in the spring of 2016 at our Carolina Dog Judges Study Group Seminars. We had a super turnout that week. Gayle was attending and present- ing while Dick visited with old friends and made new ones, including me. The three of us formed a fast friendship dur- ing our week together. I recently judged a Collie Specialty in beautiful Salt Lake City and one evening, Dick and Gayle took me out to dinner at their lovely Hidden Valley Country Club where I learned more about their lives. As Dick tells it, their story began on February 12, 2006 at the Westmin- ster Dog Show. Before they were dat- ing, Dick and Gayle, along with several friends, met up in New York City to spend the week together. Unlike Gayle, Dick was not known to attend Westmin- ster on an annual basis. But that year, Dick was interested in going because a mutual friend, Rick Gschwender, was judging the Herding Group. On the other hand, it was tradition for Gayle to meet up annually with close friends, Jon and Susan Cole. Gayle has many fond memories of Westminster Dog Shows and one secret that she’d like to share is that she was the one who taught Asa Mays how to dance the “Chicken Dance” at Sammy’s years ago. The week began with a night out to the theatre to see “A Woman in White”. Joining in the fun were friends Karen and Brad Child and Joyce and George Vaughn. It was at the play sitting next to Gayle that Dick felt that special spark!
a love story
Dick and “Rosie”,
CH Wycliffe Renaissance Rose.
Gayle and “Abi”, CH Gandalf ’s Abigail Adams WB at the Great Western Terrier Association, June 2012.
DICK & GAYLE DENMAN
48 • S how S ight M agazine , J une 2017
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