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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 09:03 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 09:07 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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And out the door a short while later, this is not a large display |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 09:52 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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back side of mineral viewing area. |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 09:59 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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JIm checks out the mining area. |
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My wonderful fun husband, Jim. |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 10:05 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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There is an area that mentions dinosaurs. |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 10:13 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Lots of fun bronzes along the pathways. |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 10:20 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Outside the Inn Suites ( Hotel Tucson ) |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 10:23 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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In the lobby, our very dear friends. Fred Wilda the amazing artist, and Helen who is his support and love interest! |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 13:45 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 14:02 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Julian Gray! Curator for the Tellus museum outside Atlanta. He is a great friend. |
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The Inn Suites pool. Part of the courtyard. |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 18:37 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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I love the orange trees that are everywhere in the courtyard of the Inn Suites. |
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That'll make you look twice! |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 18:43 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Patrick Mayer, from Tanzania, and Johnathan Pearce. We have been regular's at Patricks for the last couple of years now. He has a great bed and breakfast we hear, in Tanzania. |
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Ange, Malcolm Southwood and Jim. |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 18:47 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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I hear someone call my name. It's James Ziegler, who lives in South America, that I know from Facebook! |
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Gail
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:03 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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And more from the Inn Suites...
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Packing up to go, it started to rain too. |
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This dog is enjoying the day. |
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So, Jim and I were talking about minerals and he drove us right off the curb as he was thinking it was an exit!!! We were hung up and going nowhere. |
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A woman came along and suggested we have people sit on the back end to counterweight it. It worked, we were able to move. |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:07 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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...Wednesday afternoon, time to deliver our pieces to the main show at the convention center for set up day.
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We came to the convention center to drop off our Arizona pieces for the display cases and to enter the best of theme piece. |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:15 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Thinking of Bill Smith and wishing him well.
In we go to the TGMS main hall.
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Phil Richardson, in charge of the Grand Reef linarite case. |
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Irv Brown helps us figure out how to sign all the paperwork on each piece leant for display and then where they go with our flat after we sign. |
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Ed Huskinson, what a funny fellow! |
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The cards that go with some of our loaners. |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:25 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Getting passes to go down onto the floor. Security is high. |
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Peter Megaw on his faithful scooter. |
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People are setting up their cases. |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:36 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Bill Severence, Moni and Herb Obodda. |
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Steve Neely and Bill Larson |
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Nice to see without huge amounts of people. |
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Great people to work with, volunteers |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:43 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Now there's a smiling face! |
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Terry with the GIA, their case is being set up. |
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Marc Wilson,from the Carnegie museum, shows us his case layout plan. |
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Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:56 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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Paul Bernhardt, he is with the Perot Museum of Nature and Science of which I serve on the advisory board in Dallas. He is the exhibits person, he brought along a nice display of our new 180,000 square foot museum. |
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The MAD group was given this old cabinet for display, the lighting was fluorescent and we were displaying gem crystals. Some of our members were not willing to trust the case as it was not as safe as we would have liked. |
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Bryan Lees, and his crew, were kind enough to give up some great display space to offer to the MAD group for their display. We are very grateful. |
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