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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Posted: Feb 19, 2012 20:03 Post subject: Re: Gail Spann's Tucson Show Report, 2012. Let the fun begin... |
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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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| 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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| Peter Megaw on his faithful scooter. |
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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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| 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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| 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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