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In lugnet.org.ca.vlc, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Dean Husby wrote in message <3A0F4EE8.D4CE1750@akasa.bc.ca>...
> > Today, after a couple months of
> > painstaking planning (as can be attested by the number of posts
> > recently), we debuted at the Trains 2000 (Burnaby, BC Canada) event,
> > with a 16' by 6' layout • <snip>
> > We also came away with an award:
> > Trains 2000, People's Choice, Best Layout.
Wow, what a surprise! <grin> A LEGO layout takes people's choice.
Whodathunkit? Congratuations. Well done.
That said, this seems to be the *usual* outcome. People LOVE our hobby. Next
time, make sure they're paying you an appearance fee. You did your one
freebie. :-)
> Well, we had a great time and lots of people LOVED the layout. Most of the
> time there were adults and kids packed 2 and 3 deep all the way round our
> three sides which were viewable, and we did a lot of showing and telling of
> the Lego train sets available, gave out 300 club flyers and around 50 Lego
> catalogs (could have been more, but we ran out) and we learned a lot.
Way to go, nice job promoting the hobby!
++Lar
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| Dean Husby wrote in message <3A0F4EE8.D4CE1750@a....bc.ca>... (...) <snip> (...) Well, we had a great time and lots of people LOVED the layout. Most of the time there were adults and kids packed 2 and 3 deep all the way round our three sides which (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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