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Re: Congrats, Dave! (was: Re: Meeting July 31 or August 1?)
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 20:21:02 GMT
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I thought Robin Werner's Amtrak got second place in the train MOCs. Hmmm,
maybe Robin got third, the whole weekend is still kind of a blur at this moment.
jt
In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> David Eaton wrote:
> > [...] you'll
> > be pleased to know that every MOC that NELUG members brought took 1st or 2nd
> > place in the MOC contests. Of course there were only 2 MOCs of ours there,[..]
> > DaveE
>
> Darn, I was going to announce this on your behalf, but I was too slow..
>
> Here goes anyway:
>
> NELUGer, Dave Eaton took home the SECOND PLACE: **Best Train Model,**
> for his Green Line trolley, as voted by BrickFest attendees! (Of course
> my stuffing the box for him may have made a difference.. (did I say
> that?)) But seriously, the competition in that area was fierce! There
> were a huge number of fantastic train creations that Dave was up
> against. In walking around the train room, his cars were outside the
> main layout, against a wall. But there they shone. There was nothing
> else like it at the fest. (no, Dave isn't paying me to say this). At the
> awards ceremony, I think I may have hurt my voice in screaming so
> loudly, esp as I had to do it again for...
>
> Dave's FIRST PLACE: **Best Space Model,** for his AT-AT, as voted by
> BrickFest attendees! I don't think I need tell you what the competition
> was like in the Space room.. Even better, as this was announced, it was
> brought to our attention that his model won "by a landslide!" woo-hoo!
>
> Dave's recognition was well deserved! I'm thankful for his taking time
> and care to bring those models. He even drove them down to the event. I
> have to tell you, when I saw his AT-AT standing on its own, without
> supervision, where anyone could have bumped, broken, or stolen it, I was
> truly impressed by the bravery exercised. It says something for
> BrickFest too, that there was no bad incident.
>
> I hope more of us bring MOCs next year so we can really clean house. :-)
>
> Oh, one more thing:
> Proof of our nifty new NELUG attire being proudly sported at BrickFest 2001:
>
> Me and Ed Boxer:
> http://www.geocities.com/dstaudt/BrickFest/Saturday/People_G-Susan.jpg
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> Dave and Jorge:
> http://www.geocities.com/dstaudt/BrickFest/Saturday/People_R-Adrian.jpg
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=55839
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> WAMALUGer, Jennifer Boger, at far left, is wearing hers (trust me):
> http://www.geocities.com/dstaudt/BrickFest/Friday/Registeration.jpg
>
> I'm happy that those were available for us and, IMHO, ours were the most
> professional looking Ts there. ;-)
>
> Oh, another last thing:
> Eric K was missed by many I spoke to.
>
> Ok, I'm done cheer leading.
> -Suz
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