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Great write-up Mike! I knew I should have tried harder to go see it! Thanx, Mark (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town)
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(...) Don't forget we were published in the manaic mag Paul (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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"Robert Powell" <rpowell@soundvet.com> wrote in message news:H87yM9.M37@lugnet.com... (...) NCLTC also just completed a six week run. We were not on TV and we don't have a 70 brick tall dam but we were on the marquis, we did get a two page write in (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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NCLTC just completed (it came down today) a six week run - our layout has been on display at a mall here in the Raleigh area since Thanksgiving. This was an interesting experience for us and it actually worked out much better than I expected. While (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains.org.ncltc, lugnet.loc.us.nc, lugnet.org.us.nclug, lugnet.town) !
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Well, it wasn't actually "one set-up" as the layout evolved and grew during the 6 weeks. Tables were added to expand the overall size of the layout, at times even while the musuem was open, which brought on a whold new set of challenges to deal (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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>But getting people to cover shifts for 6 weeks, ya, that's impressive. You hit the nail on the head. We had a few members definitely take one for the team to make sure the layout was covered, especially during the Winter Festival. For 2 nights the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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| | MichLTC Show Report from Toy & Hobby Expo 2002
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MichLTC had another great show the weekend of Dec 27-29, at the Toy & Hobby Expo 2002. It was in the Novi Expo Center in Novi, MI. It was our first 3 day show and it went off great. We had a 20'x20' display featuring Larry P's mountain, Ken K's (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.org.us.michlug, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.announce, lugnet.town, lugnet.trains) !!
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(...) That involved what? *One* set up and one tear down? Not impressed by show duration as a measure of level of effort as far as setup/teardown goes But getting people to cover shifts for 6 weeks, ya, that's impressive. (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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Well, the SCLTC just finished a 6 week show! We were on 3 differnt TV stations and have a 70 brick tall dam!! :-) Next... Robert Powell SCLTC (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains.org)
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(...) It's so cute to see GMLTC and PNLTC squabbling... Meanwhile young upstart clubs like MichLTC are 3/4 of the way to completing 4 shows in 4 months which will be a new record (for US anyway...) here's the writeup on our most recent show. Jason (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org)
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