Hello Patsy, I had heard at the luncheon that you'd been very sick, and had to be taken away in a wheelchair. I'm so relieved to hear that you've recovered, but sorry we missed seeing you. Thank you so much for arranging the lunch. It was wonderful to see faces that are usually just names.
Regards, Carolyn Carolyn Hastings Stow, MA USA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patsy A. > Goodman > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:05 PM > To: lace@arachne.com > Subject: [lace] IOLI arachne luncheon and convention (long) > > Hello Everyone, > > Just felt an explanation was in order, along with an apology concerning the > luncheon. > I arrived in Montreal early Saturday morning. Arrived at the Hotel at about > 10:30 am. Had to wait for a room so went looking for restaurants. The one > on the main floor of the Hotel wanted $22.00 plus, for the luncheon. So > checked out other places Sat. and Sunday. It was too crazy to try to get > tables together in the food court, LOL. The Baton Rouge seemed the best and > was close to the elevator to get back to class. I felt fine, but tired Sat. > and Sun. and even on Monday morning. I had a sign made up, to place on the > table. Gave it to the restaurant to place on the table as I knew I couldn't > get there ahead of every one. > > Went to the breakfast, we had, then went to class. The class had no sooner > started then I started to get sick. At first I thought it was my diabetics > acting up. But my blood count was ok. Then I started vomiting and was > really sick. They had to send for a wheel chair to take me back to my room. > I had a good dose of Montezuma's revenge and cold sweats. I am so sorry that > I missed the luncheon and I apologize to all that attended. I hope the > restaurant was fine and that you enjoyed yourselves. > > I also want to again apologize to the morning Carrickmacross class for > causing a disruption to the class by getting sick. I know it caused some > lost class time and I am so sorry . > > I managed to get through the rest of my class days but was not able to get > to any evening activities except for the banquet. And I missed going to the > tour on Wed. > > But I did enjoy meeting some of the people from the internet, like Tamara > and Gail Marshall, along with many others. > > The table runners for the contest were just out standing. How the judges > were able to pick a winner I don't know. There was a tatted one, called > mini water lily's, that I was just positive was made by Doretha Albee. Was > surprised to learn that it was made by someone else and it won some prize. > I was seated in a far corner and couldn't hear a thing that was said. > > I wish you all could have seen the entertainment. They were a group of > dancers. First they came out and the women were dressed in the hooped > skirted gowns and the men were dressed in their finest. They danced the > minuet, and a few others. We went on with the banquet. Then more dancing. > More banquet and business. > T H E N - - - - -- The Grande finale. > WOW! ! You had to see this. The dancers came out in costume. > Little white bonnets and long aprons, (funny I can't remember what the men > were wearing) but they were each carrying a long white rope attached to a > giant sized lace makers pillow. The "Lacemaker" stepped up to the podium > and they placed the giant pillow in place. She had giant pins to place in > the proper holes. The dancers kind of danced and at the same time wove the > rope over and under making the stitches and finally a "tally". The > lacemaker placing the giant sized pins in the proper places. When done, the > pillow was held up so we could all see the "lace". It was a wonderful > accomplishment. The battery in my camera had gone dead just as the program > started and my extra battery was up in my room. So I got no pictures of the > dancers. But believe me cameras were flashing all over. Hopefully some > will put them up for us all to enjoy. Don't know if we can wait for the > next IOLI bulletin. > > Hope every one that went to convention had a great time. > > Patsy A. Goodman > Chula Vista, CA, USA > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
