Appreciated impressions of a successful evening, certainly due in large part to your involvement. Unmistakably truly felt and very well said.
Thanks, Christine! Jack --- On Sat, 5/8/10, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > Subject: Opening Reception > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, May 8, 2010, 6:41 AM > Hi Everyone: > > It's 8:10 a.m. here in Chicago, and I have to get ready to > meet folks downtown, but I wanted to post a quick update: > > 1) We had a surprise right off: Bill Robb showed up > with Tom Cakilic. I actually knew he was coming, but I > was sworn to secrecy. It was great, great fun to meet > him. > > 2) My husband, Darrel, estimates about 75 people attended > the reception, and the energy was up. I want to say > maybe a hundred attended, but it's hard to say. > > 3) Non-PDMLers LOVED EVERYONE's work. Folks were > really impressed with the quality--of course, folks picked > out favorites, but the body of work was greatly admired by > all who attended. And that's the truth!!! > > 4) Two photographs have been identified as sold, and two > more *might* sell. This is a good sign for the remaining > weeks to come--but take this statement with very, very > cautious optimism. It's always hard to say for sure, > and deals can fall through, but . . . > > 5) I didn't take many pictures because I willingly got > caught up in the social energy. Friends and family > came out to support us, and I wanted everyone to feel warmly > welcomed. At the end of the night, I regretted my lack > of picture taking, but Darrel assured me that PDMLers were > taking pictures like crazy. At one point, someone said > to Darrel, "I've never seen this many cameras in one room." > > 6) Cotty: I forgot to send kisses via the web cam, > but I send you many kisses now XXX! > > 7) It was really great to meet all the PDMLers that > came--that was probably the best part of the night! > :-) > > More later & big, big cheers to the list--you're all > with us in spirit! Christine > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
