All,
What can I say? The convention was a blast! I need to thank some folks for
helping the Crescent City S Gaugers participate.
Firstly, there is Leigh Swanson, not really an active member of SMSG, but a
great guy, none-the-less. He picked up myself and the Gregg Miller crew at the
Amtrak station in Pontiac and ferried us to the convention hotel. And also
returned us to the station for our departures. His effort and consideration is
greatly appreciated.
Next, there is Jerry Pontiatowski to whom I first made inquiries regarding
bringing the CCSG layout to the convention. Thanks for the encouragement,
Jerry. And, also to Tom Hawley and Sig Fleischmann for their efforts on our
behalf. We also thank Gaylord Gill and the entire membership of SMSG for the
financial support that helped us transport our modules the roughly 1000 miles
from Louisiana to Michigan. Couldn't have done it without y'all.
And I have to mention our club member Mickey Guidroz, who loaned us the use of
his personal trailer and drove the club display layout solo up to Pontiac and
back. Great job, Mickey.
We also thank NASG for all its encouragement and support. Gracias to the NASG
"Clearing House" for the NASG T-shirts and track gauges.
We enjoyed operating our display layout at the convention hotel and hope the
attendees enjoyed it as well. There were a few problems with it, but, hey,
there is always room for improvement. We had a great time talking to the
various viewers. And, wouldn't you know it? With about 10 minutes before we
were to start break-down, some young enthusiastic viewers showed up who
definitely didn't want it to end. That seems to happen at just about every
show we do. I guess that's one of the constraints with keeping show/convention
on time.
We were thrilled "to death" to win the Bill Krause award from the Connecticut S
Gaugers for S promotion. It was the "icing" to the great experience we had at
the convention.
Jay Mellon
Crescent City S Gaugers
New Orleans, LA
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