Thank You Again Carole;
You made the anticipation and excitement grow for the day when I can finally
attend
Harry Berryman
 
Carole P. Marshall wrote:
 
> There were two programs this morning. Ross Mayhew had us all practically
> falling out of our seats laughing as he tole about his rtip through Labrador?
> At any rate he was very funny. Dave Green had a wonderfully relaxing program
> about the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Dave had a lot of beautiful slides along set
> to music from a CD of sounds from the Aquarium and whale calls, birdsong and
> instrumental music. It was a soothing way to end the programs. I hope it
> soothed Dave as  well, he had a rough time this convention. The less said
> about the bourse and the dealers the better :-(
>    Thursday evening at the banquet, Charles Opitz spoke to us about Shell
> money and trade shells. He had many examples of shell trade articles from
> Papua, New Guinea and other places around the world. It was interesting and
> informative. With the end of that program, the convention was concluded.
>   The REAL heroes, Linda Koestal and the Central Florida Shell Club. They did
> a remarkable job to see that the schedule ran on time and things went
> smoothly. My personal hero, Phyllis Gray. There has always got to be one in
> every crowd and I was it, this time. Never could seem to find the right ticket
> for the right event.Remind me not to change purses so often!!!  Phyllis took
> it all very calmly, and efficiently. She had it all written down bless her
> heart. Sorry Phyllis.
>   One thing I especially liked was the lobby lounge. If you had a little time
> you could sit there and meet new people from the group. I met some really
> wonderful people this convention. All the waitresses and service people were
> friendly.
>   As you can guess, I am now at home and writing this. It seems impossible
> that a week went by so fast. You wait and wait and like a flash of lightening
> it is over.
>   See you in Louisville,
>             Carole Marshall