Re: Standing room only crowd

**"* C* <d*@chilitech.net>**

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheri Ann Richerson" <SheriAnnRicherson@exoticgardening.com>

>I went to the tiny town of Greentown, Indiana today to give a program. I 
>was
> the opening speaker. I was so shocked when the crowd filled the room. It 
> was
> standing room only. In the past I have had anywhere from four people to
> maybe twenty show up for my programs with the exception of two - one was a
> Master Gardener conference and the other was at the Fort Wayne Botanical
> Gardens.

Congratulations, Sheri. I am happy for you. Really. But in typical male 
fashion, I've got to tell my story about SRO.

First, an aside. There was a small gathering, three couples, men in the 
living room, women in the kitchen. (That still happens aroung here.) In the 
kitchen, one of the women says, "I was hit by a car yesterday." All the 
other women gathered around her. "Oh, how awful." "Are you OK?" "What 
happened? "Tell us about it."

Back in the living room, one of the men says, "I was hit by a car 
yesterday." Another starts out, "YOU were hit by a car? Three years ago I 
was stepping out from between parked cars on Main Street, and Wham ... "

Men and women. Anyway ...

Four or five years ago I was going to be in the western Philadelphia exurbs. 
I have several papers in the area and had been occasionally been asked if I 
ever spoke there. So I contacted Longwood Gardens and asked them if I could 
speak there, no fee, just an attempt to connect with my readers. The 
reluctantly agreed, but said that it was an in-service day, all of the 
smaller meeting rooms were booked, and ... sorry ... they would have to put 
me in the 160 seat auditorium. They were stunned to see it filled and with 
people standing in the back. It went on for three hours with closing 
accomplished only by turning off the lights. Longwood has since asked me 
back. And paid me.

Yeah, it feels good, doesn't it.

D 

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