Re: Niagara Falls Seminar....OUTSTANDING !!

Dave, 

From all of us in Ohio-- great job!  

I was wondering if you could post the conversation between God and St. Francis?  I would like to share that with my wife. I thought that was classic!

Thanks,

Kurt



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Date: Tue 04/09/02  4:21 PM
From: Dave McCallum  <pumpkins@hort.net>
To:  pumpkins@hort.net
CC: 
Subject: Re: Niagara Falls Seminar....OUTSTANDING !!

George : Thanks for your kind words and to all those attending who filled
out a questionaire about the seminar, I have read all of them. One thing
Whoopee forgot was to tell you that we did invite both Geneva and Craig to
come and speak to us, with flight and hotel accomodations included, but both
had previous engagements. We also had regrets from Dave Stelts who is now
busy with hammer and nails. Great to see everyone had a good time. Dave
Mccallum
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Webster" <PumpkinDude@sbcglobal.net>
To: <Pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 1:10 PM
Subject: Niagara Falls Seminar....OUTSTANDING !!


> This past weekend I attended the Seminar in Niagara Falls.
> In a word, it was OUTSTANDING !!
> Folks, this one gets a 5 Star rating.....everything about it
> was "First Class".
> The ambience that Dave McCallum and his staff created in the
> "Hospitality Room" and in the "Grand Ballroom" of the Ameri-Cana
> Resort made growers from all across the United States and Canada
> feel warmly at home. The pumpkin motif, photos, decorations and
> "life size" fiberglass cast replica of Adrien Gervais' 981.5
> pumpkin created the perfect atmosphere for the seminar.
>
> Nic Welty kicked off the Seminar on Saturday evening in the
> "Hospitality Room" with a genetics presentation. He also fielded
> a wide variety of genetics related questions from many growers in
> the room.  Nic did a great job of bringing the complex topic of
> genetics "down to my level".  He has a way of making all that
> technical stuff understandable !
>
> The program for Sunday was also impressive. The panel discussion
> and question and answer session with Al Eaton, Drew Papez and
> Rock Rivard was highly informative..... yep, they actually shared
> some of their secrets with us....(but I'm still not sure of how
> Rock "no-bug" Rivard keeps ALL those bugs out of his patch). (>:
>
> Speaker Adrian Gallant of Hydro Agri Canada gave an in depth presentation
> on fertilizing.
> We also learned some growing techniques for other assorted giant
vegetables
> such as giant tomatoes, tall corn, sunflowers, gourds and watermelons.
> I plan to plant giant tomatoes this year so I found this panel
presentation
> especially helpful.
> In their presentation, Tim Parks and Al from Ohio gave us excellent advice
> on product use for weed and disease control.
>
> Dave McCallum was our Master Of Ceremonies. (He's the best I've ever
seen).
> Hey, I vote that we get rid of Whoopie Goldberg at the Oscars and replace
> her with Dave......he's great !!
>
> There was a multitude of seeds available at the seed bazaar. The tables
were
> filled with cups of seed from every imaginable grower in the world.
> There were also many pumpkin related door prizes.
> The seed auction was fun. Lots of "hot seeds" were available to the higest
> bidder......and judging by the smiles of these highest bidders when they
picked
> up their seed, I would say a lot of growers got some great bargains at
> the auction.
>
> The Hospitality Room was open for about 9 hours on Saturday. This room was
a
> gathering place for growers to get reacquainted with friends, meet new
growers,
> share photos and stories, exchange information and have a beer or glass of
> wine or two. I met dozens of growers that I have e-mailed for the past
four
> years
> plus several legendary growers. This "Meet and Greet" time was fun, fun
fun.
> Lots of laughter and cheer ! I'm not sure how many growers were at the
Seminar
> (seemed like about 200), but it seemed to me that everyone there was
having
> a great time.
>
> When you are running a little low on beer in the Hospitality Room at a
Pumpkin
> Convention, how do you get more money for beer?......simple, you have a
guy
> like Bill Bobier step up and raffle off a 723....BINGO.....instant beer
money
> in minutes. Thanks Bill for keeping our whistles wet those last few hours
!!
>
> I'm probably leaving out some other stuff that I wanted to mention but I'm
> still suffering from jet lag and not thinking real clear this morning.
>
> I hope next year that the Northwest Seminar and the Niagara Seminar are
not
> on the same weekend like they were this year because I would like to
attend
> both......speaking of the Northwest Seminar....I just got word from a few
> growers
> who were there and it sounds like it was just as outstanding as Niagara.
> For those want a video tape of Niagara....I will have copies available in
about
> six to eight weeks. Also, Bob Troy taped the Northwest Seminar. I have
heard
> that
> Olaf Riberio gave an excellent presentation there. Bob is lending me his
tapes
> and I will also make copies of them available. (Thanks Bob)
> I will make a post to the list when both videos are available.
>
> Well I have babbled on long enough.....time for me to go take a nap and
> catch up on my sleep.
> Thank You all for your hospitality,
>
> George Webster
> Napa, Ca
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