RE: Niagara 2003.....another great Seminar !!

Congratulations, George,

Carlos



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From: George Webster <PumpkinDude@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:45 PM
Subject: Niagara 2003.....another great Seminar !!


> Last night I arrived back in California after a weekend at the
> Niagara Falls Growers Seminar. On my long plane flight back I had
> a chance to reflect on the events of this fun filled weekend.
> Once again Dave McCallum and his staff of volunteers worked countless
> hours for many months to present us with another fantastic Seminar
> that we will never forget. (Many thanks).
>
> The hightlight of the Seminar to me was meeting and being able to
> hang out and talk with Howard and Danny Dill at the reception in the
> Hospitality Suite on Friday and Saturday evening. Howard and Danny
> greeted every grower there and were glad to discuss any topic from
pumpkins
> to hockey or baseball. These two evenings gave the growers who were there
> memories to cherish for a long time.
>
> Two other highlights of the weekend that come to mind are when
> Howard received his Lifetime Achievement Award and also Don Langevin's
> presentation at the Seminar. Don's presentation was one of the best I
> have ever heard......and certainly the most entertaining.  Don talked for
> about 20 or 25 minutes and my sides were aching from laughing by the time
> he finished.  With a lot of injected humor he told us about the growers
who
> will be in his new book How-To-Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins III.
>
> The question and answer session with the panel of Heavy Hitters was top
notch
> and
> very informative as were the the two guest speakers. I feel that I learned
> a lot at the Seminar this weekend.
>
> Once again Bill Bobier came to the rescue by raffling off a 723 to raise
> some money when our beverages were running low in the Hospitality Suite.
> Some lucky guy from California won this seed ......(yep, it was me).
> To raise additional funds for the Seminar, later that evening Bill
invented
> a card game that he called Pumpkin Poker........he donated another 723 to
> this game.........lady luck must have been with that darn guy from
California
> ...........he walked away from Pumpkin Poker with his second 723 of the
> evening. (>:   (>:   (Thanks Bill, the Seminar needed the funds....and I
needed
> those 723's).
>
> I could sit here for another hour writing about all the nice growers that
> I met and all the wonderful stories that they told but instead I'll just
> say.......yep, this was one fantastic fun filled weekend ......and I look
> forward
> to attending again next year.
>
> George Webster
> Napa, CA
>
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