Re: The Gathering

[<mgraziano@austin.rr.com>]

did my layout perform OK?  any issues?


---- Bob <bstettner@earthlink.net> wrote: 
> Thanks to all.  I was in a panic last week and everyone came thru!   Heard 
> nothing to great feedback.  The gathering folks were most pleased by the way 
> we got the guest talking and having fun.  Next time we need a warn up act 
> for the crowd, Pal's the man!  You had to be there.
> 
> In the past Diane has posted pics on Shutterfly or similar.  Will notify as 
> soon as I hear which one.
> 
> Bob
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Ira Schneider" <ira_schneider@iname.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:06 PM
> To: "TTAT Members" <ttat-members@aoot.com>
> Subject: The Gathering
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > This morning, several of our members got together at the Westlake Hills
> > Presbyterian Church and ran trains for The Gathering, an Alzheimer's 
> > group.
> >
> > We had three layouts running trains.  Adrian and Mike leant us their
> > portable layouts (4' x 8' and 4' x 6') and trainsformers.  Tucker brought
> > his Christmas set (and another train set) and set up a loop of Lionel
> > tracks on a table.
> >
> > We had several vintage trains (i.e. Lionel postwar) running, as well as 
> > some
> > modern trains.  The people in the group seemed to be fascinated in seeing
> > the types of trains which they had when they were growing up.
> >
> > We took a couple of breaks from running trains to talk about our 
> > experiences
> > with model trains.
> >
> > I want to thank Bob, Pal, Stuart, Daniel, and Tucker (and Kimberly)
> > for coming to this event and running their trains for this group.
> >
> > I especially want to thank Bob for being the event coordinator and Ronnie
> > Herrington (Bob's friend) for transporting Adrian's layout to the church.
> >
> > I am sure the people of The Gathering enjoyed watching our trains
> > as much as we did in running them.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Ira
> >
> >
> > ------
> > TTAT members reflector. 
> 
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> TTAT members reflector.