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Frank wrote:
> The "Celestial Navigation Celebration" is just two weeks away!
Is this an annual event by any chance? I would love to attend something like
this, but work (and other scheduling conflicts) precludes going this year -
when is the next one after this scheduled?
--
GregR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Reed" <>
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Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:16 PM
Subject: Two weeks to Mystic!
> The "Celestial Navigation Celebration" is just two weeks away! I look
> forward to seeing you all there. It's shaping up to be quite an event.
The Senior
> Curator of Mystic Seaport, Bill Peterson, has stepped forward to help
conduct
> tours of the museum's Collections Research Center (where we'll see some
nice
> old navigational instruments). This is a good case of the "if you build
it,
> they will come" scenario. I didn't ask the museum management to help us
out
> since I did not want to burden them with work (or myself with
bureaucratic
> wrangling), but once they realized how impressive this meeting might turn
out to
> be, they simply had to jump on-board.
>
> Additionally, we now have a location for our Saturday night group dinner.
> It's an unremarkable restaurant called "Jamms" with really good food and
good
> prices, very close to Mystic Seaport and the motels. Everything
picturesque
> with an ocean-view is booked for June weddings. Ken Gebhart, well-known
to the
> list as the Founder and Owner of Celestaire, will be our dinner speaker.
>
> There are many other speakers and events planned for the weekend. For
> details, please visit www.fer3.com/Mystic2006 . It is not too late to
join us, by
> the way. Southwest flies to Providence which is just 40 minutes from
Mystic
> Seaport and frequently has excellent low fares at the last minute.
>
> -FER
> 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
>
