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I would also like to attend some event like this.
Do they happen only in summer?
Is it possible to predict them more than 2 weeks in advance?
Alex
On Sun, 4 Jun 2006, Greg R. wrote:
>
> 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" <>
> To: <>
> 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
> >
>
