[Harp-L] Cheers For SPAH!

[Bobbie Giordano <bobbie-g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And to all my fellow conventioneers!  Wow.  It's hard to type this, but I 
won't be there with all of you this year.  Finances... as often happens 
these days.  I had to replace my total HVAC heat pump system last month 
and money went bye-bye big time.

Plus, it's just getting harder to afford the event.  I used to get perks 
doing artwork for the conventions, but nowadays they can obviously get 
more mileage using commercial pros.  Just logical, I guess.

The fact is this will be my first missed SPAH after 15 straight years, 
and I had loads of plans for making this one very special.  (Several of 
us, who might attend, share Paul Butterfield's birthday, which is also 
the shared date of the first Wright brothers' flight in 1903 at Kitty 
Hawk, VA, just southeast of the SPAH site.  I had hoped to mesh some sort 
of daytrip for us, but, oh well...)

Still, any SPAH event is amazing and NOT to be missed if at all 
possible!  You harp kids are going to revel in this extravaganza for 
years to come... trust me!!!  So, suck it up!!  Engorge yourselves!!!

(Damn.  I still can't believe I'm missing this.)

Love you all,
Miss You!!!

Bobbie G