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17th Tennessee Classic
Pappy:
Man that is Great Tower,really looking forward to seeing you. :)
Pappy
JW_Halverson:
Drag Gstoneberg's butt with you, Tower!
This year's could be quite the year down there in ol' Tennessee! It's looking more and more like we are going to be able to get Del the Cat flown over to teach us poor Colonials how to build proper English Longbows! And you can teach him how to drink crickwater out of a mason jar with his pinkie up in the air.
For those of you that may have missed it, we are going to try to raise some frogskins to fly Del over to Tennessee to attend the Classic. I got the idea last year when some great folks chipped in to get me there. It was a humbling experience to have so many great people help out and I realy wanted to find a way to "pass it along". Then in June, I got a nice little windfall and I stuffed it under the mattress with this in mind. I've ponied up the first $300 out of pocket, set up a bank account specifically for this endeavor and learned how to operate Paypal. If you are interested at all, you can p.m. me your email address and dollar amount so I can send you an invoice. Or you can buy raffle tickets on a knife that Killir Duck made and donated. Same technique, just send a p.m. with your email address, and how many tickets you want ($5 each, $23 for 5). We'll get it done from there!
Pappy:
Thanks JW, Very nice thing yall are doing. When will yall draw a winner for the knife ? and is their a dead line on when you can get in. ;) :) Only about 6 weeks till it's on. I can hardly wait. ;) :) We are having a shoot/event this weekend and will be a lot of fun but for me nothing compairs to the Classic. I help TwinOaks with all that goes on but this is My baby and is so special with all the folks I have meet over the years that I have become very close friends with, even tho we only see each other usually once a year. :)Hard to explane but looking forward to meeting more new faces this year and I am sure I will. :)We go to lots of work to make a good event [labor of love] but it's the people that come that make this so special.With out yall it would be just another shoot. :) Hope to see ya in late April or early May. ;) :)
Pappy
JW_Halverson:
Killir duck is running the raffle, I'm just the guy holding the hat out!
The deadline is open until the airline ticket is covered. I am going to buy the airline ticket soon, and I am going to have to rob Peter to pay Paul to do it and trust the rest comes in.
The one mystery I did not solve last year at the Classic, is how all the work gets done without it looking like a crew of people is laboring fulltime to pull it off? A crowd of people like that generates a lot of trash, for example, but the trashcans were always emptied, there was little or nothing on the ground to pick up.
I've helped run a couple rendezvous events over the years. I know how much work there is and I know the more people you have at the event the higher the work load goes! Twin Oaks has 25 members, the event sees something like 4-500. That's up to 20 guest per staff member! I don't see how it happens, I just don't see it! But it happens, no denying that!
Maybe they get cloned when they become Twin Oaks members? One to work, one to sleep...12 on, 12 off!
Gsulfridge:
I think a lot can be said for their organization and planning skills. Top notch guys for sure. "They got their ducks in a row!"
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