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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Beal asked the question on another thread. I think it's good enough to get it's own thread.
So far the only 1 (and a half) I attended was/were August 2006 at gh1's in Portland (very well attended and lot's of fun) and last July when Miles and Lisa came for 2 1/2 days of music and road cruises at the Vancouver Island Music Festival. (even more fun...cos it lasted longer.)
So, which ones do YOU remember? ('course, remembering MAY be part of the problem...) |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | What constitutes a gathering? How many people? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Let's see.. er... that's twelve inches in a foot... two pints in a quart, a Covy of quail... nine imperial gallons in a Firkin... 3.26 light years in a Parsec... an Exaltation of larks... ehh... Seven. Seven's the answer... |
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Location: SoCal | Play for 2 like you would for 2000..... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | A gathering, I'd say something that at least some people have to make a special effort to go to and it is planned quite a bit in advance and announced here. Three local guys getting together wouldn't count, posting here that it was going to be the last Saturday of Feburary and anyone was invited would. Make sense?
so:
Factory tours 5
aug 06 portland 1
July 07 portland 1
Amy's house NJ 07 1
Carolina 07 1
The Atlanta one 1
Denver ???? 1
Texas 2
Moody's house preNAMM 3?
Zillafest 07 1
g8rbowl 08 1
France 1 ?
That's 19 I'm sure I've missed a few. Let's hear from you. Thanks. |
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Location: Vermont USA | Two factory tours last year was awesome best time I've had in a very very long time
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Makes sense Beal. I was at a couple of three person gatherings. Granted - one of them was in California with Fred and Noah - but doesn't count. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Play for 2 like you would for 2000..... I saw John Hammond Jr. at Vorhees High School in a free concert sponsored by the Camden County Board of Freeholders a number of years ago... Not more than 25 people (auditorium held nearly 1000) including, the residents of a local school for the mentally handicapped sitting directly behind us, showed.
John still put on a great show though, you could tell he was a bit surprised there were so few people in attendance... And that group directly behind us were making all sorts of really funny noises, some voluntary, some not... they were completely ecstatic at being there... and my friend Steve and I were trying sooooo hard to suppress our laughter our eyes watered and we started making funny involuntary noises too. Very fun evening. John was great and the kids behind us were priceless. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I managed 2 last year: The Tour and Asheville Southern Jam...I had a blast...and I am so looking forward to Amelia! This is a great group and I am proud to be a part of it!
Beal, let me speak for us all: We owe your Dad and you a lot! (ok, just put it on my account...lol)...But seriously, Thanks! ;) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Al and Miles: we owe you 2 as well...Thanks! |
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Location: SoCal | SoCal, Saturday, 7/31/04 hosted by Erlend Dalen in Irvine. Dinner later.
Sunday, went to Michaels.
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Location: SoCal | Also, a Sunday at Moodys (last June?) when (then) Aloha Tim came through the area as he transferred to the East Coast. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Based on what's gone on in the past I seem to recall about 8 weeks notice that something might happen and then about 6 weeks that it was definitely happening. |
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Location: NJ | The "Denver" was actually Boulder, and there were 2 . . . |
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Location: SoCal | Get together for lunch (later took over the dining room) at the Jolly Rogers in Oceanside...Michael, Paul, Bruce, Fred, and myself. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
A gathering, I'd say something that at least some people have to make a special effort to go to and it is planned quite a bit in advance and announced here. Well, I announced it here and made a special effort by flying to the other side of the planet - in Winter!
Not my fault only 2 turned up. :(
But we enjoyed it. :D |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Thawed out yet Muz? :D
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | It's too bloody hot. 
No, really, it's GOOD to be home. Maybe we can attract a few of the Yank members to the coming Australian OFC gathering by banging the drum for the wonderful weather we enjoy year 'round here in Queensland. :cool:
Oh, did you know - you're hosting it?! :D |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | WE are !! :D :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | So, to the 19 above we add the So Cal 04.
and the Denver really should read Boulder and there were two there
That makes 21
Others? Name them with a place and date.
I just thought it would be good to do this before it got too far away from us and gone forever.
I see Miles has announced a NW 08. Let's get the count right if we can before he has that one and then we can get this numbering thing on track. |
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Location: NJ | Bill; don't forget the SlotHeadReunion at the Factory a couple years ago:
I think we oughta' "list" these (chronologically) in the "Reference" section (mebbe w/some Pics) . . . |
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Location: Tennessee | Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
A gathering, I'd say something that at least some people have to make a special effort to go to and it is planned quite a bit in advance and announced here. Sounds like we ought to count the Mike Dowling clinic, too. |
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Location: GA USA | Beal's "The Atlanta One" was actually called "Southeast Gathering 2006".
The great thing is that we've had four SE gatherings and I've been to all four. The sad thing is that the streak ends in March. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | We're going to have another OFC Texas gathering at Old Magnolia TOwn again this Spring.
This is me with Russel Crowe at the OFC Texas 2005
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But seriously ... we had alot of cool Ovations to play with...
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I created a new topic to collection pictures of the highlights of the events. Please post your photos and there. I will eventually create a more structured area, but this will be great for collecting the photos.
http://www.ovationfanclub.com/cgi-bin/ubb/cgi/ultimatebb.cgi |
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Location: GA USA | Thanks, Miles. Should we have a designated poster for each event instead of throwing up multiple galleries of each gathering? Should we try to post them in chronological order? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
The sad thing is that the streak ends in March. Captain...
Are you avoiding me??? |
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Location: GA USA | I can't really answer that and continue avoid you at the same time, you tricky devil. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | He can be sneeky that way sometimes |
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Location: south east Michigan | Curses.... foiled again. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | There was also one earlier in Denver that had the notorious Pot-Stirrer, Professor, Elgin, and myself. We invited Glen Campbell but he decided not to show!
This was in May '06 |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Anyone can post in each topic. Remember each EVENT gets its own topic so look to make sure one isn't already created for the topic.
Posts with just comments... will simply be deleted.
Thanks CKW2 for putting the master list up. If you would just continue to update (reply) to that post, I'll consolidate it periodically. |
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| I still don't see why me and muzza don't constitute a gathering - not our fault nobody else came and he did come 12000 bloody miles.
OFC London 08.
He's even got pics somewhere. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Your case is much stronger if there're pics.
Embarrassing ones.
Posted here. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | They're coming! Let me get over the jetlag first and find the bloody camera leads.
SWMBO unpacked - it could be some time. :rolleyes:
I agree with Schroeder. It WAS an official OFC gathering and we hit all the criteria except attendees. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Let's count it then. Add it to the thread. |
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Location: GA USA | I'm liking the new section. We need somebody to add some tour pix to those galleries. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
I'm liking the new section. I agree. That was a good idea of Miles. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Let's see, the '07 OFC tour, two up in Boulder at Mike's, and one in the Denver basement. That's only four. I need to get out more. I can add Amelia Island in a few months. |
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Location: NJ | I've got stacks of CD's of pics from the ones I've been to, what I'm lacking is the time/patience required to RE-SIZE it all . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | I'm telling you, Cliff, if all you want to do is resize them then Image Resizer is the way to go. It's free, easy and integrates into the Explorer right-click menu. And you can do a bunch at a time.
Here\'s a page that gives some quick instructions.
I recommend copying a bunch to a separate folder, select them all, then resize them to fit a 640x480 screen which should bring them down below 100k. Choose 'Resize the original pictures' (because these are copies anyway) so you don't get filenames with parenths in them (won't work in the gallery). |
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Location: NJ | I'll give it twy, Wabbitt.
thx. |
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Location: closely held secret | This one\'s good too, and also free. |
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Location: GA USA | Or you can set up a droplet in Photoshop that automates it. You drop the files and it opens, resizes, saves and closes them (or any sequence of Pshop commands that you like). A little more headache to set up, but once you have it, it works automatically from then on. |
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Location: NJ | Yeah, I've done that one, before.
It IS a bit of a "pain", but works REAL well once you have it set . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Brad, don't you have some pics from the very first basement gathering you can post up in the new section? |
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Location: closely held secret | That would be the "Adult" section, which is so "new" it doesn't "exist" yet. |
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Location: GA USA | I knew all that Freddy Mercury nonsense wouldn't last, but it was funny. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by stephent28:
Brad, don't you have some pics from the very first basement gathering you can post up in the new section? Found it and it is now posted! |
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Location: GA USA | "POSTS NOT CONTAINING EVENT PICTURES WILL BE DELETED.
Moody, Lanaki, Cliff, Weaser and G8r THIS APPLIES TO YOU TOO!!!!"
Busted! I saw that and thought that it didn't take Moody long to start pushing it. Funny stuff.
Tupperware, you are right about g8rbowl. Beal had three Taks and two Nationals. His other 7 or 8 were legal. Odd though, that he's in the pic jamming with a non-O. |
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| Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
"POSTS NOT CONTAINING EVENT PICTURES WILL BE DELETED.
Moody, Lanaki, Cliff, Weaser and G8r THIS APPLIES TO YOU TOO!!!!"
Busted! I saw that and thought that it didn't take Moody long to start pushing it. Funny stuff.
Tupperware, you are right about g8rbowl. Beal had three Taks and two Nationals. His other 7 or 8 were legal. Odd though, that he's in the pic jamming with a non-O. (properly chagrined)
Yep, Beal mostly played either the 75 or the Bluegrass. Different flavors of ice cream... |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by schroeder:
I still don't see why me and muzza don't constitute a gathering - not our fault nobody else came and he did come 12000 bloody miles. Originally posted by Mauvais Beal:
Let's count it then. Add it to the thread. Done! :D |
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Location: south east Michigan | Post first and ask questions later.
I posted, then I read the rules, then I reported my own post to Miles.
I await the proper and due punishment.
Just a suggestion about the Gatherings section.... If Miles "stickyed" the theads in chronological order the would stay that way when new pics were added. Nice, neat & tidy. Orderly. Logical. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | not a bad idea. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Sure! It's always easy when someone else does the work..... |
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How Many OFC gatherings?