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13 hours later and we made it back to Minnesota from Fred's!
What a great meet it was! Lots of new faces and places! Fred's shop is indeed a one-of-a-kind place! The hospitality was top-notch!
Thanks to everyone who made us feel at home! If you have never been to Fred's..ya gotta go!
Thanks to Monte and Patsy, for the Hooters dining experience! thanks to R.T. for the "Down Under" comparisions, thanks to Magoo for a good laugh and his dog Scotty..(I never did hear or see the Banjo!) next time! Keith Myers...I'm going to get you painting yet! Good to see you Bruce!
I will forget many people so so thanks to you all, and hopefully see you here in July!
How bout some pictures? geet? anyone?
-------------------- Mike Meyer Sign Painter 189 1st Ave n P.O. Box 3 Mazeppa, Mn 55956
We are not selling, we are staying here in Mazeppa....we cannot re-create what we have here....not in another lifetime! SO Here we are!!!!!!!
So, you're goin' to to be travelling north, then, are ya?
That was a a great time. Wow!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6461 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Good to have you here Mike and good to see you too Bruce ...Patsy and I just got in from a Josh Grobin concert so our weekend wasn't quite over either.
Had a good time good to see everyone got home safely ...(you too coop).
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Fred and Marilyn (and Skip) were again great hosts for one of the best gatherings around. Just like an old family reunion.
It was good to see old friends (like that short Okie) and make some new ones (like Bruce and Mike). The talent present was mind boggling.
Many did not know that Fred was supposed to have been in the hospital for a kidney stone operation on Thursday, but got the doctor to postpone it and had a stint implanted and went through the weekend with some "Happy Pills". He didn't mention it to many, but he wasn't feeling very well - but it didn't stop him from being his usual gracious host. Thanks Fred.
Now, it's back to the real world. Gotta coat out some MDO.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Yes, another memorable weekend with Letterheads! I always feel like I'm leaving family members behind when it's over.
Mike, it was great meeting you and Ayleen and I may have my wife talked into a trip to Mazeppa this July.
Bruce, it was a pleasure to meet you.(he really can letter). Too bad Dana couldn't make it.
Keith, you semed a little overwelmed by it all but that's normal for a first timer! Go sling some paint...
and it's always nice visiting with friends. Si & Marty, Raymond, Ray Skaines, Monte, Coop,Padillas...and the list goes on. oh..and Magoo and Scotty the pooch, too!
Thank you Fred and Marilyn for another great meet!
We all had a great time. May take a while for dial-up internet users. Quicktime shows the clip darker than I'd like (although in the DVD the lighting is fine). This is my first shot at trying this. Comments and suggestions appreciated. Ray
-------------------- Ray Skaines League City, Tx www.srsigns.com Posts: 130 | From: League City, Texas | Registered: Mar 2003
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You captured the spirit of the weekend and the background music was just the right touch. Your editing skills are apparent. This will be something to save for future generations.
Now, you are going to have to go to every meet and be the official photographer. We now have the Ken Burns of the Letterhead movement.
That short, bald guy really talks a lot, doesn't he?
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Wish I could have been there... from what Bruce said it was a GREAT time!!
THANK YOU for my panel!!!!!!! WOW. THE Raymond Chapman, made lil ole nobody me a panel and I wasn't even there!!! TOO COOL. Just ask Bruce about my reaction to it... LOL!!
I will be there in Mazeppa. Oh Bruce will be too!!
-------------------- Dana Ferry St Cloud, MN Posts: 1556 | From: St Cloud, MN | Registered: May 1999
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Thanks for sharing that Ray, and thanks to Fred and Marilyn for making Scotty and I feel so welcome, and putting on such a great event and also putting up w/all of us.
I truly enjoyed myself, put a ton of faces to names, even slung some paint, told a bunch of lies, pestered everyone; and ate!!! The Mexican dinner was very good...a must for next year...
The only bummer of weekend was that I missed Monte's party, which I hear was excellent...not next time!!!
Sorry Mike, that banjo got plunked!!! Great meeting you.....you'll get to hear it yet...
-------------------- Frank Magoo, Magoo's-Las Vegas; fmagoo@netzero.com "the only easy day was yesterday" Posts: 2365 | From: Las Vegas, Nv. | Registered: Jun 2003
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Just got home!! Had a most excellence adventure at Fred's this time! Got to meet some new folks and visit with the regulars that I missed last year. I was very, very lazy this year and failed to do even one panel. Hell I failed to do almost anything!! I did do some wine glasses for my nephew's upcoming wedding. (Thanks, Skip)
This meet is truly one of the best annual meets that goes on year after year. Fred and Marilyn are great hosts and never fail to make us all feel at home. Some of the work done at this meet just boggles the mind.
Thanks to Monte and Patsee for putting me up again and for putting up with me AGAIN. hahaha Thanks for the vinyl ink Patsee. I'll use it well.
As always it was great being "bunk mates" with the Padillas and Coop and Trena. Monte and Patsee put up with a lot just so we can have a good time.
It was good to finally meet Fwank Magloo. I've talked to and about Fwank for a long time and now I's knows him. Scotty has a lot better manners than his employee I can tell ya that.
Well, other than feeling a little sick from allergies once I got home, I had a great trip and would love to get to Mr. Meyer's meet in July. Only time will tell.
I wanna do 'em all!
See ya'll,
R.T.
-------------------- R.T.Thomas,AirDesigns/Sign And Airbrush Studio rtart1@earthlink.net
Hattiesburg,MS 39401 Shop 601-584-1000 Cell 601-310-5901 Proud supporter of LETTERVILLE!
"Ahhhhhh.......Juicy Fruit." Posts: 547 | From: Hattiesburg,MS USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Overwelmed might not cover my first letterhead meet. I felt like I got a couple of years worth of knowledge packed into 3 days of school. I was very neat to see so many different projects going on.
My only dissapointmet is that I bought several brushes while I was there and none of them seem to be as smart as the brushes you guys were using. Perhaps I'll just keep holding their heads under the paint and they will get the message that they need to get smart. (I perhaps I'll just keep practicing)
Mike, Mark, Ray, Gary, Fred, and everybody else...thanks for letting me peek over your shoulders the whole weekend. It was very nice to meet everyone in person also.
-------------------- Keith Myers SignOn Enterprises 222 E. 3rd St Burkburnett, TX 76354 940-569-3000 keith@signonsigns.com www.SignOnSigns.com Posts: 149 | From: Burkburnett, Texas | Registered: Sep 2004
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Keith....just pick one of those brushes and concentrate on teaching it how to work! Once it is well educated, put it in with all the others, while you are asleep that night, it will teach all the others!
Worked for me!
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Keith - it was good to finally meet you in person.
That was your first Letterhead meet. Next time, all those excuses are null and void - you have to pick up something and go to work. And don't worry about criticism. Heck, Saturday, Bobbo said that my signs weren't very creative.
Sprinkle a little pixie dust on those brushes - works every time. Although Si may be on to something.
There were many times I threw brushes in the garbage while I was trying to learn, but the next morning I would go dig them out and try one more time. In fact, I'm still trying.
-------------------- Chapman Sign Studio Temple, Texas chapmanstudio@sbcglobal.net Posts: 6306 | From: Temple, Texas, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Keith, you were watching one of the best. The man from Temple can make it look simple. Not only can he stroke a good brush, Raymond is considered a great spokesperson and is held in the highest esteem from all of us "Letterheads".
I was fortunate that weekend... I had the best seat in the house. Mark Yearwood on my left and Raymond on the right. We had a blast slingin' paint.
Just wish our brushes had a built-in spellcheck.
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-------------------- Ray Skaines League City, Tx www.srsigns.com Posts: 130 | From: League City, Texas | Registered: Mar 2003
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Thank you, Mr. Skaines. I appreciate your very nice words. But it was me who had the good seat. Those guys were trying to see who could do the smallest lettering - I stayed out of it. All of us agreed that Alton would have smoked everyone.
One of the comments I heard over the weekend (either by Ray or Mark) was that lettering was just like therapy. With experience you eventually reach a stage where you get into a "zone" where the outside world disappears and time stands still. You would have to be there to understand.
Try to explain that feeling to a non-letterer and watch their reaction. They want to call the guys with the white coats and the strait-jacket.
Another observation from this weekend: Scottie was the most well behaved of all who attended. He had to be the most laid-back dog I've ever seen. Magoo, you have one fine friend there. And you're not too bad, either.
P.S. About that spell check thing - I still insist it's "Oakie"....everyone else spells it wrong.
Also, yesterday I sent a CD with over a hundred photos to Steve. He can pick out what he wants to post.
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Hey Ray, "Oakie" sounded ok to me. I kind a liked the way you spelled "Oklalhoma" though. My mind is always thinking of what's the next letter to stroke. I need a spell check brush that can beep and whistle when I forget to put the tail on the "Q" and "R".
Once I signed my son's report card with a note to the teacher, "We is proud of Jonathan". She probably felt sorry for him after that.
The world famous sign painter sitting next to us can out-do us both. I was honored to receive his panel. Who knows, one day it may be worth a fortune. Imagine a hundred years from now, some of these "Letterhead" panels at an auction house. Mmmm... Fred's place already is a sign museum. Spending a day there to look at it is worth the trip. Where do we go to next? Mazeppa?
-------------------- Ray Skaines League City, Tx www.srsigns.com Posts: 130 | From: League City, Texas | Registered: Mar 2003
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Thanks Steve for the compliment. Glad all enjoyed the video. Hope to do it again at some future meets.
Geet took some great shots at Fred's. Thanks for sharing. Never fails that you miss something when you see the other photos from the meet. From Geet's photos I saw some cowboy signpainter that I missed that weekend. Chris, sorry I missed seeing ya Bud. Hope to catch you at the next one.
-------------------- Ray Skaines League City, Tx www.srsigns.com Posts: 130 | From: League City, Texas | Registered: Mar 2003
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I had a great time at Fred's and I'd like to thank every one.I learned more this year than I did last year,and I was fresh out of the feild made some new friends.In All had a great time
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