>Greetings to Each of you > >WOW!!! What a weekend! In my excitement to get this report to you I omitted to tell you about the other half of the reunion on the Sunday. >The theme of the two days was "MIX, MAG & MINGLE" and that's exactly what >everyone did. It was my pleasure to WELCOME every one to the event. I'm >delighted that all had such a great time and many even came back on the >Sunday. > >Saturday saw some 350 genies come through the hall. They just kept on >coming. There was a never ending line or so it seemed. Records show that >they came from far and near,from Rockhampton to Melbourne, from Western >Australia to New Zealand. Yes there was someone from New Zealand present >too. So you can see our advertising was successful. > >Saturday night saw some 120 people sit down to dinner at the Windsor RSL. >The Bistro meal was delightful and the company just GREAT. It was >wonderful >to just sit and talk and spend time with each other in a relaxed >atmosphere. After a good night's sleep which was needed after all the frantic activity of the Saturday, Sunday dawned a little brighter and slightly clearer skies than on Saturday. However, we had a brilliant venue and plenty of space for everyone so it didn't really matter what the weather did. Again we were there bright and early ready for the onslaught. Would it be as rushed as Saturday? Fortunately it wasn't. People came along at a more leisurely pace which meant we didn't have the long queues that we had on Saturday. Sunday's numbers gradually increased until we had about 250 over the course of the day. Some brave souls from Saturday returned for a time. Again the theme "MIX, MAG, & MINGLE" was taken on board whole heartedly. So all in all we had some 500-550 people through the doors over the two days. It was beyond my wildest dreams never having organised this type of function before. I've been told that I'm banned from choosing dates for reunions in the future as the two that I've organised have been wet and one was even on the weekend of the Rugvy League Grand Final day. Tut! Tut! - Well as I say, there's more to life than football!!! <wicked grins>. So all in all it was a brilliant weekend. Again my personal thanks to all who attended and especially to those who helped organise the event. >Once again my SPECIAL AND PERSONAL THANKS to Lesley, Norma, Ian, Allen, >Ena, >John and Shirley for their specific help. To all those who on the day >assisted on the door or sent out notificationS to Newspapers, to various >family groups, family history societies etc, my sincere THANKS TO YOU. I >couldn't have done it without your help. > >What a fantastic weekend. I had a ball. >A FINAL PLEA! PLEASE READ THE MESSAGE RE CENSUS 2001 and ACT UPON IT! > >With best wishes and thanks to all who came to make it successful. > Peter Stewart 4th great grandson of William Douglas [Alexander 1788] one of the first 22 Pioneers of the Hawkesbury area. Organiser by Remote Control. > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > <> SAVE OUR CENSUS <> > <> <> > <> on AUGUST 7th, 2001 <> > <> <> > <> VOTE " Y E S " <> > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> > > To keeping your household census form > in the National Archives of Australia, > so this data will be available for > genealogical, historical and medical research > by our descendants in 100 years time. > > There are more than 100,000 genealogists in Australia. > > TELL 10 OF YOUR FRIENDS TO TELL 10 OF THEIR FRIENDS > HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SAVE THESE RECORDS. > > Vote YES on 7 August 2001 > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ^ "To Live On In The Hearts And Minds Of Descendants ^ > ^ Is To Never Die". ^ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > >Researching: >Descendants of Daniel & Elizabeth Jurd, and associated families >in the Hawkesbury and Macdonald River, Wollombi and Hunter Region as well >as >Moree >and surrounding districts. > >Also researching the families of > Dugald & Hannah Stewart [Jurd Connection] paternal > Timothy & Margretta Tomlins} maternal > David & Mary Simon } side > > > > >_____________________________________________________________________________________ >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : >http://explorer.msn.com > > >==== GENANZ Mailing List ==== >Searchable archives >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GENANZ-L > _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com