Dear Faith, Regarding our museum guides being able to hold the children's interest, well that's what happens when we all get excited talking about the subject we love the best--local history. But trust me, when the kids walked into the museum it was obvious that they felt like they had stepped into a time machine and had been whisked back into the dinosaur age! :-) vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faith Hutchings" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:50 PM Subject: [FOLKS] Fourth Graders on a field trip > Vee, > > The Fourth Graders evidently listened carefully to their museum guides on > this field trip. This shows that not only did the children pay attention but > also indicates the ability of the museum guides, including you, Vee, to hold > their attention. You were interesting! > > I noticed only two of the students mentioned the actual name of the > Victrola, and one even spelled it correctly! I recall that a boy of East > Indian descent won the National Spelling Bee--seems like it was twice--in > the past few years? > > Faith > > >