---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wim: St. Thomas is a beautiful place, and there are others nearby. St. Croix= and Tortola are equal to it and probably lower in cost. I've spent many= happy afternoons on the beach in Puerto Rico. Dang! I wish you hadn't= mentioned this on a day when I've got to get some things done!!! dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/18/01 at 9:57 AM Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: Last weeks my wife, Jan, and I were in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, where I replaced a pin block on a Steinway B. I had a great time, working with= local piano tech Ray LaMotta. On Sunday we toured the island, and one of our= stops was the Frenchman's Reef Marriott Hotel. It is a wonderful facility,= complete with meeting rooms. Having just completed the Central West Regional, I thought about the possibility of having a seminar in St. Thomas. This is a letter of inquiry to see how many of you would be willing to= travel to St. Thomas for a weekend seminar, which would be tax deductible, and= take a little vacation at the same time? I am estimating the cost would be= around $1500 per person, including airfare, hotel, a day cruise on a sail boat,= and the seminar. To take advantage of lower rates, the seminar would have to be= between May 1st and November 1st. Of course, in the fall there is a risk of= hurricanes, but then that would be an adventure in itself. Respond on the list or privately. I have not planned anything, so there are= no dates, no instructors, no classes. I'm just seeing who would be willing= to shell out $1500 for a weekend in St. Thomas. The island is beautiful. The temperature is between 70-80 year around, with a calm ocean breeze all the time. I worked under Ray's car port, with the ocean breeze cooling me down all day. Jan, by the way, also had is "rough." After sleeping all morning, I made= her eat lunch at a beach front restaurant, and then forced her to go swimming= in the ocean all afternoon. The hardest part of the day for her was around 5 o'clock when I made her get out of the ocean and have a daiquiri with me at= the beach front bar. It was a rough life, but someone had to do it. Willem David M. Porritt dporritt@swbell.net Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/aa/7c/ce/e4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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