Down Under

[David Skolnik]

Ron-

Did you get to here any of the Sydney International Piano Competition while 
you were there?

David Skolnik

At 02:05 PM 7/27/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>We got back late last night from the APTTA convention in beautiful 
>downtown Adelaide, arriving in Los Angeles about a half hour and a day 
>before leaving Sydney, getting back the Thursday that was on loan from the 
>trip over. Very strange.
>
>We spent some time in Sydney, prior to the conference, as guests of Ron 
>and Kristie Overs, who have our eternal gratitude for allowing us into 
>their home and disrupting their lives for the time we were there. We had a 
>terrific time, though not nearly enough of it. Thank you folks, for 
>inviting us to the conference, for your much appreciated generosity, and 
>for showing us around your corner of your beautiful country.
>
>The conference went extremely well, I thought. Interest was very high, and 
>the questions asked indicated to me that considerable thought and 
>discussion had already taken place on the bridge and soundboard subjects I 
>presented. I suspect Ron had more than a bit to do with that somewhere 
>along the line. Good humor, good classes, well organized, great people. We 
>had a terrific time. Well done! We miss them already.
>
>For those of you who saw, heard, and liked Ron's #3 (is that right?) piano 
>in Reno, the #5 he recently finished and took to Adelaide for the 
>conference is better. This is a very nice piano, and I (we) hope to return 
>one day and hear the production model(s).
>Ron N
>
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