Many thanks to many people. Thanks again to Larry D. For those great gasing spinners. I was surprised how quickly everyone went to those and tried spinning them. They were a big hit.
Many thanks to Marco Palma for those wonderful little Cuper tops. The kids were all smiles with them and they look great at the church in our gold display case. The t-shirts were well received, also.
Jay, you are the best. You take so much time to record so many things for us. I always miss some good stuff because I am running around working on things. You capture what I miss so I feel like I was a part of it all.
Cecil asked who was in that picture from before the competition. Here is my best effort at getting all the names. From left to right - John Buechele, Mike Hickerson, Eli Hickerson, Austen Hickerson and Renee. Kneeling in the front is Kirk, Jim Neff and Mark Hayward. Continuing on in the back after Renee is johnm (John Markus), mailman Don, ta0 Jorge Alcoz, butterfingers Dave, MarkLeithead, me (Earl of Whirl Mike Hout and SpinLynn. And, of course, Jay took the picture. It is a good crew. Kirk's wife Rachel is not in there but she is a spinner and I don't want to forget Betsy, the faithful partner of Renee who was a good sport all weekend even though she does not spin as much as the rest of us.