LI Decoy Collectors Show - Saturday, March 7, Hauppauge
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Paul sanchez
New member
Would love to purchase the video I was unable to attend the please let me know how and where thank you
Capt Rich Geminski
Well-known member
Great show, the display that Steve, Craig and their helpers did was well done... A lot of collectors from out of state. The show was well attended...
Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Rich et al~
Today is a decompression day - after the year-long journey and especially the "sprint" over the last 8 or 9 weeks. I will do a more thorough post in a couple of days. Among many other last-minute details, Craig Kessler and I were forced to learn a bit more about the 3 monitors we had running - one trip to a Staples for an HDMI cord Friday night - and ANOTHER trip for ANOTHER HDMI cord during the Show Saturday morning (many thanks to Pete Johnston!). We could not begin to relax until we had recognized our "movie stars" around 11:00 AM - actually a bit later because our eldest statesman - 90-year-old Preston Raynor - arrived fashionably late. But, all went even better than planned and was very well-received.
Our DVD sold out by 1:00 and we already have orders for 50 more. Another batch of 100 will be produced this week.
BTW: Here is the drill for anyone who wants one or more When the Broadbill was King on Great South Bay DVDs:
1. Mail a PERSONAL CHECK to STEVE SANFORD (with LIDCA DVD on the memo line)
Steve Sanford
PENCIL BROOK FARM
160 Gannon Road
Buskirk, NY 12028
2. Price is $20 for first copy plus $10 each for any additional copies (this is a great "prize" for any club functions)
3. Please be sure to include YOUR MAILING ADDRESS
Here is a Broadbill's eye view of our display - just after we started breaking it down at the end of the day. The Dodge & Krowl Scooter (early 1900s) is in the foreground. Owner Brandt Rising brought a small monitor with great footage of his "mother ship" RETRIEVER breaking ice. One perspective - with the cameraman hanging over the bow - showed the ice buckling beneath the hull as it moved inexorably forward. We had 2 other monitors as part of the exhibit, one showing the movie and the other showing the 300+ slides all day long. We also had our largest monitor playing the slides all day up at the food concession.
The 8-foot bay chart was the focal point of the exhibit. I will give lots more detail in my future post (and I will be putting all of the narrative on my own website) - but it showed the 50 "big rigs" we knew of between 1935 and 1985 and also gave detailed accounts of about a dozen of them just below the chart. The monitor on the left shows Schuyler Watts at the beginning of the movie. And, we had close to 50 gunning decoys from the era on the tables - along with "assorted paraphernalia".
I saw dozens and dozens of old friends and observed everybody enjoying each other's company. I really enjoyed meeting several duckboats.net members whom I had only "known" electronically beforehand. Not surprisingly, they were each as fine as we would expect.
Although the "average" attendee tended toward grey hair - and lots of grey beards - there was some young blood around. This is duckboats-member Tom Russo's crew aboard the Horal Scooter:
Stay tuned!
SJS
Today is a decompression day - after the year-long journey and especially the "sprint" over the last 8 or 9 weeks. I will do a more thorough post in a couple of days. Among many other last-minute details, Craig Kessler and I were forced to learn a bit more about the 3 monitors we had running - one trip to a Staples for an HDMI cord Friday night - and ANOTHER trip for ANOTHER HDMI cord during the Show Saturday morning (many thanks to Pete Johnston!). We could not begin to relax until we had recognized our "movie stars" around 11:00 AM - actually a bit later because our eldest statesman - 90-year-old Preston Raynor - arrived fashionably late. But, all went even better than planned and was very well-received.
Our DVD sold out by 1:00 and we already have orders for 50 more. Another batch of 100 will be produced this week.
BTW: Here is the drill for anyone who wants one or more When the Broadbill was King on Great South Bay DVDs:
1. Mail a PERSONAL CHECK to STEVE SANFORD (with LIDCA DVD on the memo line)
Steve Sanford
PENCIL BROOK FARM
160 Gannon Road
Buskirk, NY 12028
2. Price is $20 for first copy plus $10 each for any additional copies (this is a great "prize" for any club functions)
3. Please be sure to include YOUR MAILING ADDRESS
Here is a Broadbill's eye view of our display - just after we started breaking it down at the end of the day. The Dodge & Krowl Scooter (early 1900s) is in the foreground. Owner Brandt Rising brought a small monitor with great footage of his "mother ship" RETRIEVER breaking ice. One perspective - with the cameraman hanging over the bow - showed the ice buckling beneath the hull as it moved inexorably forward. We had 2 other monitors as part of the exhibit, one showing the movie and the other showing the 300+ slides all day long. We also had our largest monitor playing the slides all day up at the food concession.
The 8-foot bay chart was the focal point of the exhibit. I will give lots more detail in my future post (and I will be putting all of the narrative on my own website) - but it showed the 50 "big rigs" we knew of between 1935 and 1985 and also gave detailed accounts of about a dozen of them just below the chart. The monitor on the left shows Schuyler Watts at the beginning of the movie. And, we had close to 50 gunning decoys from the era on the tables - along with "assorted paraphernalia".
I saw dozens and dozens of old friends and observed everybody enjoying each other's company. I really enjoyed meeting several duckboats.net members whom I had only "known" electronically beforehand. Not surprisingly, they were each as fine as we would expect.
Although the "average" attendee tended toward grey hair - and lots of grey beards - there was some young blood around. This is duckboats-member Tom Russo's crew aboard the Horal Scooter:
Stay tuned!
SJS
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Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Hi, Paul~
DVD details are in my post today - just mail me a personal check ($20 for first DVD, plus $10 for each additional) and your mailing address:
Steve Sanford
PENCIL BROOK FARM
160 Gannon Road
Buskirk, NY 12028
All the best,
SJS
DVD details are in my post today - just mail me a personal check ($20 for first DVD, plus $10 for each additional) and your mailing address:
Steve Sanford
PENCIL BROOK FARM
160 Gannon Road
Buskirk, NY 12028
All the best,
SJS
Steve Sanford
Well-known member
Tom~
It was great to see you and those "shy and retiring" boys of yours - and Uncle Jim, too! (see photos in my post)
And, I am very glad you enjoyed the documentary - and I am guessing the boys did not hang on every word for all 87 minutes!
All the best,
SJS
It was great to see you and those "shy and retiring" boys of yours - and Uncle Jim, too! (see photos in my post)
And, I am very glad you enjoyed the documentary - and I am guessing the boys did not hang on every word for all 87 minutes!
All the best,
SJS
Truly a remarkable display. I may have to order one of those DVDs but will be sure to send a bank draft with real money, not a Canadian personal check. 
Paul sanchez
New member
Thank you Steve will do. A check is being mailed out to you today
Bill Ferrar
Well-known member
It was nice to see the movie stars in person AKA duck hunter. You and your team put a lot of work into the presentation and it showed.
I really liked the map showing where the boats and Captains were located.
I really liked the map showing where the boats and Captains were located.
Pat Gregory
Well-known member
Great stuff Steve! I appreciate all you do to keep the Long Island Heritage alive! Great traditions, great people... Pat
P. Revicki
Active member
Steve,
The show and the display was great, and you guys out did yourselves. If you could can you send me a PM with the name of the guy with the cork. I would love to come up sometime and just sit and talk decoys and hunting. Great job.
Pete
The show and the display was great, and you guys out did yourselves. If you could can you send me a PM with the name of the guy with the cork. I would love to come up sometime and just sit and talk decoys and hunting. Great job.
Pete