Re: More DinoFest Info - YOU GOTTA GO!

["Louise Sugar" <dragonfyr@tycho.com>]

WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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-----Original Message-----
From: stevo@dgs.net <stevo@dgsys.com>
To: Dinosaur Mailing List - Gen. Distribution <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 3:26 AM
Subject: RE: More DinoFest Info - YOU GOTTA GO!


>Everyone,
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>I just returned from two full days at DinoFest and barely scratched the
surface of what was there. To add a bit to Allan Edels' 4/13 message:
>Parking is actually pretty good if you are there at 10 am when it opens.
There is underground parking right next to the Civic Center.  I paid $7,
went up the escalator and was at the entrance to DinoFest.   Food is indeed
limited in variety and a meal will be expensive, altho the cute little
dinopretzels (!) are only a dollar.  The signs mean what they say: once you
go out of the building, you are not allowed to return. I sure hope they are
more lax on this rule with you pros during the Symposium.  Also, there was
NO FILM for sale, only disposable cameras - $18 and you can go through the
25 or so exposures pretty quickly.  The Dino Art book is for sale, for $5 is
a good buy, but the Dinofest is sorely missing a catolog of exhibit photos
and descriptions for people who want to review what they saw when they
return home.
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>And the exhibits are fabulous!  Every little glass case holds a treasure.
The Dino Eggs exhibit has a near-complete large dino nest and small tortoise
embryos, the huge ceratopsian exhibit is very well presented, the Chinese
exhibit has some very small, perfect treasures in glass cases that shouldn't
be overlooked.   It seems like every section of the 'Fest could easily have
been an attraction on its own.  While Nancy and the large mammoth are not to
be missed, neither are the several stegosaurs that are scattered throughout
the exhibit. I also was delighted to see that Don Wohlberg was on the floor,
chatting it up with the visitors, and meeting him was a highlight for this
layperson as I return to an old passion.
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>As for children, there is more than enough to keep them entertained.  This
event does a very good job of having plenty for everyone, regardless of age.
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>FINALLY -- If anyone has doubts about whether they should go, pawn your
watch, call in sick, do whatever you must, but DON'T MISS THE DINOFEST!!!!
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>--Steve
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