Margaret Blough
The second day of the Symposium was the more memorable and emotional. The first day was great and the Court of Inquiry that evening was terrific. Dan taped it. I hope it turns out well. However, Sunday was the big emotional blowout that everyone expected. At one point, they asked for a show of hands as to who had been at the prior seminars. An amazing number of people there had been to all three. Robert did a terrific presentation on the history of the LMF, which should be mandatory listening for any groups seeking to do fundraising for a project. Gary's presentation on the creation of the statue was terrific. I saw it only a few weeks before it went to the foundry and he did an amazing amount of detail work in those weeks. This is definitely going to be a career maker for him, not just in terms of his talent as a sculptor but the LMF people were absolutely thrilled with him. He went above and beyond the call of duty in doing publicity and, since he's a friendly, charming man, the newspapers loved him. We got some great newspaper coverage and even some local TV coverage of his work on the statue. The tribute to Robert was an enormous surprise to him. The affection, respect, and love the people from the LMF who put it together have for him just permeated the whole thing. There were parts that were also extremely funny (I think Gary could make a living as a standup comedian).
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