St. Thomas Seminar???

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Last weeks my wife, Jan, and I were in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, where I 
replaced a pin block on a Steinway B. I had a great time, working with local 
piano tech Ray LaMotta. On Sunday we toured the island, and one of our stops 
was the Frenchman's Reef Marriott Hotel. It is a wonderful facility, complete 
with meeting rooms. Having just completed the Central West Regional, I 
thought about the possibility of having a seminar in St. Thomas. 

This is a letter of inquiry to see how many of you would be willing to travel 
to St. Thomas for a weekend seminar, which would be tax deductible, and take 
a little vacation at the same time? I am estimating the cost would be around 
$1500 per person, including airfare, hotel, a day cruise on a sail boat, and 
the seminar. To take advantage of lower rates, the seminar would have to be 
between May 1st and November 1st. Of course, in the fall there is a risk of 
hurricanes, but then that would be an adventure in itself. 

Respond on the list or privately. I have not planned anything, so there are 
no dates, no instructors, no classes. I'm just seeing who would be willing to 
shell out $1500 for a weekend in St. Thomas. The island is beautiful. The 
temperature is between 70-80 year around, with a calm ocean breeze all the 
time. I worked under Ray's car port, with the ocean breeze cooling me down 
all day. 

Jan, by the way, also had is "rough." After sleeping all morning, I made her 
eat lunch at a beach front restaurant, and then forced her to go swimming in 
the ocean all afternoon. The hardest part of the day for her was around 5 
o'clock when I made her get out of the ocean and have a daiquiri with me at 
the beach front bar. It was a rough life, but someone had to do it. 

Willem  

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