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I volunteered to help out this year. Learned to find my way around the Capitol area and building. Back working with the public - nice, naughty, and just plain weird. Heard some very intelligent discussion of current topics, and collected some great signed books. Stayed at the Hampton a couple of blocks from the Capitol and had a small balcony. There was a Beaver Moon on Saturday night so took my camera and tried out all the different settings to see what would happen. It was a high humidity weekend as evidenced by the haze at night and early morning.
When you volunteer at the Festival you miss out on a lot. All the sessions I worked were full so I had to stand out in the hall and turn people away - the fire marshal was darn strict about capacity. This means I missed almost all the speakers. However, I was glad to help and learned a lot of "inside scoop" so I'll know how to better pick my volunteer times next year.
I volunteered to help out this year. Learned to find my way around the Capitol area and building. Back working with the public - nice, naughty, and just plain weird. Heard some very intelligent discussion of current topics, and collected some great signed books. Stayed at the Hampton a couple of blocks from the Capitol and had a small balcony. There was a Beaver Moon on Saturday night so took my camera and tried out all the different settings to see what would happen. It was a high humidity weekend as evidenced by the haze at night and early morning.
When you volunteer at the Festival you miss out on a lot. All the sessions I worked were full so I had to stand out in the hall and turn people away - the fire marshal was darn strict about capacity. This means I missed almost all the speakers. However, I was glad to help and learned a lot of "inside scoop" so I'll know how to better pick my volunteer times next year.
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| From 5th floor balcony. That's the moon, not the sun. |
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| Same scene as above at same time. Just different camera setting. |
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| Shot 3: same time and place. |
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| Didn't know I had a B&W setting on my camera |
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| 2nd floor balcony has eye-catching "people" watching your walk by |
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| Early Saturday morning |
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| A little later Saturday morning. |
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| Texas Institute of Letters Winners. L to R Steven Davis, Kathi Appelt, Amy Gentry, Bruce Bond, Paulette Jiles, Stephen Harrigan, Skip Hollandsworth |
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| C-Span2 Tent had some of the best authors/presenters on current topics. L to R: Moderator Brian Sweeney, Kevin Young, Jared Yates Sexton |
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| Texas State Library and Archives Commission building |
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| R is Nathan Englander. Interviewer is from the Jewish Book Fair. |
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