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alabama bandster meet?



who is in for a alabama bandster meet?  

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  1. 1. who is in for a alabama bandster meet?

    • yes im in!
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    • no way i dont want to meet you people
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You know I will be there. Jason have you talked to the park about the pavillions? We had a get together there last year and we had a pavillion right next to the kid pool and it had 4 tables in it (3 picnic tables and one round table). I think they are all the same price.

Let me know what you need me to do.

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I'd be interested in coming! I'll be a little over 1.5 months out from my surgery....

I usually avoid the pool like the plague, but I think I could make an exception for this event. :-)

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shawna, no i havent talked to them yet. i called but the office is closed until the 23rd of this month. thats opening day for them. im going to call then. i will ask about the tables then and try to get the one you talked about if we can. that way people with small kids will be right there. and if they have that many tables then i believe one pavillion will do.

so i will let everyone know the date on the 23rd if thats ok.

does anyone have a problem with either days

july 25th

or

aug 1st.

if so please let me know. its going to be one of those days.

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I am planning on coming. Let me know the date for sure so I can give it to my support group.

Thanks

i will post a new thread on the night of the 23rd. and let everyone know the date then.

I'd be interested in coming! I'll be a little over 1.5 months out from my surgery....

I usually avoid the pool like the plague, but I think I could make an exception for this event. :-)

and yes please come. no matter if you swim our not, its fun talking to everyone!

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either day is fine with me!!!

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Either day is fine with me, too.

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Count me in!

Both days are fine really but I would prefer August 1 (does that help?) :purplebananna:

yes thanks

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Hey, just found the link. I would love to meet up. I love Spring Valley Beach. It's a lot of fun. Or, I'd meet up somewhere else....going to need a lot of support and new friends who understand the ins and outs of the band.

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Hey, just found the link. I would love to meet up. I love Spring Valley Beach. It's a lot of fun. Or, I'd meet up somewhere else....going to need a lot of support and new friends who understand the ins and outs of the band.

yes, please do come. we want everyone we can to come and hang out. bring your boyfreind, husband, kids whoever. :smile:

and you will come to see that we all love to help out where we can. and i will keep on you about working out when you can. that will be about 3 weeks after surgry when you can start walking. :mad2:

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