[Leica] The Big Day!!! :-)

[rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw)]

Ted:

Honors on ya, Sir!

Hope it was a swell party and you finally got your street props 
memorialized in print and tv media.

You gotta know we're all very, very proud of you.

Bob Down In Seattle.


On Mar 26, 2008, at 8:05, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:

Ted,
Congrats on the well deserved honour. Lie back, relax and bask in the
limelight.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 7:51 PM, TED GRANT <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:

> So here we are more than buns deep in snow in Ottawa for this day of
> happeings.
>
> It starts with a special luncheon at the famed Rideau Club hosted by
> ex-Prime Minister Joe Clak and his wife Maureen. Later a media 
> interview.
> Then 7PM at the National Archives of Canada a hosted reception for 
> invited
> guests whom I have no idea will be there. All I was told was
> " you'll be surprised!" :-) Nice way to start off the celebration of 
> the
> screening at 7.30 of the film documentary about my wicked wicked life 
> as a
> photojournalist and the 280,000 images collected by the Archives of 
> Canada
> of my photography.
> It's the largest collection in Canadian history by one Canadian
> photographer. Quite frankly a surprise!
> 7.30 the lights fade and the film begins! Trust me a scary thought as 
> you
> have no idea how these people sitting in a big theatre auditorium will
> re-act. Me?
> Hell I know already there are places I'll be my usual tear shedding Ted
> simply because the personal realities of being on location with things 
> like
> the  Chernobyl cancer ridden kids come sweeping back.
>
> Do you know why I'm telling this to you folks?
> Because I'm as nervous as a kitten! Man nothing like this or even close
> has ever happeend to me in my life and I'm kind of reaching out to the 
> LUG
> family for strength to cope. I know I'll get through whatever it is, 
> but
> it's not going to be easy, trust me. I do have most of my family here 
> for
> support, but you folks are special lso.
> I'll fill you in later with the events happenings. :-)
> the old guy,
> ted
>
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