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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=melissa@riccobono.us
href="mailto:melissa@riccobono.us">Melissa Ann Riccobono</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 03, 2013 4:45 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=greater-baltimore@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:greater-baltimore@nfbnet.org">'NFB of Maryland Baltimore Chapter
Discussion List'</A> ; <A title=nfbmd@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:nfbmd@nfbnet.org">'NFB of Maryland e-mail list'</A> ; <A
title=mdpobc@nfbnet.org href="mailto:mdpobc@nfbnet.org">'Maryland Parents of
Blind Children List'</A> ; <A title=mdabs@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:mdabs@nfbnet.org">mdabs@nfbnet.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Nfbmd] It's Time To Play!</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>State convention is fast approaching. I hope to see many of
you in Ocean City November 8-10. Please make sure you get your room reservations
in at the Carousel. Their number is 410-524-1000. The deadline is October 7.
Also, make sure you take advantage of early registration fees by registering on
our website at<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.nfbmd.org">http://www.nfbmd.org</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The deadline for early registration is October 11. If you
need any help with registration, please contact Sharon Maneki at
410-715-9596.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I am writing to let all of you know about some fantastic
opportunities this year during convention hospitality. Unfortunately, we will
not be having our usual talent show this year. Fortunately, I believe what we do
have planned will make our hospitality more fun than ever! <o:p></o:p></P>
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As always, our hospitality will begin at 8 PM. This year we have a game theme.
We will have playing cards and other games available. Also, we would love for
all of you to bring a favorite game to share. Pull together a group of your
friends, or, even better, strangers, and teach them your favorite game. Or,
challenge a group in a fun card game. Free snacks and nonalcoholic drinks will
be provided.<o:p></o:p></P>
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Then, at 9 PM, the ice rink at the Carousel will be taken over by NFBMD skaters!
We are going to play some games of ice hockey! Yes, that’s right, ice hockey!
Youth—middle school aged and younger—will have the ice from 9-9:45 to strut
their stuff. Then, high school students to adults will have the ice from
9:45-10:30 to do the same. I am so excited about this event, but we will need
help in the following ways to make sure it is as fun and successful as I believe
it can be.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">1.<SPAN
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</SPAN></SPAN>We need participants! If you are interested in getting on the ice
for some hockey action, please contact Maurice Peret to let him know you are
interested. Maurice can be reached at 804-928-4015, or via email at <A
href="mailto:mauriceperet@gmail.com">mauriceperet@gmail.com</A>. No experience
skating? No experience playing hockey? No problem! You can actually begin
skating any time during the evening in order to get the hang of it. Also, there
will be some practice time before each hockey event so folks can learn the
basics and get their hockey legs under them. Don’t be shy! Sitting is killing
us! Get out there and join the fun if you are at all interested!<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>We need “expert” skaters. If you know how to ice skate, and you’d
like to help teach others this art, please let Maurice Peret know. It does not
matter if you are sighted or blind. We need your expertice!<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">3.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>We need hockey enthusiasts! If you know about hockey, how it is
played, and/or would be interested in helping us reff our games, please let
Maurice Peret know. I know very little about hockey, and Maurice says he knows
even less, so we definitely need some help!<o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1"
class=MsoListParagraph><SPAN style="mso-list: ignore">4.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN>Lastly, but certainly not least, we need spectators! We will be
having someone, or perhaps a couple of people, provide commentary about what is
going on with the partifcipants during both the warm up sessions and the actual
games themselves. This should be a very fun activity, so please join us as a
spectator if you do not want to get involved in any other way.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Again, I hope to see many of you in Ocean City! This will be
a convention you will not want to miss. <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Melissa<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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