[nagdu] convention?

[Julie J]

Tami,

Thanks!
Monty does very well with loud noises, so maybe I shouldn't worry so much. 
I'll see if I can find something remotely similar to take him to before July 
to see how he does.

When I went in 2008 we weren't that far back from the edge of the arena.  I 
could easily hear the horses hooves and tell exactly where they were in 
relation to each other.  The moans, groans and screams do help a lot with 
figuring out that one of the knights got hit! LOL  I did have to ask which 
one it was though.

I'm remembering that we walked past some of the horse stalls on the way in 
or out.  I don't know what your vision is like, but maybe you see the horses 
better at that range when they are standing still?

And they give you a DVD of the whole thing to take home with you.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
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> Julie,
>
> I went to the one in southern California as an office function way back in
> '90.  It was just as you described, and I absolutely adored it!
>
> I think we have one here, and every now and I think it would be great to
> go...  My only thing is that I'm not sure how I would manage to cope with
> not seeing horses.  And the jousting and so forth that involves the 
> horses.
> I actually used to know a bit about the studs they use here, and I've seen
> pictures of them, but that was awhile ago, I guess.  Still, I love 
> dressage
> -- which grew out of that knightly military tradition -- and I love those
> more true to original style breeds.  I love watching them in action doing
> all that knightly stuff in the show...
>
> I would undoubtedly throw myself over the balcony to try to watch them by
> hand just knowing they are there.  /grin/  It would add something new to 
> the
> show, I guess.  I'm not sure what.
>
> Other than wondering if I can keep my hands off the horses, I'm really
> looking forward to going here sometime.  In '08, I thought it would be
> really fun to go with other blind people who couldn't see the action,
> either, because then we would all be appreciating it without having to see
> it, and that would be way cool....  On of these years.  /grin/
>
> Mitzi, oddly enough, does really well at stuff like that -- dark, loud,
> raucous.  I hesistated the first time I even considered having her stick 
> her
> nose into something like that, but I wanted to see how she would do if I
> introduced her to that sort of thing...  She wanted to check it out, so we
> went further in, she found some friends of ours, so we sat with them, and
> she just settled down and enjoyed herself.  Strangest thing.  I would not
> have believed that in a million years, especially since she was still 
> barely
> 18 months old at that time and just as jumpy, flighty, busy, etc., as she
> could be when everything was all low key and dog friendly.  Heck, she 
> still
> will levitate in her sleep over some slight noise that's different, even 
> if
> Daisy doesn't hear it.  She's just a very, very alert dog and very 
> sensitive
> to and aware of things in her environment.
>
> There is no way on earth she should not go insane in loud places like 
> rowdy
> bars and the like.  But, no, it's all good there, she's having fun, just
> doing her job and taking life easy.
>
> I will never understand that dog.  /smile/  I like her, though.
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Julie J
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 10:40 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] convention?
>
> Ed,
>
> Oh!  It is super awesome!  It's a medieval sort of dinner consisting of
> roasted chicken, a beef rib, potato, soup and bread or at least that's 
> what
> we were served.    All the waiters/waitresses are dressed in medieval 
> garb.
> You sit in theater type of seating with long tables in front of you.  It's
> arranged like an arena.  There's a bit of theater sprinkled with lots of
> demonstrations on jousting, swordplay, falconry and all sorts of other
> stuff.  Did I say it's awesome?  But it's really loud, not quite as much 
> as
> a  concert, but close at times.   A group of us went in 2008.  There were
> two guide dogs in our group one had no problem and the other was seriously
> not enjoying the action.
>
> It's pretty close to the Hilton we'll be at.  I'm not sure how easy it 
> would
>
> be to walk over there.  The distance wouldn't be a problem, but no clue 
> what
>
> the pedestrian  ease of travel would be like.
>
> Julie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
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> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:47 AM
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>
>
>> What is the Medieval Times Dinner Theater? sounds interesting. Thanks, Ed
>> Meskys
>>
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