The 2004 Cincinnati Old-Time Radio and Nostalgia Convention is now history…but what a lot of fun we’ve had the last two days! We’ve had great recreations, a fantastic dealer’s room, and Annie and I have been thrilled to meet many of you for the first time (if only in elevators, eh, Chris?) and revisit with many old friends. It was a little odd to have to go to Jim Widner and tell him I wasn’t dead, however…

This evening we were fortunate enough to have dinner with Bob Neumann Newman, and my name was drawn (again!), this time to receive a copy of a CD of Bob Hastings’ record album, “Bob Hastings Sings for the Family” from Terry Salomonson. It was wonderful to see Ester Geddes McVey who is still a stunning woman, while we also remember with fondness her late husband, Tyler. It was great to see Will Hutchins, a frequent attendee of the FOTR Con, here in Cincinatti, along with Bob Hastings, Rosemary Rice, and Hal Stone (and his wife Dorothy).

Like most conventions, I’m sorry it’s over, since it means I need to pack up the car and go back home in the morning, back to the grind of everyday life. I’m in many ways luckier than most, though, since I spend at least part of my day every day dealing with OTR folks, what with running the Digest server and all. But then, with the Digest, we all get to spend a little time every day with each other, reveling in our joy of old-time radio…so maybe going home isn’t so bad. Still, it is fun to dispense with the computer screen a few times every year and be together in the same room…

Ok, ok, I know, “shut up and get to the pics already!”
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