Hallo,
hier das offizielle Anschreiben von Zelimir für die Ensisheim Show 2009.
Selbstverständlich werden Allende und ich wieder einen gemeinsamen Tisch dort haben in der Verlängerung von Peter Marmet und Marc Jost.
Viele Grüße, bis bald
Hanno
Dear List,
The detailed flyer describing the 10th international meteorite show « Ensisheim 2009 » will be ready quite soon.
Please find here as a preview, a summary of the main characteristics of this 10th edition of the show, that is of particular significance.
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Show dates:
Friday June 19 to Sunday June 22, 2009 (as always, the week-end preceding the Ste Marie mineral show).
Schedule:
Friday 19 is usually the "dealer’s day". This year, the Palace rooms are not also open exclusively to dealers but also to the public (9:00 - 18:00), as it often occurs in most mineral shows. This was decided after major request, as this apparently favors business during table setting. It will be to dealer's responsibility to watch their stuff during the "Friday mess".
The Regency Palace rooms close at 18:00 and all the opening ceremonies then start on the main square: inaugural address, enthroning ceremonies, friendly drink...
The henceforth unavoidable Friday dinner party will start from 20:00, on the main square, inside the tents, almost in the open air (as we again ordered the weather to fully co-operate!).
2 meals, selectively prepared by the owner of the nearby restaurant "Le Boeuf Rouge" are proposed, one based on poultry (fowl or alike), the other based on game (wild animals), probably hind (doe) or young wild boar.
Fixed price: 23 euro, excluding beverages but including, as a 10th anniversary special gift, an original mug with Ensisheim meteorite engraved ("souvenir" otherwise available for 8 euro).
Beer is unlimited and the recommender wines include 2 special vintages, namely "Ensisheim-Meteorite 1492" Pinot Gris (white) and "Ensisheim-Meteorite 1492" Pinot Noir (red), and at least 2 other red wines that traditionally accompany gam-based menues (Bordeaux....)
Party can end any time (possibly before the "meteorite hot rush" the next morning....)
Everybody (organizers, dealers, close friends, "loose" friends, relatives, related, tramps, unknowns...) attending (or not) the dealer’s day & enthroning ceremonies + "friendly drink" is welcome!
Please, let me know early enough (say before June 10 (slightly flexible deadline), if you want to attend, how many guests you will bring and (optionally, but it helps) which menu you would prefer
Reservation is a must, for obvious reasons (menu selection and preparation).
Fun absolutely guaranteed during the party (the tradition is that the one who can't have fun pays ME a beer!.....but so far I always stayed thirsty!)
While we are at food, the Saturday dinner party (not official but strongly recommended) can either take part in the tents on the main "dancing" square (basically light meal involving "tarte flambée" and alike + "selected liquids", all served by the organizers).
The other (and new) option is the restaurant "Le Boeuf Rouge" that is actually located exactly on the main square (on the other side of the church, 20 from the tents).
More than 120 guests can be sit inside in case of cold (very unlikely), or in a newly rebuilt open air courtyard. This large open resort is partly covered by a wooden roof (in improbable case of rain), partly just sun-protected by vineyard.
Meals are proposed "à la carte" at very friendly prices (food quality to price ratio largely positive) and beverage is unlimited. The advantage of that option is not only excellent food (we had a very positive try this week) but its proximity to every hotel ("La Couronne" or "Le Moulin") or the "dancing square", whereto you could walk or "creep" (?) any time in the deep night....
Other meals:
Saturday and Sunday: traditional lunches + all other traditional snacks, including the very popular "tarte flambée" (Alsatian pie), all permanently served outside or inside the sun-protected tent.
All the other activities on the main square (beer, wine sale, beer, tee shirts, beer, dino-teasing, mugs, beer, pins, discussions, beer...) are maintained (some highly recommended!).
The 2009 theme is very simple:
"BEAUTIFUL METEORITES"
There will be an outside display involving 3 "genuine" dinosaurs" surrounding a giant meteorite that is expected to fall the day before the show opening. More seriously, there will be a 480 kg new iron offered for public admiration (and sale!). It will fly directly from the Santago del Estero strewn field, sent through some "air-pony-express-mail" by our ever smiling "brother Hans" (Koser).
No sir, it is definitely NOT a Campo, but an new iron found onto the current Campo strewnfield. It is a coarse octahedrite (like Sikhote-Alin) provisionally named LAS PALMAS (under classification).
(For serious potential buyers, pics and price can be obtained soon from Hans or me. Just write.
If sold, the giant chunk is to be taken "as such" after the show, as "carry-on" on your hand luggage for your return flight, and as a "nothing to declare" goods for the customs clearance (foresee a small bag!)
The traditional meteorite display will include at least 2 prestigious collections: Alain Carion (private) and collection from NH museum of Edinburgh (Scotland), brought by its curator Peter Davidson (still to be confirmed). Probably also some fantastic meteorites from Starsburg NHM museum and some other few wonder from private anonymous local collections...And there is still room for other outstanding samples. Just write!
This year, we have 2 (perhaps 3) general lectures always related to theme.
1) Jean-Claude Lefebvre: "Dinosaurs: from absolute domination to total demise" (Saturday, 15:00-16:00)
2) Alain Carion: "30 years of meteorite passion" (Sunday, 11:00-12:00)
3 (optional): Peter Davidson: "The Edinburgh NHM meteorite collection" (schedule to be set)
Accommodation:
We henceforth have now 4 comfortable hotels to propose, namely “La Couronne”, “Niemerich”, “Cheval Blanc” and the new (but already very popular) "Le Domaine du Moulin".
Everybody must arrange for his own accommodation. You can find soon all hotel data (phone, fax, e-mail, web sites) in the flyer. If you call, they all do speak English and German (perhaps French ?).
If you need hotel data right now, please write.
Other features, data, remarks:
- Table prices: maintained as in the past
- Entrance fee (4 euro for adults 2 days (Saturday, Sunday), 6 euro for 3 days (including the Friday dealer's day).
- Number of tables: still limited to about 55. Their position in basically unchanged
- A new side-room is open (on the right from the entrance). You can find there a dino-based display (genuine dino fossil bones, posters, bookshop, "Club Astro" table (2009 is officially the "Astronomy year"!)
- Table reservation procedure: just write me! (mail is the most reliable contact, phone is more tricky as I am not always there)
- We still have free tables but I recommend you don't reserve too late! And our former guests who did not yet send their traditional "hello", are urgently encouraged to confirm (or cancel) their wish to keep their usual tables at their preferred place. So please hurry to reserve if you want to come again, as I already have quite a number of newcomers on a waiting list!
- Very important remark for dealers, can all of you who already reserved, CONFIRM me (by mail) your earlier made table reservation? (Except Carion, Haberer, Koser, who reserved yesterday).
Sorry for trouble but will greatly facilitate my administrative task, is far easier for me to handle, and safer for you.
- Some space in the consignment room is still available, free of charge, for those, especially guests coming from far away, who wish to sell some of their meteorites (ideally about 5-15 pieces). Just write label and price and leave the pieces in locked tables, with info on how you should be contacted by potential customers during the show. Contact me personally.
- Important: for public's respect dealers are kindly asked NOT to leave the show tables before 16:30. It is one of the rare restrictions we must impose. Priority can be given to dealers who are able to fulfill this request. Should you have a major problem with this, please contact me.
- Finally, needless to mention, the FUNNY (crazy ?), friendly and ever smiling show ambience, that is progressively acquiring an ever growing reputation, is absolutely guaranteed (by YOUR simple presence), for sure, especially for this special 10th edition of the show.
Well, that's about all, folks.
There is much more to be said but I prefer you now ask specific questions (on or off list).
Should this 10th show bring to all again much meteorite passion, fun, faith and friendship!
Best wishes,
Zelimir
Prof. Zelimir Gabelica
Université de Haute Alsace
ENSCMu, Lab. GSEC,
3, Rue A. Werner,
F-68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France
Tel: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 94
Fax: +33 (0)3 89 33 68 15
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