Re: Cuba meeting

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

Yes, I will bring the laptop.
Will shoot for getting there early to make sure everything 
works(Robert will help me).
Noelle

On Sat, 12 Jul 2025, John Dukovic wrote:
 > Hi, Noelle.
 > 
 > Just checking in about tomorrow’s Spotlight.
 > 
 > I presume you’ll bring a laptop with your pictures on it.  I’ll bring  mine
 > also and I’ll be ready to run the YouTube video of Guantanamera if you
 > aren’t already set for that.  I’m be at Neutra House by 10:15 to set up. 
 > If you can be there by 10:30 or earlier so that we can connect everything, it
 > would be great.
 > 
 > It looks like there will be a fairly cozy turnout - 7 signed up on Meetup
 > so far.  We may get a few more who don’t sign up.
 > 
 > Let me know if I can help in any way.  My cell phone is 953-332-2678.
 > 
 > ‘Looking forward to hearing about what you experienced!
 > 
 > Thanks & cheers,
 > 
 > jd
 > 
 > On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM John Dukovic <http://www.gmail.com/~johndukovic>  wrote:
 > > Hi, Noelle.
 > >
 > > Yes, but no video.  I love the first one.  Maybe we can use just part of
 > > it if we see people are squirming in their seats.  But I think they'll 
 > > find
 > > it captivating.  And its visuals will be a good lead-in to your talk, I
 > > imagine.
 > >
 > > jd
 > >
 > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  wrote:
 > >> this one's 5 minutes long
 > >>
 > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdYIpvnzoW8
 > >>
 > >> On Sat, 28 Jun 2025, John Dukovic wrote:
 > >>
 > >>  > Yes, beautiful song.  At 7:40 the video it’s a bit long for our program,
 > >>  > but it’s quite lovely and gives off a wonderful vibe.
 > >>  >
 > >>  > On Sat, Jun 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg> wrote:
 > >>  >
 > >>  > > On Sat, 28 Jun 2025, John Dukovic wrote:
 > >>  > >
 > >>  > >  > Hi, Noelle. Thanks for your reply. I’m glad you’re okay with 
 > >>  > >  > the blurb and
 > >>  > >  > the image.  I’ll go ahead and “announce” it.
 > >>  > >  >
 > >>  > >  > That YouTube video is fantastic. What if we just show that as our music
 > >>  > >  > segment?  (Our customary flow is:  welcome, opening words, music, joys &
 > >>  > >  > sorrows sharing, the talk, Q&A/discussion, closing words, followed by
 > >>  > >  > lunch.)
 > >>  > >
 > >>  > > Yes! It's a good video to show. The story is it's about a young
 > >>  > > woman from the town of Guantanamo, Cuba. Probably could find an
 > >>  > > English translation of it out there.