At right is the art auction

Doron writes:  I just returned from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where I attended and participated in the unveiling of the poster that I recently illustrated for the Calgary Stampede, the biggest rodeo in the world. This in an annual event, attended internationally, and supported by the entire city of Calgary, not unlike Mardi Gras, in New Orleans.

The poster for it is a big deal, and each year they unveil the following year's poster at that year's Stampede.  This was a benchmark moment in my career, an experience of being acknowledged for my success in a way that I hadn't yet seen.

Hilary and I were given the VIP  treatment, picked up at the airport, and brought to great accommodations.  We were given free passes to the Stampede park, and best seating for events.

The unveiling of the poster took place three times on Thursday afternoon in three different locations in the Stampede Park.  Hilary and I attended all of them. It was great.  I was interviewed several times by local media, I signed dozens of posters, and there was a video montage of all that, created within hours, and shown on huge video screens at that evening's rodeo event. 

Upon that showing, I stood up at my front row seat, turned around, and waved my hat to the crowd.
It was truly my moment in the sun!

Hilary was invaluable in terms of having an unerring sense of where I should be at all times, who I should be talking to and what was important from moment to moment.  It was at her insistence that we took the trip in the first place.  She also took hundreds of excellent photos, some of which are attached.
 

 Thank you Hilary, I love you.