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NRA Celebrity Shoot - April 21, 2011
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We'll start smiling as soon as it warms up!
(Do you smile at 6:30 a.m. on a Saturday?)
Dina Michelle of the production company
discovers the OVGC dinner "bell"
OVGC President Ray DiGiglio
welcomes volunteers from OVGC,
Friends of NRA Simi-Conejo Committee,
and elsewhere
Dina and OVGC Chief Instructor Jim Roberts
brief the volunteers
Volunteers begin tour of venues;
first stop: Covered Firing Line
Numbers on the backs of the Team Leaders' safety vests
help identify them for their squads - and the production crew!
Breakfast -- the most important meal of the day
Not quite sure what Bill P. found in the buffet line ...
but we hope it's edible!
Hot coffee and a good breakfast (and a little solar warmth)
bring out the volunteers' best smiles
This says it all
We're much more organized than we look! Honest!
Team Leaders are given their squadding sheets ...
... and promptly scan them for familiar names
It's a little smaller than the vehicles
Carol P. usually drives - and a whole lot slower
And the same can be said of Jim R.
Our Nation's colours were everywhere on this day!
Volunteers' smiles were firmly attached before our guests arrived
Someone's obviously looking forward to having a good time
Water in one hand, coffee in the other:
Now that's being prepared!
Ready to rock and roll!
Showing true team spirit
OK ... What have I let myself in for???
The next generation of shooters
is very much in evidence today
Cute couple, aren't they?
Off the bus and waiting for the party to start
Collin J. may look apprehensive,
but he's really only listening intently
A guest enters the reception tent
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
Erik Estrada didn't tell us.
(Of course, we didn't ask!)
The guests are more than ready for their breakfast.
We could tell them how good it is ...
But why spoil the surprise?
Team Leaders begin to round up their teams
Celebrities like to take pictures, too!
This way to the Handgun venue
Ready and waiting on the Covered Firing Line
Target boards awaiting their turns
Learning the basics:
Sight Alignment & Picture
Target Crew sets new target boards in place
Learning the basics:
Trigger Squeeze
Give a gal a gun ...
Give a guy a gun ...
Three guests stop between venues to pose
Steve Kanaly is a well-remembered Trap shooter here
Are we having fun yet? Of course we are!
This way to Trap Fields
Behind every shooter ...
is a coach to ensure everyone is safe.
A shooter shows his form
Watch the birdie; hit the birdie
Look for the puff of smoke near the muzzle:
"smokeless" is a relative term.
A team pauses to pose before going on to the next stop
Yep, it's after 10:00 a.m.
Patriotic banners mark the paths between venues
Sporting Clays at this starion fly high.
The framework confines the shotgun barrel's movement.
A behind-the-scenes look at a Sporting Clays trap
A pair of Sporting Clays traps ready and waiting.
NOTE: This photo was taken during the
Volunteer walk-through, NOT while the event was in progress!
Documenting the moment for the folks back home
A volunteer displays a gopher snake to an interested guest
End of a long day of shooting
The teams walked out, but volunteers provided transport back.
Gordon G. makes certain everyone is still aboard the golf cart
as Carol slows to a stop.
Steve W. gives two of his team members some pointers
Jim Roberts gives all the volunteers one final word ...
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!