Poll for December 2023 : Dockside Crowd or Musical Greetings for QE2

[June Ingram]

The theme for the December 2023 Competition, "Dockside Crowd or Musical Greetings for QE2", was chosen by Sea Pigeon.

Please vote for your three favourite photos. This is the first competition of the new calendar year, with winning and runner-up photos going towards the 2025 QE2 Story Calendar.

The prize this month is The QE2 Story Desktop Calendar for 2024 designed by Isabelle Prondzynski and donated by Isabelle.

Voting is easy, but you need to be registered as a Forum member and log into the Forum to vote.  Whether or not you have submitted photos, please support those who have participated, by choosing your 3 favourite ones, noting the details, then tick the relevant boxes on the poll.  If you have entered photos, please do not vote for your own pictures.

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https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/index.php?topic=5178.0

To make it easier for you, we have posted the pictures below.

However, you might like to turn to the Gallery Album, "Dockside Crowd or Musical Greetings for QE2", where you can see them all at once, in thumbnail form. Plus you can view larger versions of the pictures by clicking on the photos to see them in medium size, and clicking once more for large size.

https://www.theqe2story.com/forum/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=299

You will not see the results of the vote until the poll closes on 1 February 2024, after all time zones have had a chance to catch up with the voting deadline.

Enjoy the great variety of the photos, and choose your three favourites.

Happy New Year !

[June Ingram]

QE2 at the Beach Volleyball Championships


QE2 Joining in the Parade of Fire-Engines, Stavanger 2008


Farewell for QE2 in St John, New Brunswick


Stavanger Friends Giving QE2 a Final Sendoff


The Last Goodbye from New York


Hello and Goodbye Newcastle


QE2 and Her Fans


The First Dockside Crowd !!


Rousing Send-off from Rotterdam


Top Brass at Naples


Last Call at Greenock


Welcome to Cochin


Last Departure Gibraltar


And the Band Played Us On!


Göteborg Town Band as We Set Sail


The Ladies with the Coconut Lamps


QE2 Send-off in Göteborg


A fantastic send off


Crowds await QE2's arrival


A Greenock Welcome


Celebrating Fare Well with the Local Brass Band for the Last Time in Flam


Crowds on 31 July 1985


Sydney 2001


QE2 Romance and Aloha From Hawaii


Brass Band Playing for Final Call at Stavanger, 2008


Power to Attract A Crowd 1


Power To Attract A Crowd 2


Guam 1995 - Welcome


The Friendliest & Most Welcoming Trieste Bids Farewell to QE2

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

The new photo competition poll is now ready!

Enjoy the dockside crowds and musical greetings, and the memories which this topic will bring.

Three votes are yours -- we look forward to seeing you use them and choose the photos that may go into the 2025 calendar (already!).

[Peter Mugridge]

My votes are in.

[Brandon Sterkel]

Just cast my votes!

[Lynda Bradford]

Lovely to see these photos with memories of the welcome that QE2 would receive. 

I have cast my three votes, but it was a difficult decision to choose only three. 

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

Six people have voted so far, and it will be great to see more votes coming in. Maybe the weekend is a great time to enjoy the photos and cast your votes 

[Rob Lightbody]

Voted!!

So much atmosphere of happy times captured in those photos this month.

Well done everyone!

[Isabelle Prondzynski]

We are getting off to a slow start. 8 voters by now, and so many great photos to choose from!

Please have a look and let us know your favourites .


Interesting that we have two photos that must have been taken on the same day in the same place -- what a pity that we (photographers) did not meet!

Welcome to Cochin
The ladies with the coconut lamps

[June Ingram]

Just voted ! Please join me if you have not yet voted. What amazing photos !

[June Ingram]

10 voters. Please do vote !

[June Ingram]

11 voters now. We are nearing the home stretch, so please be sure your voice is heard.

[June Ingram]

16 voters ! Let’s keep the votes coming in !

[June Ingram]

17 voters ! There is still time !

[June Ingram]

One more day to vote !