The national anthem was indeed played at the Thursday noon opening.
My "haul" this time ranked among the most limited ever. George Seil, of our crew, found me a new-in-box Lionel quonset hut for $20, and I'll soon be ordering about a half dozen of the new quonset hut kits being offered by the fine folks at Korber (thanks Rich and crew).
I had my eyes on a few other things, but decided to hold off in favor of a Large Scale locomotive that I plan to order this coming week.