Thursday, Sept. 4:

REP president Martha Marks continued to photograph the convention activities... this time as a guest in Minnesota Senator Norman Coleman's hospitality suite. From there, she didn't have the close-up view of the stage and VIP seats that she had had on Wednesday evening, but she did enjoy looking across at the McCain and Palin families and a sweeping panorama of the grand finale... not to mention refreshments and interesting conversation with Senator Coleman's other guests.

Above left: Sarah Palin (in black), Cindy McCain (in blue), Roberta McCain (in white) and other members of the McCain and Palin families listen to John McCain's speech.
Above right: the two families stand and applaud at the end of his speech.

Above left: a panorama of the convention hall
Above right and below: the climactic sequence as confetti and balloons fell into the hall.

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