Multiple loops, same posts…

I installed Featured Content Slider v2.4 on my site:

https://embeddedcomputingsystems.com/2/?page_id=5

I am pulling content from my WordPress install… my issue is that while my stories are loading in the first portion, I also need then image thumbnails to load in the the pagination portion…

I have tried to use multiple “loops” to grab the post’s image, title, and link in the first loop. I can’t seem to get the second loop to work to pull my “thumb” custom field.

<div id="slider1" class="sliderwrapper">
<?php query_posts('showposts=3'); // First loop, we only get the most recent post
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="contentdiv">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php $key="image"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" border="0" style="border: 3px solid #333333; filter:alpha(opacity=60); opacity:0.6;"/></a>
<div class="topstorysm">
<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></span>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</div>

<div id="paginate-slider1" class="pagination">

<?php query_posts('showposts=3'); // Second loop
if (have_posts()) :
     while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="toc"><img src="<?php $key="thumb"; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" border="0" /></a>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

</div>

<script type="text/javascript">

featuredcontentslider.init({
	id: "slider1",  //id of main slider DIV
	contentsource: ["inline", ""],  //Valid values: ["inline", ""] or ["ajax", "path_to_file"]
	toc: ["markup"],  //Valid values: "#increment", "markup", ["label1", "label2", etc]
	nextprev: ["<img src='prev.gif' />", "<img src='next.gif' />"],  //labels for "prev" and "next" links. Set to "" to hide.
	revealtype: "click", //Behavior of pagination links to reveal the slides: "click" or "mouseover"
	enablefade: [true, 0.2],  //[true/false, fadedegree]
	autorotate: [true, 6000],  //[true/false, pausetime]
	onChange: function(previndex, curindex){  //event handler fired whenever script changes slide
		//previndex holds index of last slide viewed b4 current (1=1st slide, 2nd=2nd etc)
		//curindex holds index of currently shown slide (1=1st slide, 2nd=2nd etc)
	}
})

</script>

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Jon