I went to two California SPAH conventions that were fairly large
affairs. This event adressed many needs of the west coast.
Why not pick the occassional vacation spot for the convention? I grew
up in Kansas City. It always promoted itself as ideal for conventions
based upon it's central geographic location. While I love my home
town, I'm honest with myself that Missouri does not have a romantic
port city like San Francisco.
Many interesting cities deserve attention, but if they are in what we
left coast residents call a "fly over state," the interest fades.
A vacation destination assures that if spouses, partners and family do
not share our love of the instrument, they can still have a good time.
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On Aug 2, 2008, at 5:02 PM, "Mick Zaklan" <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey, I don't argue that the West Coast doesn't deserve to host a
SPAH
convention. I think it will generate a whole new crop conventioneers,
people we've never seen at these things. And hopefully a bunch of new
entertainers, guys like Rod Piazza and Gary Smith who live around
there.
Maybe master harmonica repairman Bill Romel will come over from
Vegas for a
visit. All sorts of wonderful possibilities. I know we're probably
missing
a lot of great local players by basing the convention in the Midwest
all the
time. I don't disagree with Dave Payne, either. A Southern
convention and
an East Coast convention are overdue, though we did have a memorable
Memphis SPAH gathering some years back.
Mick Zaklan
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