Re: [Harp-L] Countdown to SPAH

[Gary Popenoe <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now don't make homesick for great bar b que.

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On Aug 5, 2008, at 4:13 AM, "Dan Berger" <dberger1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> But KC has Arthur Bryants!
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Popenoe" <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Mick Zaklan" <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 6:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Countdown to SPAH
>
>
> > 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.
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > 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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