Re: [Harp-L] Countdown to SPAH

["Splash" <celtiac@xxxxxxxxx>]

Iffen you play da blooze, ya gotta love fried chicken.  Strouds = best on
planet Earth, maybe in the whole solar system.

PEACE
Scott
Believe in Magic!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Popenoe" <gpopenoe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dan Berger" <dberger1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Mick Zaklan" <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>; "Harp-L" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Countdown to SPAH


> Now don't make homesick for great bar b que.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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