Re: [Harp-L] Train conventions vs Harp Conventions

[joe leone <3n037@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As a quilter, needle point, counted cross stitch, red work, widower  
of a prize winner and former show person in all of these realms, all  
I can say is that these type events are:

"You're in, you're out..nobody gets hurt". What am I saying? Well,  
it's like the gun shows or the woodcraft shows that I have been  
involved in. People come in the door, buy a ticket, diddy bop around  
for a few hours and then leave. There is no gala dinner/show, for  
sure no one is sticking around for days. No one is FAST DRAWING in  
the halls (lol),  and the freight is born out by the vendors AND the  
large numbers of attendees, who, while admittedly get in for far less  
than a harmonica event, also don't stay very long ..by comparison. So  
the turnover in moneys is rather great in that respect.

The question of raising funds was voiced. Getting people to  
contribute to something usually rests on the premise that the entity  
doing the fund raising is using the funds for something that people  
think is important. I doubt this would work for the harmonica  
community because: We're not UNICEF, Hatian relief, Salvation Army,  
United Way, MD, Myesthenia Gravis, Animal rescue, save the manatees,  
and yada yada. No one is going to give to "Save the harp players". lol

Contributions would have to come from the harmonica manufacturers and  
the playing public. A public that seems to be under duress right now  
and also can't make up their mind if they should pay the new harp  
price hikes. Manufacturers who wonder if their new price hikes will  
depress sales. It's seems to me this is all a never ending series of  
dichotomies. Jus sayne.

smo-joe