Re: [Harp-L] Spah Conventions

[Chesper Nevins <chespernevins@xxxxxxxxx>]

Slim, you nailed it.  I would love, love, love to go to SPAH.

With an 11 yr old daughter, my scant vacation time and money will be
spent on family time.

Every year I think that I really need to get to SPAH, and then settle
on "maybe someday".

Let's see, by the time she's 18, I'll be....52!

CN aka Jason

> I attended my first spah convention at age 52 in 2006 and hope to live
> long enough and be healthy enough to attend another 25 or more of them.
>
> I'm wondering, was there ever a large number of actual young people
> attending spah? Or do folks tend to start showing up when they start
> to have more leisure time in their schedule, the kids leave home, or
> perhaps when they are finally able to afford it?
>
> - Slim.
>
> On Apr 22, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Richard Hunter wrote:
>
>>
>> The demographics are simple and non-negotiable. The audience at SPAH
>> (as well as the performers) are getting older. People get older to a
>> point, then they die. If younger people aren't actively recruited
>> into the organization before that, the organization dies with them.


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