[Harp-L] SPAH numbers?

[Mick Zaklan <mzaklan@xxxxxxxxx>]

   Didn't go last year because of disk surgery on my neck, but my first
impression when I arrived in Dallas was that the attendance seemed down.
And fewer vendors.  Demographically, more kids.  I don't know if that's
going to help; my experience with kids is that they get interested in stuff
and then move on to other stuff.  There's a restlessness.  But handing out
free passes to promising young players is probably worth a gamble.  From my
standpoint (as an old fart), it was quite a pleasant experience to watch
these youngsters playing music around the building.  I particularly liked
the one named Jake.  Caught him twice, and each time he was extremely
musical.  Hadn't fallen under the spell of the machine gun note-sprayers.
And an exceptional singer, too.

Mick Zaklan