Re: [Harp-L] Update on Harrison Harmonica/SPAH Scholarship Fund

[Mike Fugazzi <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I bet the mean age is higher (although not 60) than the median age because 
the bulk of people there are over 40, if not 50, and there are quite a few 
people over 65 as well.  I don't think there were enough 18-20 year olds to 
pull down the mean the other way.  


No doubt that the average SPAH goer is middle-aged or more.  The number of 
college-aged attendees is probably super small.  There were for sure a 
handful of people like me (30's), but I bet the majority are 45-60.

On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:23:03 PM UTC-5, Jp PagÃn wrote:
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> --- In harp-l-...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:>, David Payne <dave@...> 
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> > But the SPAH scholarship thing is a good idea. There is a reason why the 
> median age at SPAH is 60 something. Nobody else can afford it. >I've got 
> three mouths to feed and I can't. I don't know many kids who have a grand 
> or two to drop on a trip to SPAH. 
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> And here I thought I'd been doing a good job as SPAH "media-guy." SPAH 
> does have a "scholarship fund," so to speak. Specifically, starting this 
> year, SPAH is giving out grants to help young players afford to come to the 
> annual conventions. We sent out a newsletter to let everyone know, posted 
> it to the FB page, and I'm pretty sure it was posted to Harp-L and 
> Slidemeister as well. Here's a link to the newsletter asking for people to 
> submit applications for the grant and giving a little more information on 
> what it is: 
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> http://tinyurl.com/9j7azw6 
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> I don't recall all the winners for this year, but we had an excellent 
> number of great young players there (and the median age at SPAH is 
> certainly not "60 something," aim down a decade or two). 
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> --JP PagÃÂÂn 
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