[DCboatanchors] Gaithersburg Hamfest

[Brian Carling]

On 17 Sep 2004 at 13:23, peter A markavage wrote:

> My understanding that back in March/April the decision was made to
> cancel the "Fallfest/Farfest" hamfest since they could not get enough
> volunteers from the participating clubs in the area. The Fallfest for
> the last two years has been held at the Howard County Fairgrounds west
> of Baltimore, where it, I believe, it was suppose to be again this
> year. I guess sometime in the summer a bunch of guys or club members
> (don't know) got together, approached the Montgomery County
> Fairgrounds people, and made a pitch to have it there. Maybe Howard
> County Fairgrounds was booked for something else by this time. Who
> knows if it will be, and where it will be, next year. The Butler
> hamfest was an excellent alternative for me this year. Great area and
> some of the nicest people I have ever met at a hamfest.

Pete - my guess is that the people running the Monkey County Fairgrounds ran 
everyone off with that absurd price increase
several years ago. I bet theyu got tire dof the place sitting emplty and not making 
them hardly ANY money, and thus broke down 
and became more "generous" of late... now that they destroyed 
one of the best hamfests in the region. Oh well, there's always Timonium if that is 
still going.

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