cac kid Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Cackid,I am working on starting a show at effingham il. in early december or next year around that time.Effingham is at the crossroads of interstate 70 &interstate 57 in eastcentral il.Will post more information later this summer. Several hotel to chose from ,lots of restaurants.Any feedback will be apreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 2 hour drive from the major airport will limit attendees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 I don't know if scheduling a show between Thanksgiving and New Years, when many people are busy with holidays and family, is such a good idea. I think that is a significant part of why attendance at the Hannibal show had fallen off so much in recent years. And currently, in the Midwest, we have the Crossroads of America show in September, The Badger Marble Club Show in October, The Pride of the Prarie Show in November and the Indianapolis Show at the beginning of January and the Buckeye show in February. The area may be saturated already. Having said that, I'd probably drive the hour to be there. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cac kid Posted April 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Cackid, all of the people who attend the decatur show drive there,I am not concerned about an airport in the area.Chuck Garrett and I talked about possible dates to have show,he suggested first of december but i am open to all suggestions.This year the decatur show & and w.v. show were on same dates ,which hurt both shows because people had to make a chose about which show they attended.I would sure like to avoid that issue and not conflict with existing show dates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Marie Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Yea!!! My hometown....I'd be there!!!! Heart of America.....Effingham High School Mascot btw 'Hearts' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 how many showed up at decatur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 2.5 hour drive from Indianapolis is pretty far out there but hey go for it, might as well, the more shows the better. We need one in Cincinnati, Chicago, and Nashville TN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Did not mean to sound too negative. Wishing you all the success possible. Several of us have been talking about getting a show going again in the Bay Area but it hasn't gotten past the talk stage as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cac kid Posted April 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2012 Cackid,just hoping to bring more exposure to the marble collecting hobby,there aren,t enough younger people out there to carry on this activity we love.We have lost so many people this passed few years ,alan,vic,evertt,art just to name a few.The more people who see these beautiful works of round art that we all care so much about the more likely we will inspire new young collecters.Have also toyed with St. Louis mo. area or collensville il. area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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