[Fourlanders] Shelby Hamfest

[Rogers, Ron]

Yes, the Democratic convention is in Charlotte next year, and for some idiotic reason, opens on Monday.......... Labor Day !!

The convention runs from the 3rd (Mon) through the 6th (Thurs).

I just tested the Holiday Inn that Dar and I stay at......I checked to see if I could reserve a room on Fri and Sat. .....same results.......no rooms available on those dates.  

I seriously doubt that Shelby club will move the Hamfest since it is the "Grand Daddy of Hamfests, always on Labor Day weekend", as they brag so the motor home people can plan the 1 week of vacation prior to hamfest camped out on the grounds.

So, scoping out availability at hotels back down I-85 toward Greenville may become a spring project for us as hundreds of other Hamfest travelers will soon get some bad news from the rumor mill .........

Ron 
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From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com [fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of James Worsham [wa4kxy at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 9:08 PM
To: fourlanders at contesting.com
Subject: [Fourlanders] Shelby Hamfest

Hello everyone.  I was talking to Bill Pence the other day and he informed me
that the Democratic National Convention will be starting in Charlotte the
weekend that the Shelby Hamfest is usually scheduled for.  That means that hotel
rooms will be hard to find and expensive that weekend.  The subject came up
because Bill had tried to make a reservation at the usual Hampton Inn we stay at
and they are booked up full that weekend already!  I checked the Shelby Hamfest
website and there isn't anything on it yet about the 2012 hamfest.  I hope that
they move it to another weekend myself but we will have to wait and see.  I just
wanted everyone to be informed.

73
Jim, W4KXY
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