[Fourlanders] Shelby Hamfest

[Bill Pence]

right now, the hampton inn in shelby (shows 20 mi to gaston college)
shows (1 king bed) rooms at 59/night, 66.00 with taxes...
2012 East Marion St., Shelby, North Carolina, 28150

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Paul Yeager <paul at mtnlist.com> wrote:
> Lincolnton is about 12 miles up 321 from the hamfest site.
> Comfort Inn, Days Inn, two Hampton Inns, and the White Oak Inn (pricy) are located there
> Paul Yeager 828 400 9442 (cell)
>
> --- On Fri, 12/30/11, James Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> From: James Worsham <wa4kxy at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] Shelby Hamfest
> To: "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640 at ncr.com>, "Fourlanders Contest Group" <fourlanders at contesting.com>
> Date: Friday, December 30, 2011, 1:40 AM
>
> If they don't change the date and we have to look at hotels in Greenville or
> something like that I will probably just pass on Shelby.  It isn't like me to
> miss it two years in a row but the hasle just isn't worth it for me and I
> suspect a lot of other folks will feel the same way.  We will just have to wait
> and see what the hamfest comittee does.
>
> 73
> Jim, W4KXY
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Rogers, Ron" <RR124640 at ncr.com>
> To: Fourlanders Contest Group <fourlanders at contesting.com>
> Sent: Thu, December 29, 2011 11:33:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] Shelby Hamfest
>
> 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
> ________________________________________
> 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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