[AT] Johnson Co. Indiana Show

Larry Goss rlgoss at insightbb.com
Wed Feb 8 10:29:15 PST 2012


I don't know anyone locally who went to the Edinburgh show last year, Andy.  In 2010 (the first year of the extravaganza) LAGC brought in over 500 L&G tractors over and above what they were used to seeing at the Johnson county show.  Last year (2011) the big extravaganza was in Dover, Pennsylvania.  I THINK they brought in another 500 tractors above the normal attendance at that show.  But I don't know what the attendance was at Edinburgh. 

SIAM is a big deal for me personally.  We have a house full of people scheduled to stay with us during that time from Atlanta, Hickory (North Carolina), and Weirton (West Virginia.)  Others who are Power King collectors are staying in various motels all over the area.  They are coming from northern Indiana, Cincinnati, Chicago, Michigan, and St Louis.  Some of the local motels are already filling up.  And I really only know of those who are Power King collectors.  When you add all of the other brands of L&G tractors, it starts to get mind-boggling.  Kate and Brandon plan on having a live band one evening (the leader is a tractor collector) and a catered meal on either the same or different night.  I know that it seems a bit improbable to put a lot of credence in what kate and Brandon may be telling you because their organization is pretty loosely put together in the first place, but when they say that the EXTRA tractors at an extravaganza number in the hundreds, they are speaking true.  I DO know that Johnson county was completely blown away by the traffic at the first extravaganza in 2010.  They weren't prepared for the food requirements, the motels, or even the Porta-potties.  They had plenty of space, but there wasn't enough infra-stucture at the show to accommodate the extra people.


Do you want me to contact Ed in Atlanta?  Ed Fenimore is a recently retired inspector for Delta airlines.  He has attended SIAM several times, and you have met him (but probably don't remember him.)  He was with me when we were watching the rodeo that you were in during the L&G tractor pulls several years ago.  He'll be here again, and he was at the Dover show last summer.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Glines" <andyglines at hotmail.com>
To: "atis" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 11:11:51 AM
Subject: [AT] Johnson Co. Indiana Show





I would like to communicate with anyone who attended the Johnson Co. show near Edinburgh, IN in 2011.  The SIAM club is hosting the LAGC garden tractor show in Evansville this summer (June 8-10).  I would to know how many people the garden tractors drew to the show.  We want to make sure that we have adequate food vendors, parking, etc.   		 	   		  
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