What a Saturday!
Saturday was another terrific day at the MREA Fair. Mercifully, it rained just as the fair opened at 9 a.m., cooling everything off to weather I can tolerate better. It may have been another record day for attendance. I’ve posted most of the people who wore a BHM T-shirt. Unfortunately I misplaced Joe Talbot’s photo. Sorry Joe.
Two lifetime subscribers have visited the show so far. One was Dan Hensel, who bought a lifetime subscription Friday. It was before I thought to take photos so I have no photo of him. The other was Don Bice, who just dropped by the booth to say hi Saturday.
Very gratifying show. A lot of people drove a hundred miles or so just to visit the BHM booth. I am humbled by their appreciation of the magazine, and it makes me want to work that much harder to keep the quality up. The biggest thrill I get at these shows is putting faces on the readers of BHM. It’s one thing to put out a magazine for an anonymous audience, but it is really magical to meet readers up close, especially readers who have been getting the magazine for years. It’s like one big family.
I got a big kick out of Mike Wilson showing up with a hand-painted (maybe he used magic markers) BHM T-shirt. On the back he put “Duffy for President in 2008.”
We’ll finish up the show Sunday, then head to Colorado right afterwards to see Don Childers, BHM’s longtime artist who moved to Colorado Springs a few year ago.
From top, left to right:
1. Sue Berry, 2. Roy Butler, 3. Rick Fricke, 4. Rich Rezny, 5. Rebecca Strand, 6. Ralph Vernig, 7. Paul Sperbeck, 8. Mike Wilson 2, 9. Mike Wilson, 10. Mark and Austin Babbitt, 11. Lori Hein, 12. Lois Melegari, 13. Laura Williams, 14. Laura and James Bump, 15. Kathleen Anderson, 16. Gregory Sedbrook, 17. Gordie Seefeldt, 18. Frank Jachimiak, 19. Dave Schalow, 20. Corey and Linda Gage, 21. Chuck Merten, 22. Chris Gerend, 23. Brad Kleemann, 24. Bill Plonski
