From: jonwnashville@yahoo.com   
      
   "cowboy"  wrote in message   
   news:jIudnZd0yMqX2-rfRVn-uQ@comcast.com...   
   > who was the braintrust that came up with this schedule:   
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   > Dumplin Valley bluegrass festival (largest in the south)   
   > Sept-15-18   
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   > National Bluegrass Championships, Winfield, KS (largest in the country)   
   > Sept-15-18   
      
   I'd say the question is what's wrong, on several counts.  In the first   
   place, festival promoters make their own scheduling decisions.  In the   
   second place, they are, at least on some levels, competitors, regardless of   
   whether their events are held exactly the same dates.  In the third, these   
   are two pretty different kinds of events.  And in the fourth, the venues are   
   almost 1,000 miles apart, and draw the bulk of their respective audiences   
   from different parts of the country.   
      
   There are hundreds, if not thousands, of bluegrass festivals presented each   
   year and only 52 weekends.  It's inevitable that festival audiences will   
   have to make choices about which ones to attend on any given one of those.   
      
   --   
   Jon Weisberger   
      
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