Wendell,
This was an all scale show. There were only 5 or 6 layouts in the show and a large corner of the dispaly hall was taken up with a ride on train ride for the kids.
I find that Vendors at Train Shows are like Farmers - never happy and always doom and gloom. If you say, “beautiful day”. They say, “Yeah, but its suppose to rain tomorrow”. If you say, “But we need rain”. They answer, “Yeah, but there will probably be a drought, later in the year”. Never happy, never satisfied, never pleased.
I got to the building about 0700 and Jan came with the kids about 1030. She said the lines were long to get in and the building was certainly crowded. I left the club layout very little all day and there was a steady stream of people all day long. On Sunday, the show is always slow until after Church. Yes, people still go to Church in this part of the Country. Now, I will say the show used to be bigger and took up the whole building and now we just take up the main hall, but the main hall has been made bigger. It seems to have created an unmeasurable change to the casual observer.
“The gigantic Del Oro layout was well-viewed by those attending – however, several volunteer workers reported no attendance records as it seemed less than last year.”
I don’t think you can expect to break an attendance record every year.
