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3 Big Days-2 Much Fun- 1 Great Show

Its history now, and looking back it seemed to pass in a hurry, but while we were there, it was a very busy life. Almost all of us veteran MMOGTA members agree that it takes about 3 good days of post-show recovery before you start to feel “normal” again. Of course, “normal” is a bit of a stretch for some of us on a good day, but that’s another story. For now, we’ll just start the process of looking back to remember how we spent the 3rd weekend of August 2010.

As usual, the Showgrounds was just a beehive of activity during the week or so leading up to the annual show, but the advantage we have is that this “ain’t our first rodeo”. Things get very serious and very focused when the clock starts to run down in advance of the big weekend. Crews can be seen working in every corner and every department of our diverse organization, doing what they know has to be done to ready their own individual service. In many cases, one group has little clue what may be going on in most of the other areas, they just know that when 7:00AM Friday rolls around, they have to be ready to connect with all those other dots that have been toiling away in their own corners. Very honestly, few of our visitors have any idea how much preparation goes on before that gate swings wide on the first day, but from what I observed, I’m pretty sure it was well appreciated.

Going in, you always wonder and worry whether things will work the way you want them to work, and you sweat over all those “what if’s”, like the weather, the grim economic situation, and all the rest. We wondered how the public would react to the gate price increase, even though in today’s world I am completely convinced that we offer a very genuine value per dollar that is hard to match in any other venue. From what we saw, it is clear that the vast majority of our visitors recognize that fact as well. I have always said that the gate fee is the most honest money we make, because that’s where the paying customer votes with his wallet and his feet as he chooses to walk through that gate. In 2010, clearly, the “Ayes” have it. For all of their support, loyalty, and generosity, we are forever grateful. They are the reason we do what we do, and they are very much the reason we can continue to do it.

One of the things that keeps those loyal customers coming back is that we always strive to grow, change, and improve. I spoke to a number of first time visitors this year, and all were completely amazed at what we have and what we do. Even though they knew we were here, they really had no clue of the scope of our show. Over 1700 exhibits? What? Is that even possible? Yup, it is. A tractor pull on cement? Who does that? We do. Its almost 7:00PM, are you closing, do we have to leave now? Nope. 9:00PM ? Nope. You get the picture, they all find more than they expected to see or do. As long as we can continue to offer that, I believe we will continue to grow.

With this Weekly Feature, we’ll begin our 2010 Show Photo Gallery, with the following random preliminary pics from our 36th Annual Show. More will be added throughout the year. (click individual photos to enlarge)

 


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