Ishpeming – 09/08/2011 – Attending this morning’s Ishpeming Business Association’s monthly meeting, Great Lakes Radio personality “Major Discount” and I aimed to schedule next year’s Texaco Country Music Showdown event date with the IBA. All those in attendance voiced their unanimous support in to have the Showdown included in next year’s Festival of Treasures celebration; saying that they all felt the Showdown contest added to the entertainment value of the day.
“So, what day does July 4th fall on next year?”
“Wednesday”
WHAT??? I’m thinking…who wants to celebrate a holiday in the middle of the week? Sentiments of the planning Association members felt that the prior weekend or the following weekends are too far detached from the 4th that sufficient social interest wouldn’t be generated.
“How about that Monday, the 2nd or the Tuesday, the 3rd?” All we need is an Act of Congress to pass a bill declaring the preceding or following days of a legal holiday be added as part of that holiday and you would be speaking my language!!! But that’s not the case in this instance.
So it appears that next year, the Festival of Treasures celebration will either be on the Monday or the Tuesday prior to the 4th. What do you think? Which day would be more attractive to the public? I like my Act of Congress, personally, but that decision wouldn’t be made until 2015 and we need to act sooner.
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