2009 Beatlefest

Well, gotta tell you, that Dawn and I had a great time this past weekend. We went to our first Beatlefest. We got all the information from my buddy Geno, and decided that we needed to get away and what better place to do so. We had no idea what to expect, even after being told by Geno how things go at these events. We stayed at the Main hotel, which was convenient, but the hotel itself left much to be desired. Even before we checked in I was getting autographs from people like Earl Slick, and Sid Bernstein. The was a sign to us of a great upcoming weekend. We were not disappointed. The only bad thing besides the hotel was that, like an idiot, I left the fest tickets at home. That proved luckily to be only a delay in the festivities. There was a great flea market open all day everyday, a daily puppet show(which was great), seminars with musicians related somehow to the Beatles, and a Sat nite dance. There were people hanging in the lobby(although I swear some of them just lived there) for the entire weekend just playing and singing Beatles songs. There were autograph sessions with all the event guests, including Greg Hawkes from the CARS, Mark and Brett Hudson, Ronnie Spector, various authors and photographers. There was live music going on somewhere and everywhere in the hotel for the entire time we were there. Dawn commented that never before or again will there be a band that has affected so many people that they warrant their own festival on a yearly basis that takes place several times a year in different locations. Not even Elvis or Frank Sinatra could command this type of event on a yearly basis for over 35 years as this one has. We are hooked and will attend again.