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       2018 INTERNATIONAL FAN FEST
       By: tabalt11 Date: March 25, 2018, 6:20 pm
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       This will be our TENTH year holding the event & last year,
       we used the heading FANS OF THE VENTURES on the front
       of the keepsake 'commemorative program!'   Planning to do
       the same this year.
       The theme for the gathering come October is:
       NOKIE EDWARDS REMEMBERED.
       Hopefully, many of you were able to catch 'the current lineup'
       on tour in late January or more recently over a mid-March
       weekend in Utah.   Now's the time to get behind 'the guys' &
       help them continue the legacy of THE VENTURES.   During the
       recent tour, a couple penned articles appeared locally.   'Great
       reading' on both, chocked full of direct & sincere remarks from
       Bob Spalding & Leon Taylor.   The best line went something like
       this:   "We plan to stick as closely as possible to the DYNAMIC
       SOUND co-founders Don Wilson & Bob Bogle 'perfected' early on,
       then nurtured throughout five decades!   We're aware that even
       some of 'the stalwart fans' have made remarks stating 'there are
       no original members left' & that 'at this point, they're a
       tribute
       band at best' but we don't see it that way- we want to continue
       the legacy of THE VENTURES MUSIC!"
       Have been told by The Ventures booking manager- Ryan Greenblatt
       that they'll try to 'tie-in' a fest appearance with another
       batch of East
       Coast concert dates.  We can only keep our fingers crossed &
       hope it
       becomes reality!
       In closing, please consider joining us for this rip-roaring (12)
       hour event
       celebrating the 'infectious sounds' of THE VENTURES, offered up
       in tribute
       by some of their biggest fans.   Cover charge for the day is $60
       & includes
       breakfast, lunch & dinner.
       Below is this year's version of the FEST ID CARD!
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