@Jim M Sr posted:Meet is in two weeks, no hall maps yet. What’s up ?
I don't recall the maps being posted more than 7-10 days before the meet week in the past. I really don't expect to see the maps until next week.
Andy
@Andy Hummell posted:I don't recall the maps being posted more than 7-10 days before the meet week in the past. I really don't expect to see the maps until next week.
Andy
Andy:
That sounds about right. The Eastern Division has gotten better about this in the last few Meets. For many years, the Dealer Hall charts were not published until York Week.
Pat
@irish rifle posted:The Eastern Division has gotten better about this in the last few Meets.
Pat, I've noticed that, as well. I find it amazing that they can accomplish this in such a timely fashion with the constant flux of dealers and manufacturers coming and going over the last few years. It must be a lot of work, and I am thankful for the effort they put into doing this twice a year. 
Andy
@Andy Hummell posted:Pat, I've noticed that, as well. I find it amazing that they can accomplish this in such a timely fashion with the constant flux of dealers and manufacturers coming and going over the last few years. It must be a lot of work, and I am thankful for the effort they put into doing this twice a year.
Andy
Agreed!
Peter
I'll be taking a few shifts in the Silver Hall selling 2024 Convention merchandise. Stop by and say HI.
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:I'll be taking a few shifts in the Silver Hall selling 2024 Convention merchandise. Stop by and say HI.
Peter
Peter:
Are we having the traditional York Pre-Meet Breakfast? Thanks.
Pat
@irish rifle posted:Peter:
Are we having the traditional York Pre-Meet Breakfast? Thanks.
Pat
https://ogrforum.com/...ock-diner-april-18th
Pat……the link should take you to the thread……hope to see you there!
Peter
@Putnam Division posted:https://ogrforum.com/...ock-diner-april-18th
Pat……the link should take you to the thread……hope to see you there!
Peter
Peter:
Figured I must have missed the topic. Thanks!
Pat
11 days to go. We are getting a big snow storm today and tomorrow.
@eddie g posted:11 days to go. We are getting a big snow storm today and tomorrow.
Be safe……and, looking forward to seeing you and your daughter.
Peter
@romiller49 posted:Arnold, how do we find out what the big surprise will be?
Good morning Ron,
Be in the lobby of the Orange Hall near the TCA booth during the afternoon of Thursday 4/18, the morning of Friday 4/19, afternoon of Friday 4/19 and/or morning of Saturday 4/20. Then, you will know what the big surprise is.
I will post more specific times on those dates when I find out what they are.
Arnold
Can some please post the times and locations of the April York Bandit meets Thanks
@FJI posted:Can some please post the times and locations of the April York Bandit meets Thanks
The Preshow in the Purple Hall at the Fairgrounds is Open
Monday 10:00am -4:00pm
Tuesday 9:00am-4:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am-1:00pm
@conrail5065 posted:The Preshow in the Purple Hall at the Fairgrounds is Open
Monday 10:00am -4:00pm
Tuesday 9:00am-4:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am-1:00pm
Has a vendor list been published? Didn't see anything on ED's website. Last time, the pre-show was underwhelming - not worth going out of the way for. I probably went through it in about 15 minutes.
@Arnold D. Cribari posted:Good morning Ron,
Be in the lobby of the Orange Hall near the TCA booth during the afternoon of Thursday 4/18, the morning of Friday 4/19, afternoon of Friday 4/19 and/or morning of Saturday 4/20. Then, you will know what the big surprise is.
I will post more specific times on those dates when I find out what they are.
Arnold
Maybe you should go up on the roof... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Ta3dNdVS8
Are the you tube people having their meeting/broadcast? and if so what day and time?
@Ohio Jeff posted:Are the you tube people having their meeting/broadcast? and if so what day and time?
Yes they are going to be there. I just recently talked to Chris Aka Mr. RBP himself and he said yes they will be there. The meet and greet is usually Saturday late morning or early afternoon.
@Mallard4468 posted:Maybe you should go up on the roof... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Ta3dNdVS8
Here's an update. The big surprise will start to happen on Thursday April 18th at 11 AM on the left side of the Orange Hall lobby as you enter it.
It will also happen at the same location at other times, possibly in the afternoon of 4/18, and also during the morning and afternoon of 4/19, and the morning of 4/20.
Here's a clue. As I mentioned before, keep your ears open.
LOL, Arnold
@Ohio Jeff posted:Are the you tube people having their meeting/broadcast? and if so what day and time?
According to Clem's Primer (page 9) they are meeting both Friday and Saturday at 11 a.m. In the Veranda Room.
Andy
@Mallard4468 posted:Last time, the pre-show was underwhelming - not worth going out of the way for. I probably went through it in about 15 minutes.
For a first-time show, I thought it was OK. We went through both Tuesday and Wednesday, and I found something there to take home, and others in my group spent more there than they did at the other 3 bandit meets combined. I guess the experience will always be different for different people, but If you are hitting all of the bandits, it is not out of the way, since it is between the fire hall show and the Wyndham show.
I think that going to the pre-show is important in that good foot traffic tells vendors that doing the show is worthwhile, which will keep them coming back, and it may also attract new vendors over time who might have something I want or something I never knew I wanted. In any case, I'll be going there again Tuesday and Wednesday, and if it continues, all 3 days in October.
Even if I can't find anything to buy, I like talking to the vendors and any acquaintances I might run into at the show, and I like looking at all the stuff for sale, even if it is not in my wheelhouse, as I always see stuff that I've never seen before, and stuff that is interesting. As a table holder myself, I appreciate the people that stop and talk to me even if they don't buy anything.
Andy
I tried looking up the times and addresses of the bandit shows No Luck Can someone post this info or direct me to a site to obtain this info Thanks
@Prr7688 posted:Oh it won't - I registered yesterday.
Just wasn't sure if I should be expecting it in the mail or should plan on getting there a little early to get into line.
My son and I registered on 3/31 and was expecting to pick it up at York. Today, they arrived in the mail, Nice surprise!!
@FJI posted:I tried looking up the times and addresses of the bandit shows No Luck Can someone post this info or direct me to a site to obtain this info Thanks
Times and contact info are listed in ads placed by the promoters in the TCA newsletter. Working from my feeble memory...
The largest one is at the Wyndham Garden. M/T/W - becomes a ghost town around 1pm Wed. There is a modest one at the Four Points Sheraton, don't know if it starts on Monday or Tuesday - my recollection is that it's mostly gone by Wednesday morning. Another one is at the fire house near the SW corner of the fairgrounds. IIRC, it's mostly Flyer.
@Andy Hummell posted:For a first-time show, I thought it was OK. We went through both Tuesday and Wednesday, and I found something there to take home, and others in my group spent more there than they did at the other 3 bandit meets combined. I guess the experience will always be different for different people, but If you are hitting all of the bandits, it is not out of the way, since it is between the fire hall show and the Wyndham show.
I think that going to the pre-show is important in that good foot traffic tells vendors that doing the show is worthwhile, which will keep them coming back, and it may also attract new vendors over time who might have something I want or something I never knew I wanted. In any case, I'll be going there again Tuesday and Wednesday, and if it continues, all 3 days in October.
Even if I can't find anything to buy, I like talking to the vendors and any acquaintances I might run into at the show, and I like looking at all the stuff for sale, even if it is not in my wheelhouse, as I always see stuff that I've never seen before, and stuff that is interesting. As a table holder myself, I appreciate the people that stop and talk to me even if they don't buy anything.
Andy
Agree with everything you've said. I'll probably go again because it's not out of my way. However, my point with my previous comment is that it's not worth coming a day early or making a special effort to attend it.
@FJI posted:I tried looking up the times and addresses of the bandit shows No Luck Can someone post this info or direct me to a site to obtain this info Thanks
The bandit shows' information can be found in Clem's Primer on page 16.
The Purple Hall pre-show is: M 10-4, T 9-4, W 9-1.
Andy
What are everybody's York traditions that they are looking forward to?
The Pre-Game Show on the Forum. Sometimes it can get spicy.
@Prr7688 posted:What are everybody's York traditions that they are looking forward to?
The traditions of my extended circle include breakfast at Round the Clock Diner every day while we are in town, hitting the bandit meets every day while in town, exploring the area after the bandits (in search of train stores, hobby shops, museums, train watching, etc.), Scotch/Bourbon/home-brewed beer evenings once the meet starts (with the occasional cigar if the weather is nice outside), dinner at the Mexican restaurant where Logan's Roadhouse used to be, and dinner once or twice at Shangri-La Chinese Restaurant -- this has become so much of a tradition that the old lady that runs/owns the place knows us on sight and even remembers what we like (and we get a little extra special treatment
)!
Some of my personal traditions that are sadly only in the past were pumpkin funnel cakes outside of Silver Hall, and the chicken corn chowder that used to be served in the food stand that used to be outside of Purple Hall. 
And one tradition that I do not miss is stumbling around over the uneven floors of Brown Hall. In any case, my excitement level is now at the point where time is passing very slooooooowwwwwwwly in anticipation of continuing the traditions! 
Andy
Andy, Stop by a say hello if you are at Round the Chock. I will be there around 8:15-8:30 am every morning with my daughter.
@eddie g posted:Andy, Stop by a say hello if you are at Round the Chock. I will be there around 8:15-8:30 am every morning with my daughter.
Will do if we are there in that time frame. We are usually there earlier in order to hit the Four Points bandit meet close when it opens at 8 and during the meet, so that we can get a decent parking spot near our end of Blue Hall.
Andy
@Andy Hummell posted:and the chicken corn chowder that used to be served in the food stand that used to be outside of Purple Hall.
Andy
Andy…….i miss that food stand and that chowder, too!
….and, I would add another thing I miss, Yellow Hall food stand…..huge cake donuts with chocolate frosting…..
Unfortunately, (or fortunately for my waist and health ), life moves on!
Peter
Eddie:
When are you going to post the weather forecast for York Week? Thanks.
Pat
irish rifle, It's already on the York forum.
@Andy Hummell posted:... Scotch/Bourbon/home-brewed beer evenings once the meet starts (with the occasional cigar if the weather is nice outside)...
Thinking about it, I'm surprised there's not an organized happy hour anywhere
@Prr7688 posted:Thinking about it, I'm surprised there's not an organized happy hour anywhere
Actually, there are lots of them. There is the TCA welcome party Tuesday night, the OGR gathering at Quaker Steak & Lube on Thursday nights. I think the LCCA gets together Friday nights, and sometimes the DCS users group gets together Wednesday nights when they meet. There may be others that I can't remember right now. One thing about York, as a group, we are a "socially-lubricated" bunch...
Andy
@Andy Hummell posted:Actually, there are lots of them. There is the TCA welcome party Tuesday night, the OGR gathering at Quaker Steak & Lube on Thursday nights. I think the LCCA gets together Friday nights, and sometimes the DCS users group gets together Wednesday nights when they meet. There may be others that I can't remember right now. One thing about York, as a group, we are a "socially-lubricated" bunch...
Andy
Andy:
The LCCA happy hour/dinner is at Smokey Bones on Wednesday night starting at 5:00 p.m.
Pat
Hope to see you all there, I’ll be sitting on Trainpop’s stool, Orange Hall, DD4, saying; “What part of Italy are you from?”
No matter your reply, the answer was, is, and will be; “That’s too bad” in Chuck’s memory, and I’m not even Italian! 🤣
Please, Stop by and say hello. All are welcome!
Does the normal York badge get you access to the pre-show sales?
@PRRick posted:Does the normal York badge get you access to the pre-show sales?
No badge is required for the pre-show in Purple Hall or the bandit meets at the firehall and hotels. You will see some people wearing their York badges, but they do that either out of habit or because they want people to see their names for whatever reason or because they are proud members of the TCA.
Andy
FYI, Diana Hood apprised me a few minutes ago that the Dealer Hall Charts have been completed and will be posted to the ED website later today or tomorrow.
Pat
