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ghfromaltonbay · 01-12-2010, 05:37 PM

More than 30 years ago, the NHMF held Thurs. evening concerts in the gym at Interlakes High School and Friday night at Silver Hall at Plymouth State. The lack of AC at Interlakes made for some steamy evenings, but for those of us in the Alton/Gilford area this beat driving to Plymouth and back late at night. I believe in 1982 or 83 the Thurs. night concert moved to Moultonborough Academy since they were doing work on Interlakes over the summer. After that year, some wise person(s) decided to hold the Thurs. night concerts in the air-conditioned auditorium in Gilford Middle High School. Those of us from Alton & Wolfeboro were thrilled, but for some reason about 10 years ago they dropped Gilford as a venue. I don't know why the NHMF thought we would all be thrilled to schlep to Plymouth, especially since many around me were obviously seniors. They did provide a shuttle bus to Plymouth, but then you still had to drive home to wherever. I believe that really hurt attendance, but the changes that were introduced were not helpful. I'm hoping that attendance will rise now that things have settled down. The concerts were always a special treat during the summer.

01-12-2010, 05:37 PM	#3
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 842 Thanks: 259 Thanked 233 Times in 133 Posts	Nhmf More than 30 years ago, the NHMF held Thurs. evening concerts in the gym at Interlakes High School and Friday night at Silver Hall at Plymouth State. The lack of AC at Interlakes made for some steamy evenings, but for those of us in the Alton/Gilford area this beat driving to Plymouth and back late at night. I believe in 1982 or 83 the Thurs. night concert moved to Moultonborough Academy since they were doing work on Interlakes over the summer. After that year, some wise person(s) decided to hold the Thurs. night concerts in the air-conditioned auditorium in Gilford Middle High School. Those of us from Alton & Wolfeboro were thrilled, but for some reason about 10 years ago they dropped Gilford as a venue. I don't know why the NHMF thought we would all be thrilled to schlep to Plymouth, especially since many around me were obviously seniors. They did provide a shuttle bus to Plymouth, but then you still had to drive home to wherever. I believe that really hurt attendance, but the changes that were introduced were not helpful. I'm hoping that attendance will rise now that things have settled down. The concerts were always a special treat during the summer.