Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 07:57:32 -0400

From: Robert Ness ness[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DICKINSON.EDU

Subject: Re: Blendings in Festival Names



Here in Carlisle PA we have an "Octubafest" (beer and tubas). Give it a

miss. On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Dickie M. Heaberlin wrote:



Here in Central Texas it is the time of festivals. These festivals recently

have been given catchy names. In September, here in San Marcos, we have a

Chilympiad. In Flatonia, a little town between here and Houston off I-10,

this weekend there will be a Czhilispiel. This town was settled by Czechs

and Germans. In nearby Shiner, home of the Spoetzl brewery and its Shiner

Boc, last weekend there was a Boctober Fest. Are others of you hearing of

such blendings in names of such events or is this just a local

"infectuation"?

Thanks,

Dick Heaberlin