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
>