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Studmuffin

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  1. http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/GatlinburgPigeonForgeAreaTN/eventCalendar/CMTDukesfestinGatlinburgTN.cfm
  2. In looking for something else, I stumbled across a mention of a Dukesfest program at Cooter's Garage in Gatlinburg, Tennessee for June 5-7, 2009. It seems that this facility is planning a form of Dukesfest through 2012. Now, this is NOT the Dukesfest of the national scale that I went to in the last weekend of June last year (2008) at the Atlanta Motor Speedway ... but it's good enough for me. Cooter started the Dukesfest band wagon in Sperryville, Virginia (about three hours from me in the Washington, DC area) in 1996, right? He closed up shop and re located the tourist part to Gatlinburg a while back. So, I am going to look into this a bit further and see what I can find out about the Dukesfest 2009. Anyone else want to throw in any comments about what they have heard, whether they plan to go in a few weeks to this event, etc.? Thanks.
  3. March 14-15, 2009 sees a return of the annual POW Days program at Andersonville NHP, Georgia after a two year hiaitus. On the Fox Atlanta interview that John gave the week before the 30th anniversary Dukesfest he said that the first part of the show was shot in Conyers, Covington and Social Circle, Georgia about twenty miles or so east-southeast of Atlanta. Well, that's on the way down there to Andersonville from the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC. So, can anyone make any recommendations on how to tour the areas where Dukes of Hazzard was shot at the beginning part of the TV show? Is there a museum nearby? Can anyone recommend restuarants nearby? Thanks !
  4. Okidoki. Good explanation. Thanks for being so concise. If all these factors that prevailed to make an economic "perfect storm" stick around for several more years, the 30th anniversary (2008) Dukesfest at the Atlanta Motor Speedway may very well be the LAST ONE. We may from now on see only regional Dukesfest and no national Dukesfest. I think in the third weekend of July 2009, there is supposed to be a "minor" Dukesfest in Seiverville, Tenneessee. Well, I have an annual pass to Dollywood and college friends live in upstate South Carolina four hours away from the site of that Dukesfest. So, I just may drive down from the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC for that particular event.
  5. This question was written on January 15, 2009. A few days ago I got to thinking about Dukesfest 2009. At the Atlanta Motor Speedway one, I was told that there would be an announcement after the cars were jumped in the stunt show. Well, no announcement. Then I checked the Dukesfest page and saw only stuff that related to last year's show in 2008, the 30th anniversary. Then I went to Cooter's Place website and did not see anything about the Dukesfest for this year, 2009. So, I e-mailed them and got a terse reply. Basically they said that they were no longer doing the Dukesfest and it was up to John from now on. Well, he's got my e-mail address and I did not get any type of letters to the fans announcing the situation with the 2009 Dukesfest. Then I checked HazzardNet.com and Dukesonline.com and saw some talk / arguments about there NOT being a Dukesfest 2009. Is it because some bad things happened at the June 2008 program? Could it be that John does not have the money? Not enough or no sponsors? Bad publicity for Dukes because of the "politically incorrect" Confederate battle flag on the roof of the General Lee car? So, does that mean that there will NOT be one for the current 2009 year? I have my hunch that we may have seen the 30th anniversary Dukesfest in June 2008 to be the last one EVER. Does anyone concur?
  6. Avalon Resort near Paw Paw, West Virginia is having their annual car show THIS Saturday, September 27, 2008. I was wondering if anyone knew of a General Lee car that was in the metro Washington, DC area. Thanks much.
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