[Jewelry making - Article 00578] - Re: [Orchid] Shows in Colorado

[Paul D. Reilly]

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    Hi,  Being a Coloradan (originally from New York) I can attes=
t to
    the fact there is a certain rivalry between Colorado natives and
    Texas natives; however I see it being in more of a friendly nature
    than a true dislike of each other. When I first moved here, there
    were actually some competitions set up for pie throwing, tug of war,
    etc. which pitted Texas teams against Colorado teams. In the past 19
    years this seems to have mostly disappeared (at least in the Colorado
    Springs area). Now the main competition seems to be between our
    respective football teams (The Cowboys and the Broncos); with Texas
    (and New York, California, New Jersey, Illinois) immigrants nearly
    outnumbering the Colorado native population. To give a clue to the
    changes that have happened: when I moved here Colorado Springs had a
    population of about 135,000 and has grown to over 500,00 in the city
    with nearly 1 million people in what used to be a mostly rural
    county. Time brought change in numbers and attitude; and there aren't
    the "fun" compeition games fought with Texas that there used to be.
    Now it seems to have shifted to a dislike of Californians for moving
    here in mass for the high tech industry the area is promoting. At
    least in the Springs area, the population at large talks about
    Colorado being "Californicated". 

    Come enjoy Colorado, and I hope any shows you do here will be
    profitable ( I don't do shows any more so I'm not qualified to give
    advice in that area) 

Paul D. Reilly
Colorado Springs, CO


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