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Gentlemen,
I plan to host Savage Fest 2018 here in Sauk City, WI.
It will be very similar to Savage Fest 2014, facility, hotel, etc.
The calendar is slipping away and so facility reservations are somewhat limited, but I managed to reserve August 17 & 18.
I also reserved a block of rooms at the hotel.
Some preliminary information is below and there will be more to follow.
Hope to see you all there.

What: Savage Fest 2018
When: Aug. 17 & 18
Where: Sauk City, WI

Facility: The Sauk Prairie Recreation Center Gym (same as Savage Fest 2014)
Hotel: The Cedarberry Inn (same as Savage Fest 2014)

Details:
1)For Savage Collector Forum members and guests.
2)Savage Fest 2018 is a private show and is closed to the public.
3)Savage Fest 2018 is a not for profit no alcohol affair. There is no admission fee, however donations are encouraged to help defray rental expenses, etc.
4)Pre-registration is required. No walk-ins will be admitted.
5)To register PM Rick99 with number of attendees w/names and tables requested if any. Name tags will be supplied at check in.
6)Setup be will Friday morning, time TBD. Over night security will be provided Friday and Saturday nights. Tear down Sunday a.m.
7)Food, drink & snacks will be available throughout with a Saturday night pot luck meal.
8)A photo booth will be provided for anyone writing a book. PM David Royal your intentions for planning purposes.
9)PM Southern WI Savage if you will be available for setup, tear down, security, food, drink & door prize donations. Or any questions in general.

Great! Close enough for me to drive. PM sent to Rick99.

Hah! You beat me to it! I've been scrambling to set up a Fest in Western Maryland, but kept getting shot down by the venues. I had one more to try next week, but I guess that's a moot point now. It's only fair to hold the Fest alternatively between east and west anyway.

Northern Wisconsin is a little too far for me to drive with a pile of guns in the car. I'm not the road warrior I used to be. Perhaps if I can afford it I'll investigate flying- there are a bunch of guys "out yonder" who I would dearly love to meet.

Perhaps if the venue I'm checking out next Wednesday night pans out, I'll host a mini-fest this summer to accomodate the East coast guys and the Savage 99 folks on Facebook, kind of what Joe Brady did in Pennsylvania last summer. It's the Izaac Walton League chapter's club house that I belong to outside of Hagerstown, MD. The venue has superb shooting ranges that would allow us to exercise some rifles and pistols when sitting around jawing gets boring! I have to confront the board of directors at the monthly meeting.

Wisconsin Fest: Not sure if I can make the Fest in August, that's a bad weekend for me. I'll try, but likely won't know until close to the date. I'll try to swing it tho.

gnoahhh, don't worry about dragging guns out if that's a hassle. Just find some guys to carpool with and get out there if you can.

And summer is pretty open for me, so definitely let us know if there's a get together somewhere in the East. Wife's best friend lives in Connecticut, so could swing up north afterwards and keep the better half happy. If your Isaak Walton is anything like mine, you'll have hassles getting non-members access to the ranges. They are sticklers here about ensuring that everybody using it has gone through their safety/protocal training, or is being monitored full time by a member who has.

The range at our Ike chapter is open to non-trained outsiders as long as they are accompanied by a member (all of whom have gone through the safety training as a condition for membership). I figured if we meet there I'll have a couple buddies make themselves available for range use if desired. 20-point covered 50 yard rimfire and centerfire range, un-covered 100 and 200 yard centerfire, and a shooting house for 25 and 50 yard pistol, plus we can shoot .22's at 50 feet inside the clubhouse after hours if we wish.

I've got in-laws over the border on the IL side. Might fly up there and drive up for the fest. Never been to Savage fest before, but I don't come across many 99's down here so I never get to see any in person.

I'm pretty sure I can do it, I'll work on Gary, Joe.

Joe, you work on Gary, I'll work on John. We be on your way. I honestly have to do some homework before I commit, but would seriously love to attend.
Jerry

We pay a heavy price for living out west at times like this. I'd love to come see all you guys but it's not happening.

Maybe we can do some type of video phone link thing... not sure what I'm talking about but we could try.

There'll be smoked Lake Trout at Sauk City (which is in SOUTHERN Wisconsin). Maybe some other Lake superior delicacies if we get out enough times. Saxon Harbor is scheduled to be closed ALL summer to fix July 2017 storm damage that washed most of harbor out into the big pond! Still looking for 1 car and couple boats. We will be fishing out of Black River Harbor in U.P. which is also scheduled for some harbor damage repair (ramp closed for ???). Maybe I'll save several Cornish cross chickens we can barbecue!
Bruce

I probably can't make Wisconsin but Hagerstown would be easily doable.

Dale

As long as they aren't on the same weekend, I can do both, Joe.

I can make it. It isnt a bad drive for me. Just cross the bridge and swing through the UP to WI. Cool.

Gary if your venue dont pan out, i can still host a mini fest in Pa again. Keep me posted. Joe

I'd like to go, never been to one,will have to put in for vacation so I can get outta work that weekend.

I'm in. Looking forward to seeing some folks I haven't seen in a while and meeting some new ones.

I will make this a Sticky so it will stay at the Top.

I finally get a chance to attend one of these! Count me and my son in-can't wait to meet our members.

What name are the rooms reserved under?