Weisstock, Weisport’s answer to Woodstock, was held yesterday and today in the Borough Park. It is not to be confused with an earlier festival held in Weissport called “the Redneck Festival,” which started out as a fun event. Linda and I had a booth at the first one labeled “Rednecks for Obama” which drew a lot of positive attention. Unfortunately in subsequent years the Redneck Festival degenerated into a biker convention with confederate flags and a raffle for an assault rifle, and the plug was pulled about six years ago.
Weisstock features stands run by local groups, non-profits selling items, and area bands, and it is very much a family-oriented affair, run to raise money for community projects. The County Dems and Reeps both had booths.
Ours was very successful. We registered two Democrats, had one change from Republican to Democrat, took five Harris sign orders, got three people to leave their names and numbers for contacts from the County’s “Lively Liberals,” and received thumbs up and positive comments from a surprisingly large number of people.
It was a great weekend for Democrats.
I'm sorry I couldn't be there this year, but that has more to do with Chantilly Goods than the festival. ;)
ReplyDeleteI've already reserved a spot for next year.
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