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Aftermath

It’s like a law of the universe, tractor shows are spaced one year apart so that all of the participants have time to forget how much work, fun, and sleep deprivation is involved. As great as the effort is during the preceding 2 weeks to get that show on the road, it still doesn’t rival the concentrated frenzy of activity that takes place the Monday after. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly that place can be transformed from a small city to empty farmland, in the space of one single Monday. After the weekend, the quiet and peacefulness are rather a welcome sensation. Little whirlwinds of dust idle their way down the well worn pulling tracks, and one by one, the little blades of grass try to pry themselves loose from the face of the packed earth. A twinge of sadness always accompanies the end of the Big Show, and suddenly, it seems a long time until another August happens. A lot can change in the space of a year.

It was a big one this time around, as we pretty much knew it would be. The offset weekend that allowed folks to attend both the show in Buckley and ours was certainly a factor. Featuring the Red Power Reunion, which was always our dominant brand by the numbers, almost guaranteed a record crowd, both at the gate and on the field. A seasoned and well travelled friend has been advancing a theory in recent times, noting that he does not know of any tractor shows in Michigan, or even in other States, that have a greater number of actual “tractors” on the display field. A scant few other places may have larger numbers of overall displays, but he opines that nobody else fields as many tractors as the Oakley show does. Armed with that fact, my anonymous friend further extrapolates that if Oakley is the biggest “tractor” show in this Country, it very likely is the biggest one in the world. Now there’s an advertising tag line that would read pretty nice on the front page of our next showbook, don’t you think?? Maybe we’ll designate a fact checking committee to look into that this winter, since we’re all quite concerned about the “truth in advertising” ethics that are the core value of Madison Avenue types. After all, if we can’t trust what we read in an ad campaign, who can we trust?

But, that’s all just speculation for now, today it’s time to begin looking back on the outstanding weekend that was our 35th Annual Mid Michigan Old Gas Tractor Show. We’ll have lots more in the time to come.

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