Hi Bill,
You are correct, there are many new events and I have been the driving force of some of them. The Mother's Day Tea, for example was me.
The 21 Campaign Open Shop Day was Joe Fox.
Evening Trains have been a collaboration between many of us.
Concert series was the ideas of many of us.
These are just a few, but represent the efforts of many to enhance the Museum's offerings.
Pay as you wish weekend was Fred Morse. (More on this one coming soon!)
So, I basically keep my ear of the rail and listen for ideas, take them, refine them a bit and brand them. Once in a great while, I'll have an ideas idea of my own that I see through to fruition.
The key element of nearly all events is employing the railroad as transportation- either to an event, or as an element of the event.
I cannot yet say for sure, but ridership so far has been strong this year, and we are headed into te two biggest event weekends of the month. I think we are on target for our most well attended May ever.
