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2010 Calendar of Events
Date Event (Click for Info) State
March 6 Western Memorabilia Auction IOWA
April 10 2010 Flag City "Toys That Shoot" Show OHIO
April 11 TOY GUN SHOW ILLINOIS
April 17 Annual Dillsburg Cap Gun Show PENNSYLVANIA
April 29, 30 & May 1 Hopalong Cassidy Bar 20 Reunion OHIO
May 28, 29, 30 Estate Auction w/ Cap Guns ARIZONA
June 25/26/27 Gene Autry Days Show OHIO
June 26 9th Annual Cap Gun and Vintage Toy Show VIRGINIA
July 17 16th Annual Western Toy Round-Up Show CALIFORNIA
August 22 Daisy Get Together MICHIGAN
September 18 Greensboro Western Memorabilia and Toy Gun Show NORTH CAROLINA
September 23-25 5th Annual Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention MARYLAND
October 9 Cap Gun & Vintage Western Toy Show TEXAS


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2010 Flag City "Toys That Shoot" Show
Buy—Sell—Trade
Air Guns, BB Guns, Cap Guns


Saturday April 10th 2010
Open:  9:00 am to 3:00 pm

The Lighthouse Banquet Facility
10055 SR 224 West
Findlay, Ohio  45840

Hosted by: Dave Barchent (419)423-0070
Duane Schaferly (419)435-7909


Admission — Adults: $2.00
Children 12 and under — FREE!


For table registration call Dan Lerma (419)422-9121

ABSOLUTELY NO FIREARMS PERMITTED
—INCLUDES DAISY VL TYPE RIFLES—


Event info submitted by Jim Manning of JM Cap Guns & Toys. Thanks!



CAP GUNS, BB GUNS, HOLSTERS,
WESTERN RELATED ITEMS


SUNDAY APRIL 11, 2010
9:00 am to 3:00 pm

PYTHIAN HALL
409 E 2nd AVE
MILAN, ILLINOIS

½ mile West of Exit 15, I-280
Across from Erikson Chevrolet


BUY-SELL-TRADE-DISPLAY

Tables- $25.00 each
Admission-$2.00 (CHEAP)

For dealer information, contact:
Bob Gauley
2366 Ridge Road
Aledo, IL 61231
Phone (309) 754-8879


Email: gauley@frontiernet.net



Annual Dillsburg Cap Gun Show

Saturday April 17th 2010
Open:  9:00 am to 2:00 pm
(Set-up is 7:00 am to 9:00 am)

Franklintown Firehall

Contact Herb Taylor @ 717-432-5038
— OR —
134 Old Cabin Hollow Rd
Dillsburg, Pa 17019


Admission: Adults $5 - CHILDREN FREE!
Tables are $45 each





Hopalong Cassidy Bar 20 Reunion

April 29, 30 and May 1st

Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center Cambridge,Ohio

Show - Friday (April 30th) 9 am-5 pm
Saturday (May 1st) 9 am-3 pm


Dealers set-up Thursday April 29th from noon - 5 pm
8ft. tables - $50 + $60 along the wall
Early bird admission for Thursday will be $10

Many Cowboy Star look-a-likes and Special Guest including James Drury, Bobby Copeland, Jeff Hildebrand, Russ McCubbin, Francis Reeves, Cowboy Bill Holden and friends!

CAP GUN SHOW INFO:

Please contact Gary Bondy (740)697-2020
Festival info. - Laura Bates (740) 826 - 4850
EMAIL: hcherry@cambridgeoh.com


Event info submitted by Jim Manning of JM Cap Guns & Toys. Thanks!


Estate Auction
900+ Cap Guns!


May 28, 29 and 30th

Dewey, Arizona

Lots of Hopalong, Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Stallion and Long Toms

See: www.richpennauctions.com
for more details.

Rich Penn is doing an estate auction in which he is selling Tom and Terry Webers Collection which is a Huge 50 year collection of Toy Cap Guns and Accessories.


Event info submitted by Wes McIndoe.





Saturday - June 26, 2010
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Located in Verona, Virginia
The Factory Antique Mall
50 Lodge Lane
(540)248-1110
I-81, Exit 227


Plan now to attend the Ninth Annual Cap Gun & Toy Show. This one-of-a-kind show includes items for sale and displays from collectors across the country. If you love the American Cowboy, Western Characters, Hoppy, Roy, Gene, the Lone Ranger, etc. this show is for you. Remember those thrilling days of yesteryear?

The Cap Gun & Toy Show features cap pistols, parts, toy rifles, holster sets, BB guns, children's outfits, cuffs, spurs, badges, and related memorabilia from radio, TV and Saturday matinees! 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

This Fun Show will also include other vintage and antique toys, cars, trucks, dolls, mechanical toys, toy parts, etc. All the "good" toys from times past. (no "Made in China" items.)
For additional information or table rentals contact:

John M. Bracken - Box 1131 - New Market, VA 22844
Phone: 540-325-8065 email: jmb42@shentel.net
Admission: Adults- $5.00 · Children 6-12 $3.00



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Gene Autry Days Show

June 25, 26 and 27th, 2010

Kenton, Ohio

SET UP:
1:00 pm to 8:00 pm Friday June 25
AND
From 7:00 am to 9:00 am Saturday June 26

SHOW TIMES:
(open FREE to the public)
Saturday, June 26—9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday, June 27—10:00 am to 3:00 pm
EARLY BIRD:
from 5-8 pm Friday (with purchase of the weekend package)

FREE Hog Roast for Dealers on Friday night
Catered meal Saturday night WITH entertainment:
Dealers: $12.00 — Regular price: $14.00


Overnight spaces for camping can be rented at the fairgrounds, $15 per night—payable with contract.

Featured entertainers this year will be Les Gilliam, Call of the West, John Buttram and Paul Belanger. The Ohio State Fast Draw Championship Match will be that weekend as well. Stars and look-a-likes will be attending one of the best shows in the country.

Regular Tables: $45 each before May 1st, 2010
AFTER May 1st: $50 each
Wall Tables: $60 each

Information: Ph# (888)642-7346
Fax: (419)674-4876

EMAIL: alliance@hardinohio.org


Event info submitted by Jim Manning of JM Cap Guns & Toys. Thanks!




Daisy Get Together



The Daisy Get Together has a new home!

The next Daisy show is on August 22, 2010 and will be held at the Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds Expo Center in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Expo Center is a wonderful, clean, well lit facility. In this bigger building we will be able to have nine foot aisles with no posts to block anyone’s tables all on one level. There is also camping available on the grounds and plenty of close parking for everyone.


The host hotel will be the Clarion, which is located about 2 miles from the show, at 3600 East Cork Street has just been totally renovated. When making your reservation mention “Daisy Get Together BB Gun Show” for the discount rate. Their phone number is 269-385-3922. We will continue to have our reception on Saturday evening…but now in our own private large banquet room.

For information on what to see and do in the Kalamazoo area please contact the Convention & Visitors Bureau at www.discoverkalamazoo.com or call 800-888-0509. They have been tremendous in helping us make this move!

Just call Bill or I if you have any other questions about the new location.

Also contact:
Bill Duimstra - (616)738-2425
Wes Powers - (517)423-4148



If you love Hoppy, Roy, and Gene, you will love the
Greensboro Western Memorabilia and Toy Gun Show



Saturday, Sept 18, 2010
Greensboro, N.C.

Wyndham Garden Hotel
(formerly the Holiday Inn)

I-40 exit 211


6426 Burnt Poplar Rd., Greensboro, N.C. 27409
Phone 336-668-0421
( ask for Toy Gun Show room discount)


Show Hours: 9-3
Admission: $5.00, Age 12 and under FREE

Toy Guns and related Western toys only

For dealer information call Don Raker 336-454-1950
Dealer tables $60



Cap Guns, holster sets, comics, character items, games, Roy, Hoppy , Gene, Lone Ranger, etc.. Buy, sell, trade, or show your western hero items of the fabulous 50s and 60s.



Hey kids! What time is it?
It's time for the 5th Annual
Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention!

This year's dates are September 23 - 25!


This year's celebrity guests include:

VAN WILLIAMS (Surfside 6, The Green Hornet)
ROY THINNES (The Invaders)
DAWN WELLS (Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island)
MARK GODDARD (Johnny Ringo, Lost in Space)
GERI REISCHL (Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch Hour)
ED NELSON (Peyton Place and tons of TV and Roger Corman films)
WILL HUTCHINS (Sugarfoot, Hey, Landlord, Blondie)
MARSHA HUNT (Rare appearance of Hollywood actress of motion pictures and television!)


This will be the first autographing appearance for Van Williams and Roy Thinnes in twenty years! This will be a convention exclusive and we highly doubt they will be appearing at any other conventions in the nearby future!

PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS

World premiere screening of original documentaries!
"The History of The Lone Ranger" hosted by Fran Striker, Jr.
A Retrospective Look at The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Old Time Radio Recreation on Stage!
The Screen Career of Harry Langdon
The History of Astounding Science Fiction Magazine (1930-1960)
A History of the Enchanted Forest
I'll Take My Buster Keaton Rare, Please
A Look Back at Vox Pop
Charity Auction to Benefit the St. Jude Children's Hospital
Drive-In Movie Theater on Friday Night (starts at sunset)
Restoring Motion Pictures from Archival Prints

ON DISPLAY!
The original 1966 Chrysler Imperial Black Beauty from the Green Hornet TV series! There were only two made and one of them resides in a museum in California. The other is owned by a private collector who fully restored the vehicle and will have it on display at the convention. (This is not a replica!) The new Green Hornet movie due for release this December will be using a similar car (also a 1966 Chrysler Imperial) so check out the car that was inspired for the major motion picture!

MOVIE ROOM RUNS 24 HOURS A DAY
1956 Bob Hope Christmas Special with Mickey Mantle
The unseen version of Parson Us (1931) with Laurel and Hardy
Unaired TV Pilots
The City That Never Sleeps (rare 1953 film noir)
plus many other rare films!

HOUSE OF WAX (1953)
Will be screened in 3-D! Glasses will be provided.

Have a vintage car? Bring it to the convention Friday night for the Drive-In!
Costumed Characters Are Welcome!

HOTEL
To avoid the over-crowded conditions we experienced last year, we have moved to a new hotel to take advantage of a greater expanded celebrity/vendor room. The new hotel is located 20 minutes from where the old hotel is located. Details about the hotel can be found on our web-site.

If you want to reserve your hotel room, grab it now! Rooms are limited at the discount convention rate and sold on a first-come, first serve basis. The hotel created a special page just for us, so you can click the link and be taken directly to the hotel's confirmation page and book your room now! (And you can change the dates that are pre-filled.) Hotel phone number is 1-410-785-7000 http://cwp.marriott.com/bwihv/manc

ADMISSION
The first 100 people to pre-pay admission will receive free goodies (t-shirts, DVDs, books, etc.) with a retail value more than the cost of admission. We will probably have extras on hand for freebees for attendees, but to guarantee your freebees, and save money on admission, pre-pay asap.

Check out the convention web-site for schedule of events, autograph hours, vendor room hours and more! For a Printable Flyer, e-mail us and we'll send you the PDF file!

Convention Phone Number: (443) 286-6821
Convention web-site:
http://www.MidAtlanticNostalgiaConvention.com




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