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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">NEAR-FestXXXIII FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><br>NEAR-FestXXXIII will be held on April 28th and 29th 2023 and not </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">on its traditional date which always has been the first weekend in </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">May every year since 2007. NEAR-Fest XXXIV scheduled for </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">October 13th and 14th 2023 is </span></span><span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">NOT affected.</span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><br>Last month the Deerfield Fair Association informed me that they </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">booked two events, the NH Farm, Forest and Garden Show and </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">the NH Arabian Horse Ass’n Show at the Fairgrounds for May 5th </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">and 6th 2023 which is the weekend before Mothers Day. We were </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">told we were welcome to hold the NEAR-Fest at the same time with</span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"> the two other shows but there would be a “few small changes” to </span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">the parts of the Fairgrounds that we would be allowed to use.</span></span>
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<span id="_mce_caret"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><br>Mister Mike <w1rc@near-fest.com</span></span>
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