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Audrey Totter

2013 Seminar Schedule

THURSDAY 9:00 am, YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR A Deeper Look at the Radio Program John C. Abbott, author of The Who is Johnny Dollar Matter, will present a closer look at the radio program that continues entertaining old-time radio buffs today. Johnny Dollar (1949-1962) was a freelance insurance investigator who proved to have more lives [...]

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The Blob on display in 2013!

The Blob: Creeping to MANC in 2013

A mysterious creature from another planet, resembling a giant blob of jelly, lands on earth. The people of a nearby small town refuse to listen to some beatnik hot rod teenagers who have witnessed the blob’s destructive power and growth. In the meantime, the blob just keeps on getting bigger… With an estimated cost of [...]

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Sandra Grabman

Sandra Grabman, guest author

Sandra Grabman will be among the guest authors at this year’s Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention. Be sure to check out her books and get a couple autographed while you’re at the show! The enclosed is a brief summary of Sandra’s author credits, written by Sandra herself. After writing articles for many years, I began the new [...]

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Joe Martelle

RADIO PRO: RADIO PROS & LEGENDS SHARE THEIR SECRETS TO SUCCESS

Radio Pro is actually several books in one, covering every aspect of personality radio—from the history of pioneer broadcasters to how to become a successful personality. Forty-one-year radio pro Joe Martelle also brings together a richly-varied selection of candid comments on the subject from over 150 of America’s best broadcasters, seasoned pros, who tell it [...]

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Poster Art

Vote for Gracie!: Gracie Allen’s Bid for the Presidency 1940

by Sally Stephens. In the beginning of 1940, the world’s outlook was bleak.  Europe was teetering on the edge of war, and the United States was entering its tenth year stuck in the Great Depression.  To top it off, it was an election year, and the great hope that started with Roosevelt’s New Deal was [...]

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Veronica Lake

2013 Movie Room Schedule

Movie times are approximate. To be sure you don’t miss any of the films, and have preferred seating, be sure to be there early enough to avoid disappointment.   UNDER CONSTRUCTION   WEDNESDAY 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.  VINTAGE NEWSREELS Before the era of television, people received their news from one of three venues; radio, newspapers [...]

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Many people came in costume!

Video Streaming Becomes a Reality

As old man 2012 exits stage left and the newborn 2013 starts to crawl on stage, one of the most exciting things I am looking forward to in the coming year is video streaming at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention. Always thinking outside the box, the future (and possibly survival) of conventions will be dependent on [...]

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Tony Dow panel

2012 Schedule of Events

  Seminars, panels and presentations preserve and encourage our pop culture heritage. Most of these events are slide show presentations and we encourage you to sit in on a few of these and learn something new… about something old.   WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m.  MINI VINTAGE DOCUMENTARIES From actual racing footage of Seabiscuit vs.  Man of [...]

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