Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention

The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention is held annually in Aberdeen, Maryland. Michelle Katherine and Martin Grams, Jr., founders of the non-profit event, define nostalgia as "anything you long for since the days of your youth that is no longer available."

Past topics and events have included "Dragnet" spoofs, radio's female detectives, "The Green Hornet", "The Adventures of Superman", collecting OTR and pulp magazines, "Have Gun-Will Travel", "The Adventures of Sam Spade", Orson Welles' magic career, "Lassie", World War II cartoons, eBay, James Bond, Harry Houdini, drive-ins, "Alias Smith and Jones", Frank Tashlin, baseball on radio, "The Lone Ranger" and silent serials. Vintage films are shown 24 hours a day.

In 2006, Author Michael Hayde presented a history of the "Grand Ole Opry". Also that year, Lana Wood, David Hedison, W. Watts Biggers (co-creator of "Underdog"), Marta Kristen, Kenny Miller, Conrad Brooks and Richard Herd were guests. In 2007, Erin Gray, Denny Miller of "Wagon Train" fame, Annette Andre, Arthur Weingarden, Virginia Davis and radio show host Ed Walker were featured at the annual convention. Admission money from the 2007 event was donated to the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The 2008 event is scheduled to feature Patty McCormack, Edd Byrnes, Margaret Kerry (one of the Little Rascals and model for Disney's Tinkerbell), Larry Storch of "F-Troop", Kathleen Hughes from "It Came From Outer Space" and Jon Provost. The dates are September 18-20.

Events scheduled for the 2008 event include a drive-in movie theater outside, a charity auction, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, trivia about The Twilight Zone, presentation on glass slides used during the silent movie era, a history of The Phantom, P.G. Wodehouse and his screen career, the laughs of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, a retrospective of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds panic broadcast, and Edward R. Murrow on television. Movies scheduled to play include the 1934 Buck Rogers film short shown at the Chicago World's Fair, vaudeville film shorts, Sky King and the 1954 Egyptian remake of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, among others.

External links

* [http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention]