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Title: Remembering 1974, the first year of the Fest for Beatles Fans
Post by: peregrine9 on March 25, 2012, 08:31:05 PM
Examiner
March 24, 2012
Remembering 1974, the first year of the Fest for Beatles Fans

The year 2012 marks the 38th year for the Fest for Beatles Fans. Mark Lapidos held his first Fest, then known as Beatlefest, at the New York Commodore Hotel the weekend of Sept. 7-8, 1974.In April of that year, he met with John Lennon and told him about his idea to hold a Beatles fan convention.  "I'm all for it. I'm a Beatles Fan, too," Lennon told him.You can watch the fest live online (and catch up with some past videos) at http://www.thefest.com/live/ (http://www.thefest.com/live/)

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/remembering-1974-the-first-year-of-the-fest-for-beatles-fans (http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/remembering-1974-the-first-year-of-the-fest-for-beatles-fans)

Examiner 
March 24, 2012
Fest for Beatles Fans concludes today; pictures from Saturday

Here's the schedule for Sunday in the Imperial Ballroom, which will be streamed online (all times ET). The guest list, through Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands Hotel in Secaucus, N.J., features ex-Monkee Micky Dolenz, Peter Asher, former Wings members Denny Seiwell and Henry McCullough, former Ringo Starr producer Mark Hudson, photographers Rob Shanahan, Allen Tannenbaum and Roger Farrington, authors Larry Marion, Judith Kristen, Tim Riley, Bruce Spizer, Bruce Pollock and David Bedford and Fab 4 Free for All podcast hosts Mitch Axelord, Tony Traguardo and Rob Leonard. 

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/fest-for-beatles-fan-concludes-today-pictures-from-saturday (http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/fest-for-beatles-fan-concludes-today-pictures-from-saturday)