7th Annual Kansas City Pipe and Tobacco Show |
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| When: | Friday, November 05 2004 @ 12:00 AM MST - Sunday, November 07 2004 @ 12:00 AM MST |
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Hilton Kansas City Airport Hotel 8801 NW 112th Street Kansas City, MO 64153 |
| Description: | Friends, For the seventh year, the Greater Kansas City Pipe Club has hosted a regional pipe and tobacco show. Over the years, we've worked our way up to 63 tables of collectors, retailers, and artisan manufacturers. This year, our show is November 5, 6, and 7. We've moved to a new site: The KCI Airport Hilton hotel. We now have room for 90 tables. As we've done every year, admission to the show is FREE. We host a Friday night "smoke filled room" barbecue ... we do charge from $5 to $10 a head for it, but I promise you, it's GOOD KC barbecue. Saturday night, we host a pipe dinner. The cost for a prime rib meal and a great speaker runs about $45 ... but the tobacco you get at table (generally 4-5 tins per seat) more than covers the cost ... last year, the tobaccos included McClelland blends, DAN/CAO blends, and Denmark's "My Own Blend." Mike and Mary McNeil, the owners of McClelland Tobacco Company, make this one of the three "end smoker" shows they attend annually, supporting their hometown club (the other two are Chicago and Richmond). The first public exposure of Anniversary was at our 2001 show. We sponsor a pipe smoking contest, conducted under CIPC rules and sanctioned by the UPCA. This year, $10 buys a seat at the contest table and a Peterson "Aran" apple pipe with factory sterling band. Prizes go to 1st (men), 1st (women), 2d overall and 3d overall. Friends who call every year and set up tables include: Hermit Tobacco Company McClelland Tobacco Company Monjure Pipe International Cigar and Tabac, Kansas City Santa Fe Pipes (Santa Fe, NM) BAC Art Pipes of Poland Tony Fillenwarth Brigham Pipes of Canada SMS Meerschaums UPTowns Smokeshop, Nashville Knoxville Cigar Company I hope this whets your appetite. Here's the URL to the show page: http://www.gkcpipeclub.com/Show.asp |