In my humble opinion (expressed quietly before) . . . the only way to "save" the Fontana Village Tail of the Dragon meets and boost attendance is to make them a longer "during the week" event so it becomes worthwhile for attendees from farther away to make the trip. Even if interested, people are not willing to take off two or three days of work (weekdays) to drive there for a three day weekend event and then have to drive two days (weekdays that require taking off work again) back home. They are taking off four or five days to attend a three day event. The dragon is a great venue with lots of great little towns to visit and many interesting fun roads / routes to explore. It is certainly worthy of a four or five day "during the week" event. Just Sayin'