However, as they say, all good things must come to an end, and this
time it was for all the right reasons, though it didn't work out in
quite the way anyone expected. . . .
For some, the economy, you could say, was booming. . .for the other
part of the population, you could say they were losing control, and
not many people like losing control, once they have it, whether, or
not, they really should have it now.
Thus came the beginning of the end.
The vendors wanted control, after all, they had built the places to
do much of the skating, and had a right to know if they should plan
on enough business to keep things going. Thus, they wanted to know
who was going to be skating, when, and so on, so they could prepare
for coming days.
The parents of the skaters wanted control, because even though most
of the skaters who were passing the age of 10 when all this began--
were, through no fault of their own--now at the age when most would
be moving away from home. Even though nearly all the skaters would
always give virtually all their prize winnings to their parents all
of the time, the parents, as parents are wont, wanted to plan ahead
. . .just as did the vendors.
And so did the mayors and burghers of the various towns, where most
of the Winter Festivals and Carnivals were held, and so did persons
who ran the Winter Festivals and Carnivals.
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