Sailabration drew more than 1.5 million visitors

Jamie Smith Hopkins, the author of this articles, mainly focuses on the facts and statistics regarding the event, "Star-Spangled Sailabration" held last June rather than a personal experience.  Hopkins neither gives a personal story nor employs quotations from the visitors of the event. In fact, Hopkins only uses quotations and analysis from the standpoint of economic interest rather than personal pleasure or appeal. Hopkins' economic approach is successful due to the fact that he emphasizes the positive economic impact on the metro area from the event. Even though Hopkins, mainly stresses the facts and statistics, he paints a picture of the congested atmosphere and the success of the event when he says, "Baltimore's weeklong Star-Spangled Sailabration in June drew more than 1.5 million people — some 435,000 from out of state." Later, Hopkins continues to reiterate the popularity of the event when he quotes a restaurant owner about crowd being a "higher volume than we've seen in many, many, many years." finally, Hopkins ends with a description of the next "Sailabration" event being held in 2014. Overall, Hopkins uses quotations, facts and statistics to highlight the success of the "Star-Spangled Sailabration" event in hopes of bringing more to the next celebratory "Star-Spangled Sailabration."


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