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Weather is big factor at Algoma Shanty Days---Aug 14 and 15.
First Algoma is town just south of Door County in Wisconsin......Wisconsin, of course is God's Country-- North to those of us who live in Wisconsin.....and this area is nature's natural cooler.....
But Lordy, Lordy, was it hot and humid on Saturday, August 14 in Algoma, Wisconsin......heck it was hot as heck.......heck it was doggone hot all over the US of A......
But it was 10 degrees cooler and much less humid on Sunday, August 15 in Algoma. And it was quite windy....
So sales were down on Saturday ......but sales were up on Sunday compared to the many past years I have done this show.
The show clients are tourist mixed with Algoma locals.....maybe a 50 -- 50 mix.....no data.....this is just a guess based on my conversations with my customers over the years......it is also based on what I sell....I sell a lot of sports art prints for the teams from Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota.....
Anyway.....after a hot lower sales Saturday......just for fun I asked the Sunday customers what they did on Saturday......many just stayed by their air conditioning......some Saturday-type shoppers just moved their shopping to Sunday.......
So I had a very average Saturday.....and a very productive Sunday, saleswise.
So the general rule is: if it is too cold, too hot....or too rainy....just expect your sales to be down.....for me it wasnt the economy.
The show is set up so very well.....with the bands at one end of the show.......flea market in the middle along a street ....which leads to other streets with arts and crafts .....that is where I was.
It is just over an hour by car from my house.........a low entry fee......easy unload.....it gets 3 and a half DAVEYs out of 5......a good score.
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Comment by deborah a. weaver on August 17, 2010 at 10:14pm -
Hi Davey, I was just up at Augusta, Wisconsin visiting my Mom, where is Algoma located? Augusta is not to far from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, which is a pretty good ride! It was hot up there and we had rain and hail one night! I used to do the Falling Leaves Art Tour up there, that Roz Henning and her group organize every Fall. This is group of artists and their art studios that are open to the public over a Saturday and SUnday weekend. I would come up from Illinois as a visiting artist and I would show with Sandy Packard of Rams Nest Pottery , with her pottery work and my oil paintings in ger garage studio. Had a good time with my Mom, Husband and Sandy and her family! It's a pretty popluar show up there and they do pretty well! It's good to hear that you did well!
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Comment by David Hipwell on August 17, 2010 at 10:37pm -
Algoma is near Green Bay on the other side of Wisconsin from Eau Claire.....
I go over to Eau Claire from time to time.....going there on my way to Yellowstone Park in September.
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Comment by deborah a. weaver on August 17, 2010 at 11:13pm
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You were in Packer Country! Augusta is too! Packer Backer I mean! You problably go on 90/94 Interstate on your way to Yellowstone? If you do if you get off at The Osseo Exit, go into Osseo to the Nordic Nook, you can get some really good pie there too! They were featured in the CHicago Tribune a few years back for their pies!
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Comment by Connie Mettler on August 20, 2010 at 10:50am -
Thanks for the info on this event. Sounds like there was a lot going on. Flea Market, stages, and art? Was it spread all over the town? Sometimes these kinds of things can work as they bring people to the art fair who ordinarily wouldn't have gone. Plus it sounds like you had the right work for them.
We all appreciate hearing about these less well known events.
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Comment by David Hipwell on August 20, 2010 at 12:17pm
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Connie.....this event is spread all over the center of Algoma.....basically from Lake Michigan back for about 4 blocks.....
Shanty Days is a big deal in the Green Bay area......and they advertize in the Green Bay Press Gazette....in fact they had a huge 8 page insert in that paper which is the important paper in our area....lots of pictures......well written articles....etc.....
They have a local Shanty Days honoree each year......someone who has contributed to the community.....and they get a lot of press on that person.....and he get pub in the parade......it is quite an honor in Algoma.
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