Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival

Just got done doing the Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival this past weekend Nov. 25-27. My report is as follows.
Set-up was real easy, Tear-down not so easy. The parking behind the hall that the show was in looked like a trailer park. I got there real early on Sunday morning to get a place for my econoline, so it worked out for me. Fri morning got there just before show opened and had to go across the street to park as well as Sat. Morning. There was parking at the show for exhibitors but it was mostly trailers. Vans parked where there was space. HA HA! The show cost the public approx $5.00 but there were coupons galore. Newspaper had $1.00 in it. She does a lot of advertising. I believe this is the last show of year in albu. but could be wrong. I thought there were less people this year than last. I did not do as well this year as last. Location is not that important since people walk the whole show. A lot of lookers at the show but then there are the people who come to this show to buy xmas presents. I usually hand out a lot of business cards but not so much at this show. I told my wife if i lived in California I would stay home this weekend I used to do a show in Palm Springs thanksgiving weekend but those days are long gone. The aisle that was crowded all three days was food. Someone selling bread sold out and was gone by noon on Sunday. It says that the artist must be there but there were a few reps. Sunshine supposedly has this ranked very high on their list. Not sure about that. It is inside which makes it nice. Ruth Gore treats everyone real well. More promoters should be like here. I think Ruth is one of the best promoters and i am not just saying that. I enjoy working with her. I had help setting up and tearing down and that made a world of difference. Quite a lot of new artists this year.
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