I am just going to let it flow.
Some observations about last weekend's show.
Hope you enjoy.
THOUGHTS OF JELLY/FISH AND BELLY-DANCERS, AND ART TOO!
A great treed park in downtown Lexington.
Young, affluent, enthusiastic and well-dressed crowd. Lots of expensive dogs.
Easy setup and teardown, just belly up to your booth with your van.
Big shade trees, some of them well-dressed--see pic at the end.
Yum, yum. Kentucky Hot Browns.
Holly (Ollinger) was happy, she brought her Pappys. (A delicious sought-after single barrel bourbon.)
She was going to be my neighbor, booth 119. I was 120. Then I saw her broom--and left the room--got space number 2--better sales through and through.
Ramseys Restaurant. One block from the show. Great breakfest at 9 am. Serves great fresh veggies and awesome pies. Oh, and they do whopper cocktails too.
Ramseys is also home to the world's smallest jelly/fish aquarium. See my pic at blog's end.
A hands-on director--who listens. Thank you Kelly.
A show on grass--oh such class. No admission fees.
What a hoot--the Watch People got the boot.
Was next to David Piper (since 1971) ace sandal-maker and demonstrator.
He has been in Main Street Fort Worth 23 years. That is legendary.
Belly Dancers at 1 pm on Sunday.
Their bellies start shaking, and no sales I be making.
Intrepid reporter documented all the buy-sell on Saturday--then showed the Good Guys on Sunday.
Holly even gave me some Pappys--it made me very happy.
The Quinoa-tabuli salad for $2 was the deal of the show.
More a 3-D crowd than a 2-D crowd.
Saw lots of ugly "Brown Stuff on canvas" go by my booth--thank, God, it was sparingly.
For me, I sold lots of precious little pieces of paper--but, and a big but--no note cards.
They are not in my religion. Just like Howard and Amy aren't too.
Broke up three dog fights in front of my booth.
I am a little scarred--and they are all barred.
Had a giant Yellow Jacket fly in my booth--he scared a lot of customers.
I called him the "Godzilla of Yellow Jackets."
I killa--the Godzilla.
Comments
Connie, in response to your question above, yes, I have done the Woodland Park in Lexington, KY many years. I love the show. Well run by people with the courage to throw out impostors pretending to be making something with their own hands. It seems that every show gets at least one pretender through the jury process and at this show, they are dealt with swiftly. I actually love to rat out impostors and proud to do in a very up front and out in the open way. We should all realize that when a buy/sell creep gets a space, someone with real stuff stayed on the wait list or was rejected. I find it very rare when a show fixes the issue and almost as rare when a real artist/crafts person takes a stand. By the way, any show director that says they do not have a "Black List" for the future is kidding or not very good at their job.
Virginia, great colors in that painting. Love it!
I got the boot too, Oh well maybe next year but if 2-d wasn't selling well maybe not. Ugh!! buy sell got in and I didn't Don't know if this show would be worth it for me.
My award winning painting.
Thanks for the review. Disappointed to hear about the buy-sell getting in since this was a show we really wanted to do, and hopefully make an annual event, but unfortunately the jury did not see it that way. This show is only about 2 1/2 to 3 hours from us. We will try again next year with a bit more experience under our belt.
So sorry I didn't get to meet you -- it's hard to get out and be too sociable when you're working the show alone. Glad the show (and the Pappy's) went well for you. This was my second year doing Woodland, and it's been a strong show for me both years. No belly dancers outside my booth 153, but a woodwind quintet and plenty of fancy dogs!
I can't imagine you and Dave Piper together, that was a genius of a layout. Laying out the show so everyone has a good neighbor and makes a new friend, or hangs out with an old one was one of the good parts of running a show, and a challenge. I always tried to put people together like that, one year we had 4 artists from Russia in a row, they had a great time, then I'd try to pair up the single people next to one another. Inadvertently two married people who ran off one another about a month after the show and I got a call from one of the former spouses. I always tried to find a sweetie to put next to Barry B.
Sounds like I have to visit this show one day. Don Ament used to be on the committee, was he in evidence? Dave, have you done this show before?
Thanks, Nels. This was almost a tequila report, lots of fun.
Thanks Dave--knock em dead in Bloomington.
Great to be next to you in Lexington. Sure nice to meet you and get to know you. You are a pleasure to be around. You and I in booth 1 and 2 made a total of 136 years of two old hearts that just keep on ticking. Nels, you are a prince of a man.
I like this new rhyming thing you got going on here. Cool pics, too. Sounds like you had a good time at the show.