Posted by
Jim Dalton on September 27, 2010 at 5:12pm
Atalaya is a well run, well organized art fair at Huntington Beach State Park just south of Myrtle Beach, SC. It offers a picturesque setting, cash awards, friendly and helpful staff, and though music and food are available they are not intrusive. What they were unable to provide, however, were buyers. Crowds were good on Friday, indeed, there was a long line waiting for entry when the show opened at noon. Everyone looked and commented on how nice the art was, but did not buy. All the artists said to one another, "They will be back tomorrow". They did come back on Saturday, the weather was clear and a little hot, but tolerable, buyers did not materialize. On Sunday, the weather forecast was for "scattered showers". The show opened at 10:00, and at 11:00 there was about an hour of moderate rain with some scattered lightning and thunder, just what you want in an outdoor show, right? The weather cleared, patchy sun came out, and a few brave souls came and looked around, but did not buy.
The show closed at 6:00 PM. At 6:05 PM the skies opened up and it rained buckets. The tear down process turned into a combination mud fest and wet T-shirt contest. In addition, we we got back to our room we found that it had rained so hard that we were also into money laundering because the cash inside my wallet was sopping wet! My cell phone died from getting soaked in my pants pocket! All in all, it was an experience I would have rather heard about than experienced!
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