Bill, the kids loved ya at Castle Rock. Solid show, two glorious days of weather and the main competition for this show didn't play football until Monday night.
Castle Rock is about 45 mins south of Denver. This was the 22nd year for the show. The layout is split between three sections, a south section in front of the town library, a center which is the sponsors/food/silent auction area and the north Town Hall area. Total just shy of 200 artists. Walked the show and saw no B/S and the quality otherwise was top notch. This is a show that charges admission, $5 per person except for really short young people and really really tall people like Bill where they can't reach to get his money because he is sooooo tall.
Load in was organized with checkin at the fairgrounds around the corner from the show where they released folks as space became available for your rig based on radio calls to volunteers in the North and South areas. Helped control congestion.
The show opens both days at 9am. The crowds were solid most of the day on Saturday, small lull in the afternoon, but then picked back up until close at 6pm. Sunday was slow until about 11am then steady, maybe a little down from Saturday but sill busy right up until about 4pm with close at 5pm.
I'm a photographer and this turned out to be my best show of the year. Was worried on Saturday. Nice sale in the first hour and then nothing the rest of the day. Made we want to put out my 'Take what you want, Pay what you want" bucket. But Sunday just rocked. Others around me did well. Glass artist, painter, the ceramic 'frog' man, another photographer all were having good to great shows.
This is one of the last shows in Colorado for the year with one more show in Estes Park this weekend.
Bill, was wondering if you were related to the British woman who was also really really tall. If not you would make a cute couple ;).
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Bill, the kids loved ya at Castle Rock. Solid show, two glorious days of weather and the main competition for this show didn't play football until Monday night.
Castle Rock is about 45 mins south of Denver. This was the 22nd year for the show. The layout is split between three sections, a south section in front of the town library, a center which is the sponsors/food/silent auction area and the north Town Hall area. Total just shy of 200 artists. Walked the show and saw no B/S and the quality otherwise was top notch. This is a show that charges admission, $5 per person except for really short young people and really really tall people like Bill where they can't reach to get his money because he is sooooo tall.
Load in was organized with checkin at the fairgrounds around the corner from the show where they released folks as space became available for your rig based on radio calls to volunteers in the North and South areas. Helped control congestion.
The show opens both days at 9am. The crowds were solid most of the day on Saturday, small lull in the afternoon, but then picked back up until close at 6pm. Sunday was slow until about 11am then steady, maybe a little down from Saturday but sill busy right up until about 4pm with close at 5pm.
I'm a photographer and this turned out to be my best show of the year. Was worried on Saturday. Nice sale in the first hour and then nothing the rest of the day. Made we want to put out my 'Take what you want, Pay what you want" bucket. But Sunday just rocked. Others around me did well. Glass artist, painter, the ceramic 'frog' man, another photographer all were having good to great shows.
This is one of the last shows in Colorado for the year with one more show in Estes Park this weekend.
Bill, was wondering if you were related to the British woman who was also really really tall. If not you would make a cute couple ;).
Gary
www.reflectionsimaging.com