A beautiful sunrise on Saturday morning
strong crowds both days
I've participated in this show for 4 years and it is always a strong show for me, this year was a little off in sales but not as much as all of my other shows this year. This 48 year old show has a very loyal following among locals and tourists alike. The organizers do a great job advertising with roadside digital signs, printed programs in every hotel, flyers and prominately placed banners. Artists ammenities include boothsitters, continental breakfast, generous spaces, easy set up and breakdown, and quite an awards program. I was going to list all the award winners but there were 52 of them and I have jewelry to make. There are 10 catagories with 1st. 2nd. & 3rd in each with awards of 1800, 1200, & 800 respectively. There are also 20 merit awards at 500 each. Best in show carries a purse of 3000 and went to Gillian Kemper. If you would like to see a list of winners go to Spacecoastartfestival.com .
This show is a festival with music during and after show hours and alcohol and in years past there have been problems with drunken vandalism. The festival organizers listened to the artist complaints and this year decided not to have nighttime activities and to my knowledge there were no problems.
This show is always Thanksgiving weekend and is a fun, well organized and profitable show to do.
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Nice photos.
I don't think I would ever do that show again. Although there were a good number of people out walking around there seemed to be a lack of serious buyers. Those that were buying seemed to be going more for functional items. Brevard county people also tend to lean toward tropical themed items...which my work is definitely not.
I was also less than thrilled with their judging process. Especially the fact the second judge never came in my booth. According to the papers the judges were supposed to spend up to a minute and a half in each booth. Well apparently the second judge must have been spending too much time in booths the first part of the day because by the time he got to the area I was in it was nearly 4:45 and he just blew through the final 20 or so booths.
With the exception of Winter Park, which was bad because of the weather, this was the worst show that I did out of the seven shows I have done this fall.
Thanks for the review Lori and glad you had a good show. That WAS nice of them Del, a little extra interest for the show!!!
my pic of the launch didn't come out, be sure to be watching next August 5 when the rover lands on Mars
I also thought it was nice of them to launch a rocket to Mars while we were there.