I have participated in this show before- I am not sure when- it was PB (pre-blog) so honestly I had no real memory of the show itself. I wondered for quite a while while I was sending in the application if I had even done it before. It wasn't until I got the acceptance letter that I was sure that I had in fact particpated in the show before- see there is this thing about hooking up electricty into the lightposts on the side of the street- whiche I remembered from years past.
So now that I rembered doing the show, I started to remember why I didn't continue doing the show. From what I could recall it wan't bad, just that I had found another more reliable, more profiatbel, two day show to do that same weekend. When that "more reliable" show started to become less reliabe, I once again was on the hunt for a show or shows the first weekend in May, which brought me back to trying Lebanon one more time.
So we arreived and the day was damp, cold, and threatening rain. We set up easily, the booth was across from a parking lot, where we left the car, so if the heavens did open up and rain upon us, we would have quick and easy access to a vehile in which to pack our stuff up into.
After getting set up, C and I walked around. We like to play a little game called "guess today's sales". This is based on our overall impression of the town/location, the other vendors setting up, the types of food vendors present, etc. What I can tell you is that we concured on a number, and that we guessed high- about 30% too high.
The show started and we froze, it was so bonechillingly damp that C spent some time in the van just trying to warm up. It got a little better in the afternoon and the last 3 hours of the show is where I actually made money above and beyond my booth fee. The overall pace of the show was so slow that when we got home I was actually surpised that I sold as much as I did.
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