This show is TINY. And besides that the weather seems to impact it every time I have gone there. This Sunday we had a tornado watch and only half the vendors even showed up for the craft fair (there was only supposed to be 12 to begin with). Then some of the demonstrators didn't show (boo to the smithy people who didn't come!, and volunteers were late or nonexistent.
Dad was a trooper. He went and set up, put up the tent sides in case of rain, staked the tent down good and then just held on for the ride. Of the six or so that did come a few didn't have tents, and the person next to us had a tent that was so jury-rigged that it was actually dangerous. It blew over once, sending the screwdrivers used to hold it together into the air as shrapnel. Luckily no one was hurt.
His first sale of the day was pretty good. About 1/4 of the days sales. Then there was a big sale, that we knew was coming, because D had warned me that she wanted a mess of bath fizzies and that I needed to send enough down for her, (that was 1/2 the days sales) and the rest dribbled in here and there.
The vendors without tents were the first to go, then the other slowly started to pack up. When dad realized he would be there all alone, he made an executive decision and packed up too. The day was not lost, but this show is not growing as I had hoped it would be doing. Another one in August I think, then I will have to decide about next season or not. We will have to see how it goes.
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