As the year draws to an end
We its the last show for us of the year this weekend…. Sandringham with Living Heritage. Hasn’t been a great year all in all, I think the Craft Circuit has definitely suffered because of the floods and Foot and Mouth.
There is still the question “have craft shows had their day?”, are they now seen as old fashioned?
This weekend made me look at things from an organisers point of view. It was a mixed weekend, Saturday was good but Sunday it poured with rain all day.. so much so that some of the exhibitors and some of the public had to be towed off the site.
The organisers was obviously upset, all that work setting the show up. Not only that but she had to put up with members of the public complaining about the mud….. despite the fact that all the marquees had flooring down and the only mud was outside. I know I would NEVER want to organise a craft show on that scale, just could take the pressure……
Speaking of which it will be interesting to see which of the large organisers are still going next year…. every year some seem to disappear (with or without deposits) others seem to change their name with a strange regularity…. we’ll have to wait and see what the new year brings.
