Final Camelot Notes
Hi Everyone,
I went to Raleigh today to check out our location. This is going to be way easier than the downtown festival with that Christmas parade traffic!!!!
Just follow the exit signs to the State Fairgrounds...take Wade Avenue and then Blue Ridge Road. Go in the main gate off Blue Ridge Road after you pass the horse stables. Our location...the Kerr-Scott building is the first building on the right as you turn in. There is a banner for Camelot Christmas on the building.
There is parking around that building and beyond. The flea market is directly across the street, so maybe many of those shoppers will come into the festival. This is the first year, so they don't really know what to expect.
When you come to the front entrance of the building, you go to the right and our booth will be set up a short distance down the right side wall right next to a loading entrance. The building is small...we will be easy to find! It doesn't look like there are more than a dozen vendors, so I hope we will do very well this weekend.
It is best if you call as you arrive to have someone meet you at the entrance as no one will be permitted to enter without paying admission without the passes. (email has phone numbers)One of us can come with a pass for your student.
One of our performance times has been rescheduled. We will now play at 10:30 AM, 12:45 PM as before, but our last performance has been moved to 5:15 PM. Basically, we are opening and closing the event at our stage. (There are 2 stages.) We can also busk as often as we want in the front foyer of the building or outside in front of our building, but nowhere else within the fairgrounds. Outside would be great because we can draw attention to our festival as well as be in a position to accept the generosity of folks who are not planning to pay admission into the festival itself! Everybody should give your fingers an extra special good night kiss tonight!
I have plenty of apple cider, hot chocolate and Irish tea. I plan to arrive early...the doors will open to vendors at 7:00 AM (I don't plan to arrive THAT early)...maybe by 9:00 or so because I will need to set up our booth. I was not sure about leaving our merchandise overnight, but I think it will be okay over Saturday night until we arrive back on Sunday morning. The building will be locked and it is a small group of "regulars" that seem very nice. Everyone who was there when I arrived was putting their wares out tonight.
That's about it. If anyone has questions, just email or call. I'll check email early before I leave and after that, we'll have cell phones. I'm looking forward to a really fun event. Our hostesses love us...we got great complements on the kids playing!...and they are looking forward to the spring festival already and they invited us back to Regency Park next fall. (I think we're becoming "the regulars!")
Rest up and we'll you Saturday or Sunday!
Teresja
PS Could someone bring a camera and take a few pictures for the website?
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