WBA-Retail: Wow!

[Mary Watts]

As a consumer - I thank you all for a wonderful shopping day - we had a 
great time touring through, and noting that each and every shop we went 
in - there were smiling happy faces, on vendors and patrons alike - a 
truly wonderful time.

As a WBA member - I truly think moving the Preview party to Friday night 
will be....difficult in the extreme.  There is a LOT of prep, both in 
decorating and in food, that happens late Friday, and all day Saturday.  
Those of us working that particular stretch all work on weekdays, and 
barely make it through to Saturday night as it is. 
Sincere apologies for the lack of publication on the Sunday activities.  
We simply got the confirmations back way too late to be of much good.  
We will try and improve on that next year, obtaining buy-in and 
confirmation from the respective parties much earlier in the game plan.

While you're planning for next year's event, please keep me posted with 
any possible advertising and wording you will need on tickets and 
posters...our deadline for completed, printed, and distributed posters 
and tickets is November 1st. I try to have a draft completed for the 
October WBA Meeting for the members to review and approve.

Our tentative theme for 2008's Festival of Trees is "Santa's Reindeer".  
Any chance we can put together a decorated reindeer contest in front of 
sponsoring businesses?  Perhaps artists can team up with each business? 
We certainly have plenty of creative people in Warner!  Perhaps the WBA 
can offer up a prize for the most popular reindeer?

Thanks again for helping to make this year's Festival of Trees a 
wonderful Success. I am compiling photos
(still in progress, need to retake a few that did not come out well 
enough to post).
Photos are at http://www.dimentech.com/photos/FOT2007/

Enjoy

Mary Watts


Martha Mae Emerson wrote:
> Hi, Mary, 
> Thanks many times over from all of the Artisans at Brookside for how 
> wonderfully you pulled this all together. I was VERY pleased with the 
> turn out and most of the vendors did well (a few exceptions and that 
> seems to be the nature of these crafts fairs - no rhyme or reason why 
> one day or one weekend seems to be great or not so great. People truly 
> did enjoy themselves and I think Mike felt good about people's 
> appreciation for what he has done. He certainly got high visibility 
> this weekend. 
> Several of us have shared ideas for next year and planted some seeds. 
> There is a building that might be the perfect spot and be a win/win 
> with another town organization that could benefit by receiving some of 
> the booth fee. Many quality crafts people were interested in 
> participating this year but we could not accommodate them - we have a 
> GREAT list to pull from in the future. 
> I think the only thing that I felt was a glitch in publicity was that 
> the tree lighting/Santa Claus/ Magdalen Choir was very poorly 
> publicized and could have been an additional draw had more people 
> known of it. Many people were confused about when it was taking place. 
> It would be nice to add that to all our publicity. Also I don't know 
> if there is any possibility of the preview party being on Friday night 
> and the Tree lighting/Santa/choir being on Saturday or if that would 
> make a difference. I'm sure we'll have lots to reflect on for next 
> year. What a great first time! mm
> On Dec 9, 2007, at 7:09 PM, Mary Morris [Woodsum Art Gallery] wrote:
>
>> All I can say is.....Wow!  What a great weekend!  And I am talking 
>> about a lot of the non-material things...people having fun, people 
>> loving Warner, people all over the streets, people getting their 
>> tickets stamped, people having great conversations, people admiring 
>> the trees, people enjoying the live nativity and the music, the town 
>> lit up, the warmth, the friendliness, the energy....I am sooooo 
>> happy!  And I went around on both Saturday and Sunday and saw crowds 
>> everywhere!!!! 
>> Would LOVE everyone's feedback please!
>> Mary Morris
>> Owner, Woodsum Art Gallery
>> 25 E Main Street  PO Box 227
>> Warner, NH  03278
>> 603.456.2025
>> www.woodsumgallery.com <http://www.woodsumgallery.com>
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