WAYYYYY more entries than we expected. People showed up and then some! We had many new exhibitors from Maine and a few folks came down from Quebec and a couple from Nova Scotia that are familiar faces as well.
The raffle table - almost every item was brand new. Many items were donated by Donna & Dave Thibault from way up north. We had a brand new 3 hole dark green powder coated carrier donated by Maine Cage Factory, a still in the box blue carrier cart, bunny lamp, bookends, doorstops and more. We also had a 50/50 drawing. The lady that comes in to do the kitchen set out a bunch of baked goods, bags of cookies, banana bread, whoopie pies. Thanks to the raffle ticket sellers Melinda and Erica Leighton. The club always gives a free entry ticket to each exhibitor for a Thanksgiving Basket with food items donated by club members and a gift card donated by the club for Hannaford to buy a turkey. This was won by a Youth exhibitor (and his pleased mom).
There was still plenty of room, even many open empty spaces on the paper that was laid out. When was the last time you saw that at a show? No blocked aisles, easy access to the show tables.
The judges moved things right along, starting shortly after 9 a.m. and was done by 5 p.m. Tena's son kept the file folders flying, his help greatly appreciated too! It was almost 1100 entries total with about 70 exhibitors.
Thanks to those who set up the showroom the day before and those who helped clean it up after the show, notably Norman Corson and crew.
Mark your calendar for our Saturday, April 26, 2014 show. Our judges will be Donna Grimm, NY
RuthAnn Bell, NJ and Terry Fender, OH.