Sherwood Forest Vendor/Performer/Participant

[mpullen]

If you will not be staying overnight in your booths, but camping in the campgrounds, I need to know what your needs are. What size area? How much more area for your support group? Need them to camp with you? Want a drumming/fire circle to party at, or will you be happy at the Playtron fire circle by the Pub?

There isn't a restrictive rule preventing mixing Participants and Playtrons, but I need to know what Participants need.

[mpullen]

Okay, since I haven't received any responses, let me explain the situation.

For planning purposes, I need to know how many participants/vendors will be camping in the participants/vendor campgrounds.

Presently, the area is uncleared (you pass by it when going into the faire area) and not very level.

I need to layout the access driveway, RV parking slots, tent camping areas, entertainment areas, pet exercise area, trash dumpster locations, porta-john locations, etc. With limited resources, I need to clear and level only enough space for this first year usage.

If no one provides input, there won't be anything cleared, nor any amenities setup.


I'm trying to get as much possible setup for planning purpose before the TRF season starts, so that the necessary labor and materials can be allocated. These things don't happen overnight.

[ThreeAcreRanch Soaps]

We are close enough to home that we will just be coming home every night. 

[mpullen]

We are close enough to home that we will just be coming home every night. 

Thanks for the status.

Okay, what about the other 80 or so vendors and performers?

My Son will be "borrowing" my trailer when he is running his shop (#113), so so far, that's the only space to be cleared.

[K5LYN]

Mr. Pullen, greetings.  I have admired your work for several weeks but have not responded, not understanding that you needed to know more about what the rest of us will be doing.  I have a Gypsy Wagon which I will be leaving in the Forest throughout the event, working both in and around it, as a Gyspy Palmist.  I plan to spend the night in the Wagon quite often, but not every night, as we live only 12 miles south, by way of the rural roads, to our own part of the Lost Pines.  I'll need only a place to park my SUV somewhere during the show.

I hope to come by this weekend to shake your hand and to thank you for all the nice work.

Thanks, Lynn.

[Pascal]

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Okay, what about the other 80 or so vendors and performers?

Sorry, your initial message said not to bother to reply if we were staying in our booth. 

I'll be staying in my "booth" (also a gypsy wagon) and won't be using the campground.

[hoodofsherwood]

Fletcher of Sherwood will be staying at there booth at night.

[Queen Bonnie]

  I only live 20 minutes from Sherwood. I will be driving back and forth.  Be afraid!  LOL!-my driving skills have not improved. Sigh.

[mpullen]

Updated based on conversations with the bosses on Sept 19th.

Okay, this past weekend I had the pleasure of being able to use the tractor and brush-hog to mow the Participant camping area. I have selected the area where the soil is better than the 100% sand over most of the area. This will include a vehicle parking area close to the wall so that folks can walk to their booths. I'm sure that vendors will want to park along the access road behind their booths, but I want to make enough parking spots for the excess vehicles. Along with this are camping slots for tents and RVs for the vendors and participants who do not live close by.

Some vendors have asked for power to the area (20-30A 120VAC). I can't guarantee this for the first year unless there are several folks who need this, as the expense of running the underground feeds may not be in the budget for the first couple of years. The faire management can only answer this. I can only request it. There will not be any power in the Participants/Vendor campgrounds for the first year.