[Sca-cooks] FSG, Off Topic and OOP

[Aurore]

Sweetheart, I understand the lost.  I went to my second Steppes Warlord
event this year, and if you've heard what this event has every year, you
know it goes by Waterlord, Floodlord, Wetlord.  This year was their 30th,
called Steppes Warlord XXX, but I called it Steppes Warlord Extreme, the XXX
is short for extreme.  I stayed though the mess with a merchant friend of
mine.  She was one of the lucky few, but some of the other merchants
weren't.  I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.  Aurore



> We just got back from FSG (Free Spirit Gathering)...
>
> While we were happy to see our old friends, and make new ones, we did not
> have our usual wonderful time this year.
>
> We lost all three of our merchanting pavilions to the 50 mph wind gusts on
> Thursday evening.
> ALL the merchandise hit the ground, including the trims...
> I suspect they will be finding amber and jet "down stream" of our site
until
> next year!
>
> In addition to the pavilions themselves, we lost a LOT of our display
> supplies as they are based on cardboard and ply board... (including
several
> 30 bucks a pop ring trays..) <OUCH!>
>
> most of the trims had minimal damage. maybe a yard or two... but some
rolls
> are going to have to be sold as "damaged" at probably less than my cost.
of
> course all my trim is machine washable, so it CAN be salvaged, but
still....
> the jewelry is mostly ok,it can be washed, after all, but a lot of the
> earring cards are a loss....and some pieces were damaged.
>
> Still....... no PEOPLE got hurt at our tent collapse.  Stuff can be
> replaced... people cannot!
>
> Oddly, I would have been right under it except that I was helping batten
> down another merchants pavilion...... and looked back at my tents to see
> twisted metal where I had been! Good karma or something I guess........
>
> No, the pavilions didn't come unstaked, (when I stake something it stays
> PUT) the frames snapped because of insufficient prep for high winds.....If
I
> had only known, I would have dropped the roofs, or put more guy lines out.
>
> We tried to get a big "carport" type cover for the event, but they were
sold
> out. We trotted "old reliable" out of storage and made do....... it is
only
> ten by ten, though, so our display was also on tables that could not be
> covered.....
>
> It rained off and on for the rest of the event, with constant wind
threats.
> We kept having to cover and move our merchandise..... it really cut into
our
> sales!
> People do not buy things covered under tarps and ropes, for some reason
<wry
> smile>
>
> Sunday was gorgeous, of course....
>
> The only item that didn't budge an inch was the altar.  I had an altar of
> Ganesha and Lakshmi set up.. the orange I had as an offering didn't even
> roll off!  I guess they had guy lines out, but I do wish they had
> shared......
>
> Other merchants lost a lot as well.. including several who had statuary or
> stuff get smashed..... and many more who suffered damage to their
pavilions.
>
> Here is hoping your week was better....
>
> Kirsten Houseknecht
> Fabric Dragon
> kirsten at fabricdragon.com
> www.fabricdragon.com
> Philadelphia, PA     USA
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