Hi Kevin:
How about doing a few demonstrations from nursery stock several times a
day? Put up several posters with times for the demos.
Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
http://bmee.net/rosner
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kevin bailey wrote:
A couple of years ago I requested ideas from the list to improve the
attendance at our Clubs annual show. I was encouraged to "think out of
the box". We obtained magazine, radio and television coverage, posters
at other shows and included origami, suiseki demo's and still less than
100 folks turned up. Last year we made a loss for the first time and
only gained a few new members. We tried everything that we could but
last years miserable performance made us very disheartened.
We started exhibiting at Southport Spring Flower Show where we were
guaranteed several thousand visitors but this was many miles away and
over three days. It needed a large commitment in travel and time and
didn't do the club any good other than getting us seen.
This led us to think again. A new event, called Woodfest Wales, started
by a local company specialising in Oak framed buildings became very
successful last year. They had 15,000 visitors over two days. They
achieved this by appealing to anyone with an interest in wood crafts.
Displays included chain saw carving, speed tree climbing, pole lathe
demonstrations and all sorts of related timber arts and crafts. This
year the event is on over school half-term for three days. They are
anticipating 20,000 visitors. I asked if we could display and they were
delighted, offering us a reasonable display space in a marquee for free.
Even better is that this event is in my home town.
We've already sorted out two bonsai traders to accompany our display, so
we really hope to generate some interest. We are gong to have a display
of our very best trees and information about the club in the form of
posters and fliers.
If anyone has suggestions that might further enhance our efforts, I'd be
glad to hear them.
Cheers
Kev Bailey
North Wales UK
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