Re: Help on organizing large events
Posted by Flavia on May 23, 2003 at 12:43:51:
In reply to: Help on organizing large events posted by Lauren on May 22, 2003 at 22:12:52:
: I'm applying for a one-day event that attracts 20-25,000 people.: It's a multicultural dance festival with an attached street fair.
: I've never done a fair this large.
If your husband is working the line, taking money, directing traffic, he will be
visible to all. As long as he is wearing his outfit!Have line starts here sign
hanging up, and as pelple decide on a pattern, they get in line. they are
prepped, paid, and ready for henna by the time they get to you. All you have
to do is apply henna.
He will also have plenty of time to do after care. Unless your booth space is
larger than the standard 10x10 foot spaces at craft faires , you will not have
room for chairs for drying people to wait. This waiting room area can also
back fire when entire families camp in your booth and visit with friends who
pass by. Soon your booth is filled to capacity, and no one is gettin hennaed.
Standing in line to wait for henna makes more room for you and your booth
pimp to do actual work,and then having people come back in 10 minutes for
after care seems cold, when in reality it saves you from the mindless people
who use your booth to rest, visit, and use up your valuable time making it
seem like you are too busy to actually henna anyone. As the booth bitch, I can
attest to all that this stuff has happened to us many times. We have an extra
chair for the Grandmother to sit in while waiting for her family to get hennaed,
but that is only offered to someone who is really in need.
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