It is very frustrating to visit a
festival only to find mass confusion. The confusion I am talking about is site
layout. I realized that not all sites lend themselves to be laid out perfectly.
I also realized that some site locations are not large enough to hold the
entire festival and that multiple sites may be necessary and/or preferable. People
who go to a festival either want to see the entire event or want to see a
specific aspect(s) of it. Well planned festivals, with single or multiple sites,
which have good signage and an informative festival guide reduce or eliminate
much of this kind of mass confusion.
Here is an example of what I mean. Gary
and I drove quite some distance to attend a well-known and respected fall
event. Here are some of the problems we encountered.
·
As
we entered the town, there were no directional signs. We had to guess where to
go and where to park.
·
Once we were on the festival grounds, there
were no festival site signs to show us where activities and attractions could
be found.
·
We
looked for an information booth, but couldn’t find it.
·
There
were no identifiable volunteers for us to ask where to find things.
We were left on our own to discover what
the festival had to offer. This might appeal to some, but not to us and, I
think, not to most new attendees. This was a “theme” festival, a Pumpkinfest.
We were excited to see how they carried out the theme. As we walked through the
grounds we discovered a food area, a play zone, a climbing wall, an arts and
crafts show, a huge antique and classic car show and a Raptor Conservancy Show,
but no “Pumpkins”, not one! We
started to think that the festival organizers had missed the mark. We almost
went home disappointed.
(Continued in Part Two)
"The Raptor Conservancy Show was there."
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