16/11/2020
The show we were going to set up on Nov 21 at the Memorial Building in Pella, IA has been postponed till Dec 5 due to the new COVID-19 restrictions ordered by the Iowa Governor. We are also booked to be in Chillicothe, MO at the Ag Center on the NW side of town on that date. We will definitely be in Chillicothe, we will see if Pella happens.
On Black Friday/Small Business Saturday we are scheduled to be at Westland Mall in West Burlington, IA and at the same location on Dec 12th and 13th. Hopefully these two events do not get postponed due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
We are very cognizant of the current spike in coronavirus case numbers, but we and the promoters we work with have been doing everything possible to make our events as safe as possible. Masks on everyone, hand sanitizer everywhere, disposable gloves for those who want them, booths farther apart than usual, limits on number of people at a time in a particular building or room, etc.
Way more precautions than the big-box retailers are taking, yet the small artists, crafters and vendors are forced to take it on the chin, while WalMart, Target, Menards, Home Depot, etc. just keep rolling in the dollars. Hopefully the powers that be can correct the disadvantage they are putting the small guys in, and that things can get back to half-way normal in 2021.