Harvest Faire overcomes weather

Children explored pottery making at the Harvest Faire. photo by Jim Cornelius

Neither chilly drizzle nor a destructive windstorm could put a damper on a highly successful Harvest Faire in Sisters last weekend.

The October 11-12 event drew large crowds to town on both days.

"There were times Saturday morning when it was all the people you'd want out in the street, in spite of the rain," said Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Ric Nowak.

The Chamber sponsors the annual event.

The rain was not pleasant, but it didn't slow commerce. According to Nowak, vendors reported very brisk sales. At least some of those sales transferred over to other merchants.

"Every umbrella in town was sold," said Chamber staffer Jeanne Nolander.

According to Nowak, vendors' concerns from past years were successfully addressed. Event coordinator Jeri Buckmann provided clear instructions on where to set up and the fair was confined to a single street instead of being split between Hood and Main Avenues as it was last year.

The 250 vendors, who hailed from Oregon, Washington, California and Canada, were pleased, Nowak said.

The wind that kicked up Saturday night in the wake of the rain did cause some problems, Nowak reported.

Some vendors reported that their wares were damaged.

But they showed up ready for business on Sunday anyway, ready to peddle their wares.

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Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.

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