Despite promising myself and my blog followers that I would be posting here regularly, not too sure what has happened. However, here I am back in the world of blogging and I can honestly say that I have been busy working on the eh June event. The highlight of recent weeks is the name change from the Godalming Independent Market to the Godalming Bazaar - I love it, it's catchy, short, memorable and still retains the Godalming link while giving the impression of something rather exotic. Thank you Dawn and Lesley for helping, or rather thank you for coming up with this brilliant new name.
Lesley has also been doing lots of PR for the events, so along with lots of online advertising, stallholders passing out flyers, posters being placed in shops, notice boards, etc and an advertisement in the Advantage Point magazine and the Compton Parish magazine, the word is certainly out there about the event.
My helpers on the day will be sporting smart t-shirts - these can be seen on the Godalming Bazaar's Facebook page. the Bazaar also has a new logo - again this is displayed on the Bazaar's Facebook page and is included in all tweets posted on Twitter and here it is:
My planned 'next post' was to be about being a stallholder. No, I am not claiming to be an authority on this, but feel I have been involved in so many as a stallholder and a customer, that I can confidently put forward my thoughts and suggestions as they may be food for thought for both 'old' and new stallholders. There you have it, the topic for my next blog post.
I have also been working hard to bring to the life the planned Food Court (to be held in the Court Room of the Borough Hall). I want this to be a dedicated food court and so far have one stlalhodler - am I disappointed? Yes, very, as I have contacted over forty local food and drink growers/producers, makers. If you know of anyone who would like to join us, please ask them to get in touch.
After the last event's refreshments provider disappointment, I am tyring to sort out one for the June event. I had a meeting with a company last week and I hope they will take part in the event, but it's a 'watch this space' situation.
A quick post to almost bring you up-to-date. I will be back soon with the promised stallholder blog post, in the meantime enjoy the sunshine (although at the moment it looks like rain here) and have a great week. I am off to Chelsea tomorrow - wonder if I can find some people for the Food Court there......
Jill
