Looking for inspiration
GenghisCon is a project that’s been dear to my heart since it’s inception in 2001. I’ve watched it grow and blossom from a fledging idea hatched in our lounge room into a full-grown, successful annual convention.
It’s fun to see what the changing committees come up with in terms of ideas for convention activities each year and how much the Genghis-community pitches in to help out.
With the 2o17 GenghisCon on the horizon, I’ve volunteered my services to be ‘Market Day Liaison’. This is really just a fancy (and short) title for trader-wrangler and organiser of fun stuff associated with the market day.
I want to make the market day to be a draw card and have some cunning plans in mind. I’m thinking that having some entertainment to entice people into the market area would be fun. Perhaps a few different items/events, each running just enough to be entertaining and draw the crowd in. We could have some roving minstrels, a fairy floss machine, random juggling, handouts of cookies (baked by moi and other lucky ‘volunteers’), a raffle… and whatever else I can come up with.
This will take a little while to plan, so I’m starting now to avoid the aargh-factor later on. What I’d REALLY like is to get some help from anyone with ideas / time (just some) / creative spirit / musical and/or juggling abilities. Help?
A hug booth, as per blazing swan? You could hit up Kai for a contact juggling performance, he’s usually pretty happy to do that at any moment. Jonathan maybe be willing to do a short storytelling session. I don’t know any wandering minstrel types but will consider further. A wandering pure vendor might be cool though (our rat on a stick, or whatever) & I could help with that. Can bake cookies also. 🙂
Neat. All great ideas, thanks, Danielle. I’m getting quite excited at the prospect of things and stuff 🙂
As very few vendors have stepped up this time round, the GenghisCon Perth Committee has decided to can the Market Day event at the 2017 convention. Maybe next year, Gadget! 🙂