803-943-4978 P.O. Box 516 Hampton SC 29924 Welcome to our 68th Annual Hampton County Watermelon Festival. Arts and Crafts are held Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26. The arts and crafts will return to the grounds of the Hampton County Courthouse. Enclosed is an Arts and Crafts application. Submission of an application and payment of the fee does not guarantee acceptance. You will be notified whether or not your concession is approved after your application is reviewed. Refunds will be sent to vendors whose applications are denied. If your concession is accepted, you may set up after 5:00 pm on Thursday, June 24th, if you like or Friday morning before noon there will be no Saturday set ups. You will need to be prepared to carry or handcart your merchandise from the unloading area beside the courthouse to your space, which will be shown to you when you arrive. New courthouse rules do not allow vehicles or trailers on the courthouse grounds. After unloading you must then find a parking space away form the Arts and Crafts area. . All tents will need to be anchored with weights, no stakes will be allowed because of the irrigation system. Remember to bring lights and a long extension cord (100 or 200 feet) to reach power pedestal because our BIG street dance will keep potential customers in the area until after midnight. Attached you will find the rules for governing Arts and Crafts vendors. Submission of a concession fee certifies that the applicant has read, understands and will abide by festival rules. If you need camper space contact the festival at the address above or call the festival at 803-943-4978. You may contact the Arts and Craft chairman, Okey Byrd at e-mail okeybyrd@yahoo.com Return your completed Arts and Crafts application with your check made payable to the “Hampton County Watermelon Festival” and mail to the Arts and Crafts Chairman, Okey Byrd 2450 Joe Miley Road, Brunson, SC. 29911. No refunds given after June 1st for cancellation or no-shows. RULES FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS CONCESSIONS 1. Priority is given to repeat vendors who have a positive relationship with the festival. No trailers or vehicles will be allowed on the courthouse grounds. 2. Priority is given to crafters who make their own wares. Items sold strictly by retail are discouraged and are given lowest priority. 3. If your concession is accepted, you may set up AFTER 5:00 pm on Thursday afternoon. Check in will cease after 8:00 pm on Thursday and resume at 7:00 am till 11:a.m. Friday morning. No Saturday set-ups. 4. Each rented space is ten feet by ten feet (10 x 10 feet). No anchors will be permitted to be driven into the ground. You may rent more than one space. All of your wares, booth equipment and tie-downs must be within the space(s) you rented. No wares may be placed outside of your rented space. 5. Each vendor is responsible for the security of their concession booth, wares and vehicle(s). Officers from the Hampton Police Department patrol the area occasionally; however security is your responsibility. 6. Returned checks will incur a $25.00 processing fee in addition to the amount of the check. All concession fees remitted after the deadline must be in the form of a money order. The deadline for submitting Arts and Crafts applications is June 1st 2009. 7. You will be given a site number upon arrival. Do not call ahead asking for your slot number. 8. The following items are strictly prohibited from sale or as awards or prizes: Any type of aerosols, Silly String, Stink Bombs, alcohol, fireworks of any type, weapons, knives (except those that are hand made by the exhibitor and approved in advance of set up by the event chairman), toy cap pistols, caps for cap pistols, bows and/or arrows of any type or any deemed controversial, tasteless or offensive by the festival staff. Any vendor selling these items will be closed down by the police Department and no refunds of fees will be made. 9. The festival reserves the right to site and assign spaces to all vendors. We cannot accommodate special requests. 10. Violations of these rules may result in removal from the Arts and Crafts Show and denial of future participation in this event. 11. These rules will be strictly enforced in the interest of safety and to promote this event as a family type of festival. If you have a problem with any of these rules, consider another event in place of this one. No warnings will be issued for infractions. Concessionaires violating any rules will be removed from the event. The festival enjoys the endorsement of the Hampton Town Council and the Hampton Police Department. They support and enforce our festival concession rules. We welcome you as a visitor and concessionaire to the Hampton County Watermelon Festival and trust we both will enjoy a profitable relationship for years to come. P.O. Box 516 Hampton SC 29924 Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27, 2009 Name:_______________________________________________________________ Business Name _______________________________________________________ Mailing Address ______________________________________________________ City _________________________ State ________________ Zip ______________ Phone number ________________________ EACH ARTS AND CRAFTS SPACE IS TEN FEET BY TEN FEET (10 X 10 feet) Number of arts and Crafts spaces requested __________ Registration fee: $75.00 per space paid in advance. Payment in full for registration fee(s) must accompany the application. Fees will be returned for disapproved applications. Make check payable to: Hampton County Watermelon Festival. No refunds will be given after June 1st for cancellations or no-shows. PROHIBITED ITEMS: The following items are prohibited from sale during the festival: any aerosols such as silly string, stink bombs, alcohol, fireworks of any type, weapons, knives of any type unless hand made by the exhibitor or similar products deemed offensive by the Festival Staff. Any vendor selling these items will be closed down by the police Department and there will be no refund of registration fee. The Festival reserves the right to site all vendors and concessions. Access to one 110-volt receptacle will be provided. Payment of registration fee certifies that applicant has read, understands and will abide by the Festival Rules. You will be notified when you are accepted. Briefly but thoroughly describe your Arts and Crafts to be sold: __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Any special requests, remarks or comments:_________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________ Return application with registration fee payment to: Okey Byrd 2450 Joe Miley Road Brunson, SC. 29911 Visit our web site: www.melonfest.org |