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Annual Holiday Handcraft Fair
The Holiday Handcraft Fair is held each year in November and benefits the school's annual fund. Parents,
grandparents, students, teachers and friends join together to create a festive day of family activities, entertainment
and refreshments as well as an array of beautiful handcrafts and home-baked goods for sale. Craft workshops are held
for weeks preceding the fair, providing opportunities for parents, teachers and friends to share skills, make friends and learn
something new.
Handcraft Fair 2005: A Great Success
by Mary Campbell Case & Kathi Weinstein
The handcraft fair was nothing short of enchanting. So many of us working to create the magic and
beauty of this annual celebration of our school commu
nity. The fair raises a substantial portion of each year's
non-tuition revenue, and this year--drum roll please--
the fair raised just under $35,000, exceeding last year's
revenue. But perhaps more important, the experience
of shared energy and cooperation develops and deepens friendships as it strengthens the ties
that make this place unique. We
are a dynamic and talented group
of parents and teachers whose
choices and actions build a better
world for the children we love so much.
Leslie Bissaillon managed to balance baby, anxious crafters and the making of bazillians of
tiny treasures for the pocket people. Bravo to
those inspiring EC parents. And special kudos to moms
and dads who divided their energies between two, or
three, or sometimes FOUR class projects!
Many thanks to Gabrielle Senza and Anne
Hall for enlisting the troops to weave the magical spell
of the Little People's Shop. If you don't have a gnome in your house, it's not their fault.
Please thank Ariana Daglian and her second grade crew
for the fun enjoyed in the Chil
dren's Craft Room.
Mary Campbell Case,
Jeanie Altshuler and their crew
of third and fourth graders have
worn holes in their shoes tromping
all over town collecting the hun-
dreds of donations that made the
Silent Auction and Raffle so beautiful and
enthralling. Thanks to Roger Reed for quelling the
impending riot in the library at 2:59 as frantic bidders
were staking out their claims!
Each year the coordination of the Lunchroom
remains one of the biggest challenges of the fair. Nancy Marcus and Anna Stanton brought together
skill and steady determination to this daunting enterprise as they organized the folk to feed us and the food
to sustain us throughout the day. Great work, fourth and fifth grade parents.
I hope no one missed the charm of this year's
Country Store. Sharon True,
Janice Kittner,
Laurie Norton Moffatt and those
amazing seventh grade parents
transformed desks and
boards into a turn of the century shopping extravaganza. And
more than one young person I
know spent most of their fair day
enjoying the game room, thanks
to Susan Sheridan and her
band of savvy eighth graders and their weary,
but willing parents.
Years ago the fair was begun as a showcase for
handcrafts and the value we place on handwork in the
Waldorf curriculum. And year after year Gail Mullen
marshals a crew of quiet knitters and craft persons who
remind us of our origins with the beauty of hand knitted goodies. No sooner had the
main doors opened than there was
a rush to swoop down on all the
beautiful woolies.
The fair just would not happen without some especially
selfless
people who bring beauty and help
to coordinate and organize the rest
of us. The green thumb and magic
touch of Barbara Bockbrader
and her cadre of gifted decorators
is again responsible for the creation
of the fair's exquisite feel. Thanks
so much for your continual generosity.
And, huge accolades go again to Rebecca McFarland,
Kathi Weinstein and Krista Palmer
who pulled the whole thing off. Just how many details
can these minds hold and still sleep each night? You inspire us all.
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