Canandaigua's downtown will be humming this weekend. The annual Arts and Music Festival runs Friday 10-8, Saturday 10-8 and Sunday 10-6. We were busy last year during the festival and with nice (= hot, not much rain) predicted for this weekend, we'll probably be busy again this year.
Vendors set up tents along the wide downtown sidewalks and sell everything you can think of. Food vendors tempt the shoppers with all kinds of treats and not-for-profits are there to tell you about their agencies. Musical acts play all day long at the Commons Park and the Farmers' Market runs Saturday morning alongside the festival. Downtown will be hoppin'! Check it out at http://www.downtowncanandaigua.com/.
One of our challenges for festival weekends is staffing. JOOLZ has one part-time employee in addition to myself (full-time and then some!) and due to the volume of visitors, we need to have at least double coverage for a good part of each festival day. Now we have the unfortunate complication that I need to attend a memorial service for a good friend's mother this weekend...right in the middle of a carefully constructed schedule that was designed to maximize our coverage. Flexibility is the key when working with a small staff and we'll just make it work, for everyone. And having one or two extra workers who are willing to come in "when needed" can really save the day; hopefully I'll be able to tap into that group when I make some calls later this morning.
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