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Show letters Manager Seman Thanks Townsfolk Dear Editor: Before deadline, a hasty note to express my appreciation to so many, many local citizens who devoted countless hours making festival '76 possible. Individual credits will have to wait until the immediate task of festival finances is completed. Today, one week after, it is still too soon to make a comprehensive compre-hensive evaluation of this year's festival. A few exhibitor and concession con-cession percentages and billings on several major expenses have not been received. Exhibitor questionaires have yet to be reviewed. re-viewed. How many people actually actu-ally came is still anyone's guess. When the car count figures are available, there is still the question ques-tion of how many people per car '.' Threatening weather along the Wasatch Front made an obvious difference in the expected attendance, at-tendance, also a general reluctance reluc-tance to the $1 parking fee. How much money will the Chamber of Commerce have left when the bills are paid? We have donation commitments to the Park City High School Football team for cleanup, the Park City Girls Athletic Association and the Park City Ski Team for parking collections and assist- ance. All data, facts and figures will be compiled and made available avail-able as soon as possible. In the meantime, in my opinion, our initial objectives were met: 1. To improve our image and upgrade credibility. 2. To promote tourism. 3. To raise funds. Exhibitor and visitor input thus far support the first objective, and hotel bookings alone support the second. The C of C did make "some?" money, also we made some mistakes and we did learn a whole lot. Hopefully enough money can be set aside to finance next years event and allow for earlier planning plan-ning and commitments for advertising, ad-vertising, printing, etc., and the hard lessons learned this year will help establish a more successful suc-cessful format for future festivals. festi-vals. We invite your opinions and suggestions for making '77 a better festival for Park City, foi exhibitors, and visitors alike. Again, thank you for your help and the privilege of working with and getting to know so many more Parkites. Sincerely, Joan Seman Art Festival Mr. '76 |