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Show Arts Festival Attracts Huge Crowd- thought the festival was far superior to the Laguna Festival in California, he has attended for a number of years. "The art was well priced, and Don(Gomes) had it organized down tight. It really made it a lot of fun to cover.' David Fernandez, wearing two hats, of artist and Kimball Art Center Director praised the success of the festival. As an artist, it was very good: I did financially better than last year. This was certainly a more discriminating discrim-inating crowd; they asked more technical questions about my pottery and they were more appreciative. The traffice this year was certainly certain-ly better than before: and because it was less of a hassle for the crowds to get in and out of town they were less hassled by the time they reached Main Street: As director of the Art Center, I'm glad I have another year to wait till the next one." ' - -i Emergency personnel were also pleased "it was an exceptionally quiet week-end for them. " We saw no major problems related to the festival." said Dr. Wipn. "It was a surprisingly; quiet weekend for the numbers of people in town.", ' The Eleventh Annual Arts Festival is now behind us; it was a success. Director Gomes credits that success with co-operation of the local community. "It was successful," success-ful," said Gomes, "because a lot of people chose to be involved. Park City can be proud of it's Arts Festival!" ' ' ft f S l v. ' mi iwHWinniinrrm , ,-, ? f 0- CS- - -f) y rcba fT L (ISA ; An estimated 250,000 people made their way easily into Park City over the week-end for what has been termed by artists and patrons pat-rons alike as the best organized Arts Festival ever. The Eleventh Annual Parl$ City Arts Festival hosted more than 180 artists from 17 different states and a total of 22 different performers to provide two days of entertainment enter-tainment on Park City's historic Main Street. City officials from Mayor Jack Green to Police Chief Mike Crowley, were exceptionally excep-tionally pleased with the festival, "Don Gomes, Festival Festi-val Director, is to be praised." said Green. "I've heard nothing but compliments compli-ments on how smoothlv the week-end went, I've not heard one single complaint and for an event of that magnitude that's remarkable." remark-able." Chief Crowley concurred that it was the smoothest Festival yet". "It was super, the traffic ran smoothly and there were no major inci- dents of any kind related to the festival. Don Gomes is to be given a pat on the back for doing such an excellent job." , 1980 Arts Festival Director Gomes was pleased with the weekend: "I felt the festival went well; it was obviously well attended. I've been told Sunday's crowd was the largest single day ever. The ' work displayed was as diverse as the crowds themselves. them-selves. Most artists indicated that their sales were quite good." The Record spoke with a number of the artists in attempt to get their pulse on this years festival. Amos Amit. batik artist from Los Angeles felt it was his best show ever. "I have been showing for a number of years and -this was my most -profitable show by far. I felt also well treated as an artist, I considered it a priveledge to be in this show and I hope I will be juried in again next year." A number of artists sold out of their works by Sunday afternoon: the couple with the popular handmade flutes and the man from California with the magical wood ; carved kalidescopes were too. j Local artist Pat Mc- Dowell. photographer, also sold out of his 1 6x20 arial shots of Park City. VI did far better than last year," said McDowell, "and I feel part of the reason is that I had a . good many more pick up items -under, the twenty dollar price Trange that people could take home as souvenirs. In the seven years I've been in Park City this was certainly the best festival: the food was good, the music was great and the clean-up was terrific." , Local merchants were quick to point out that the clean-up this year was handles extremely well. Matt Alverez owner of the Timber-haus Timber-haus Sports Shop told the Record; "I was very impressed impres-sed with how well organized everything was: it all seemed to flow so smoothly. The clean-up crews were by far the best. They made sure the flower beds were picked up as well as the streets." "Sparkle crews", as they were called saw to it that Main Street was kept as clean 'as Disneyland. Litter v hard'.y bad time to settle on the ground before a helping hand picked it up and bagged it. . ; Certainly one, of the highlights of this years festival were the helping hands of the hospitality crew who answered questions from artists and. tourists alike, found lost parents and brought artists a cold drink in the hot afternoon sun. Time and " time again people were amazed at how smoothly the traffic flowed this vear. Chief Crowlev and Director Gomes agreed there were two major differences which helped to control the flow: the use of Prospector Square for .parking which Square for parking and the helpful voice of KPCW directing dispensing traffic information as needed. But "Gomes was quick to point out the radio station did more than give out traffic reports. "KPCW was a unique communication angle we had this year. Not only did they provide traffic information, they were able to broadcast live entertainment and conduct con-duct on the street interviews along with providing general festival information." The live performances broadcast by the station were a pleasant addition too this year. Because the performers perform-ers had also been juried into the festival many people felt the quality of the entertainers entertain-ers was superior to past years. 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