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The Unconventional Market
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David SmithVenue
Northampton, detail tbcTime/date
Sunday January 24th 2010 start 10amMy name is David Smith and I've been organising events and exhibitions for close on 20 years, variously, from Antiques Fairs to Medieval Festivals. In October 2003 I set up the National Living History Fayre to provide some competion in the re-enactment markets field, and this is still going strong although I stupidly and foolishly lost control of it a few years back. Sometimes you just get things so wrong!
Anyway, I am convinced from conversations with many of the re-enactors and re-enactment traders that there is considerable cross-pollination between re-enactment and paganism. I know several traders who stand at both my Medieval events and at Pagan Moots. Rods Matless, Pan's Pantry, Spellbound Supplies for example.
I believe that there is considerable scope for a new market, which after much head-scatching I have tentatively called The Unconventional Market, which could offer re-enactors, pagans, goths, and anyone whose belief system or life style or passion or hobby is not properly or readily catered for in the mainstream retail world a place to come together and find not only what they want but what they never realised they needed. And to find that they are part of a much bigger community than ever realised.
To this end, I am trying to contact as many pagan traders as possible to ask them to drop me an e-mail at david.smith34 AT ntlworld.com to confirm that they would support such a one day market on Sunday 24th January 2010 in a venue in Northampton (or area), at a cost of just £30 per six foot table. Venue depends on response, I have several options open to me at the moment for that date.
Anyway, that is why I am here, to try and promote a new market which will, I trust, help to promote paganism by bringing together various different strands of people who may at the moment not even realise that they are so closely connected.
Best wishes
David
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