ANNUAL SALE

For the last three days of November, Robson Square Media Centre looked
trulytruly beautiful and inviting. As it housed our 30th Birthday Sale.
The excellent organization of space and display of ceramic sale pieces
was enhanced with living christmas trees and spotlights highlighting

the elegant gallery section and other displays. The back area featured
an original clay "Happy 30th Birthday” work of art and a "Special Events
table where birthday cake, tea and hot cider were dispensed daily, and
floral arranging demonstrations were featured by some of our talented
members. On opening day Doug Miller (CKVU-TV, Weatherman), CKVU Ist News
Managing Editor, Morris Bridge and his two well-behaved Weather Whippets
made a leisurely stroll through our midst, cut our Birthday Cake and
selected several sale items to take back to the studio to “plug” on

the evening news. Thanks for the publicity Doug.

Those of you who staffed the sale did a fine job of serving our customers
and helping to make it an enjoyable friendly and informative place

to browse and shop. As you all know, a mammoth amount of work and

thought went into the sale. To the fifty-five potters who brought

their ware and put in their two shifts, to all the committee heads

and assistants. For their many hours of service, the flower arrangers

and refreshment convener, and the twenty-five other volunteers who

al) worked so hard to get the sale ready and “made it go", our sincere
thanks and congratulations for a job well done:

The figures look like this:
Gross Sales, Registration Fees, Raffle Receipts... $27,260.00

Paid out to potters and 73 sales Tax wee 17,833.00
other expenses (rent, insurance publicity, Etc.... 4,623.00
TOTAL PROFIT ... $ 4,811.00

In addition, the Gallery Section did about $570.00 in business at the
sale.

Interesting Statistics:

3,207 pieces offered for sale by fifty-five potters, of which 45% sold,
for an average price of $17.79.

3,240 customers went through our door and about | in 6 purchased a.25¢
raffle ticket: