The 25th Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion, 1986-09-03, Page 9Anne Mclnnes has seen the craft show at the Thresher Reunion grow and grow from a small
group in the old show hall to taking over the entire arena floor.
Growth of Craft Show
matches Reunion’s
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Probably nothing illustrates
the growth of the Thresher
Reunion over theyears more
than the craft show section of
the show.
The craft show was a relative
ly late addition to the Thresher
Reunion. When Anne Mclnnes
moved to Blyth in 1973 there
was only a small crafts display.
She brought with her experi
ence in helping plan and run the
Huron-Bruce Arts and Crafts
show at Ripley so she got
involved in running the crafts
show at the Thresher Reunion.
She’s not even certain what
year it was but thinks it was
about 13 years ago she took part
in her first show. Then it was
located in the old agricultural
show hall, just inside the main
gate of the grounds. Later the
craft show took over the
steel-shed further back in the
took over the entire arena floor.
This year the space for the show
is already booked up.
Mrs. Mclnnes was in charge
of the craft division until after
that 1983 show. The crafts since
then have been run by Joan
Houston of Owen Sound.
The crafters come from all
over southern Ontario for the
show. As an exhibitor herself,
Mrs. Mclnnes finds sales at the
show are strong. The number of
people liable to see a crafter’s
work at this show is much
higher than at most craft shows
that operate on their own.
The craft show was originally
added to the Thresher Reunion
in order to give women some
thing to do while men were
watching the equipment. In the
early years, she says, men
tended to come alone because
most women lost their enthus-
up a large part of the attend
ance at the craft show but, Mrs.
Mclnnes says, it’s surprising to
see how many men come to look
at the crafts too.
In the early days knitting,
crocheting, and woodworking
dominated the show. Today
there are still plenty of those
crafts on display but also things
like ceramics, puppets, glass
cutting, candles, jewellery
antiques and collectibles and
much more have found their
way into the show in recent
years.
This year there will again be
clowns at the show and children
will have a chance to have their
faces made up in clown make
up.
This year’s craft show will
begin on Friday and run from 12
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grounds but it soon outgrew
that too. Then it moved into the
arena and took over half the
arena floor and finally in 1983
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