Spring Break
Thirty-eighth annual Spring Fair
Issue date: 4/30/09
Rhyner, who has served as an advisor for Spring Fair since 1991, explained that prior to 2000, the fair was indeed more spread out on campus. In 2001, the University began beautification of the campus by putting in brick and new sprinklers.
As a result, trucks and cars were no longer allowed to drive onto the upper and lower quads, which restricted the areas in which the fair could take place.
According to Rhyner, before 2000, there were between 85 and 100 vendors each year. Since then, there have been between 60 and 70 vendors. "We can't do the fair all over campus like we used to," Rhyner said.
"We've changed both the look of the fair and the location of the fair in recent years. We've had to work a lot harder to get vendors to come."
In an email to the News-Letter, Jon Bernhardt, Spring Fair co-chair, wrote that this year's fair had the same number of food vendors as last year and well exceeded the number of arts and crafts vendors from last year.
Bernhardt also wrote that due to this year's warm weather, he assumed that the number of attendees was higher than last year, although there are no specific numbers.
This year, the fair made an effort to avoid disturbance in the community, according to Salem Reiner, Community Relations Coordinator for the University.
Reiner received only one call about noise during the fair this year. Last year, he received noise complaints about the concert that started late in the evening.
"[The concert] was exceptionally loud, and included heavy profanity," Reiner said of last year's concert. "That's not something people like hearing blocks away from campus."
In an effort to reduce disturbance, this year the fireworks at the Spring Fair kick-off event went off earlier, and the concert on Saturday night was scheduled to end earlier than last year."
The vast majority of the community enjoys Spring Fair as an opportunity to be on the campus," Reiner said.
"The Homewood campus doors are opened to everyone. It's the students saying 'Hey community, this is something for you.'"
Reiner also worked to involve the non-profit community around Hopkins in the fair by reserving spots for community tables.
As a result, trucks and cars were no longer allowed to drive onto the upper and lower quads, which restricted the areas in which the fair could take place.
According to Rhyner, before 2000, there were between 85 and 100 vendors each year. Since then, there have been between 60 and 70 vendors. "We can't do the fair all over campus like we used to," Rhyner said.
"We've changed both the look of the fair and the location of the fair in recent years. We've had to work a lot harder to get vendors to come."
In an email to the News-Letter, Jon Bernhardt, Spring Fair co-chair, wrote that this year's fair had the same number of food vendors as last year and well exceeded the number of arts and crafts vendors from last year.
Bernhardt also wrote that due to this year's warm weather, he assumed that the number of attendees was higher than last year, although there are no specific numbers.
This year, the fair made an effort to avoid disturbance in the community, according to Salem Reiner, Community Relations Coordinator for the University.
Reiner received only one call about noise during the fair this year. Last year, he received noise complaints about the concert that started late in the evening.
"[The concert] was exceptionally loud, and included heavy profanity," Reiner said of last year's concert. "That's not something people like hearing blocks away from campus."
In an effort to reduce disturbance, this year the fireworks at the Spring Fair kick-off event went off earlier, and the concert on Saturday night was scheduled to end earlier than last year."
The vast majority of the community enjoys Spring Fair as an opportunity to be on the campus," Reiner said.
"The Homewood campus doors are opened to everyone. It's the students saying 'Hey community, this is something for you.'"
Reiner also worked to involve the non-profit community around Hopkins in the fair by reserving spots for community tables.
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Silver Spring Movers
posted 5/22/09 @ 10:23 AM EST
It's great to have a local fair come to campus occasionally. It can benefit both the students and the vendors. I do agree that it's much nicer to have hand-made goods rather than a lot of buy-and-sell vendors. (Continued…)
Stan.Bally
Math Homework
posted 7/23/09 @ 10:41 AM EST
Last weekend Hopkins welcomed the local community to Homewood campus with three days of Spring Fair festivities and entertainment - it's very interesting for me. (Continued…)
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