Rabbit Creek Community Association
Supporting the community by providing safe, fun and nurturing child care in a learning environment.
Christmas Towne Bazaar - our 32nd year!
We are pleased to announce the date and time of the 2009 Christmas Towne Bazaar
Saturday, November 14, 2009
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
at South Anchorage High School
13400 Elmore Road, Anchorage
32nd annual juried craft bazaar boasts 125 booths of handcrafted items, perfect for holiday gift giving. Look for paper crafts, photography, quilted and sewn items, art, clothing, décor, jewelry, pottery, glass, wood crafts, knitted/felted items, books written by local authors and kids activities. Visit our popular Cookie Caper booth sponsored by the Rabbit Creek 6th grade class as well as other local food booths. Enjoy the harmonious sounds of South Anchorage High School music programs while shopping for that one-of-a-kind gift. Snack, drink and lunch items available from the South Junior Class, along with a coat check run by Rabbit Creek Student Council and kids activities, including: face painting and popcorn by Rabbit Creek Preschool, gold panning and button making. Sponsored by Rabbit Creek Community Association, benefiting programs for students at Rabbit Creek Elementary School, Rabbit Creek Preschool and South Anchorage High School. Easy access from Huffman and DeArmoun roads to Elmore Road; follow signs. Ample parking. Free.
October 28, 2009 Update
Crafter packets were put in the mail today.
September 19, 2009 Update
Email invitations to the 2009 bazaar were sent this morning, along with registration information. Thank you for your patience; we had more crafters jury than space is available. At this time the bazaar is full.
Jury Night Information
Jury Nights are scheduled for Weds, 9/9/09 & Thur, 9/10/09, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm, at Rabbit Creek Elementary School, Multi-Purpose Room & Gym, 13650 Lake Otis Parkway, Anchorage.
Map of Rabbit Creek Elementary: 13650 Lake Otis Pkwy Anchorage, AK 99516, US
Please plan on the jury process to take up most of the evening (numbers are handed out beginning at 6:45pm). All crafters will be juried prior to registration acceptance. Crafters should plan to bring a representative sampling of their craft. If items are similar, it's not necessary to bring them all, but we do want to see the items you plan to sell. We will invite crafters to the bazaar after the committee has met following both jury nights. Keep in mind that this bazaar is entirely volunteer-driven, which means we all work at other jobs and do this for the benefit of the community and the love of hand crafted items, so your patience will be appreciated. Please do not arrive prior to 6:45 pm, as our child care program will be under way and crafters will not be allowed to enter the school until 6:45 pm.
Reminder: jury nights are being held at Rabbit Creek Elementary School, while the bazaar will be held at South Anchorage High School(School Info > Virtual Tour). The Bazaar will be in the following areas: Commons - South View (lower commons), Commons – North View (upper commons) & Gym.
Over the years our craft bazaar has gained a reputation for selling quality, hand crafted items. We like to offer shoppers unique gift items and aim for a variety of crafts. Therefore, all interested crafters are required to attend jury night. This enables us to ensure the quality and authenticity of each crafter’s goods. Crafts will be inspected by our “judges” which allows time for any questions the judges may have and vice versa. Our judges work in teams of two, meeting with individual crafters. Crafters will be notified by e-mail (or mail) within approximately one week of jury nights regarding whether they have been selected to participate in the bazaar. Please keep in mind that in addition to the quality and uniqueness of the item, judges consider the hand crafted, value-added aspects, the price of the item(s) in relation to value and how the item(s) fit into the entire bazaar. We believe this helps us maintain our high quality craft bazaar, which is the longest running in the south end of town!
Booth Space Information
Booth size and cost will remain the same as the past several years: 8' wide X 6' deep for $85.00. Please note: due to limited electrical outlet availability and a high demand for booth spaces with electricity, we will not be able to accommodate double booth spaces with electricity (there is an additional $10.00 fee for electric booth space). We are unable to accommodate triple booth spaces. Crafters must provide their own table(s) and chair(s), which must not damage the floor. We cannot provide tables or chairs for rent or loan. Backdrops or displays must be no higher than 6' and cannot damage the floor.
At the 2008 Bazaar, we surveyed crafters about changing the booth space size to 10' wide X 8' deep, with an increased cost of $110 (to cover the decrease in available booth spaces). While some crafters liked this, the majority did not, so the booth space size will remain the same.
August 9, 2009 Update
We're working on scheduling our Jury Nights and will put out information as soon as we can. Please remember that we utilize school space and need to work around the various open houses scheduled on our end of town. We will also be inviting back a limited number of crafters who participated in last years bazaar, without having to re-jury; invites and registration (for the no-jury invites) will be emailed within the next couple of weeks.
About the Bazaar
Over the years our craft bazaar has gained a reputation for selling quality, hand crafted items. We like to offer shoppers unique gift items and aim for a variety of crafts. Therefore, all interested crafters are required to attend jury night. This enables us to ensure the quality and authenticity of each crafter’s goods. Crafts will be inspected by our “judges” which allows time for any questions the judges may have and vice versa. Our judges work in teams of two, meeting with individual crafters. Crafters will be notified by e-mail (or mail) within approximately one week of jury nights regarding whether they have been selected to participate in the bazaar. Please keep in mind that in addition to the quality and uniqueness of the item, judges consider the hand crafted, value-added aspects, the price of the item(s) in relation to value and how the item(s) fit into the entire bazaar. We believe this helps us maintain our high quality craft bazaar, which is the longest running in the south end of town! More information about jury nights will be posted after the start of the 2009-2010 school year.
If you are interested in receiving email about jury nights for the 2009 bazaar, please send an email to us with your name and a description of your craft.
If you would like to know more about the bazaar, please click the links below from previous years.
Christmas Towne Bazaar is an annual volunteer run event featuring made in Alaska, handcrafted items, sold by the crafter and is sponsored by the Rabbit Creek Community Association, a small non-profit that runs a before/after school age child care program, school age summer program and preschool. For 28 years the bazaar was held at Rabbit Creek Elementary School, and has since moved to South Anchorage High School, due to the large gym, commons area and on-site parking. Proceeds from the bazaar support various youth activities and programs, at Rabbit Creek Preschool, Rabbit Creek Elementary School and South Anchorage High School.
FYI: Usually the bazaar is held on the first Saturday in November, but due to a sports tournament at South, we had to shift our date to the second Saturday in November; we anticipate returning to our usual first Saturday in 2010.
updated 11/03/09
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