Well it is less than six months until the 22nd Annual Ole Tyme Music Festival. so it is time to let everyone know we are looking for crafts, vendors and demonstrators to participate. Last year we started an effort to bring crafters, vendors, and demonstrators back to the Village for the Music Festival. We can easily handle over a hundred crafters and we want to have that number her. We want to establish a core of quality crafters that will be back every year so that by the time we reach the states bicentennial year in 2003, we will be well known as a premier music and crafts event at a premier living history museum.
We extend this invitation to all to apply to participate at the Ole Tyme Music Festival as craftsmen. We know that many gifted artisans and craftsmen are doing many different arts and crafts that do not fit into the Village’s motif during period correct events. But the music festival provide an opportunity for anyone who makes quality items to come out and participate. We firmly believe that loyalty to our artisans and crafsmen is the key factor to insuring you will be coming back for years to come.
While the Ole Tyme Music Festival is not a period correct event, in keeping with the ideals of Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village, we are looking for artisans and craftsmen that make their own quality products. We want the craftsmen that come to this event to compliment both the quality of the Village and the music. To that end, we will be enforcing some rules:
1. All vehicles must be removed to the parking lot by the opening time (10:00 am.) and no vehicles will be allowed back into the Village until after the closing time.
2. All crafters are expected to man their booths in a fully open state until the closing time each day. Please no packing up early. Late comers to the event pay their entrance fees and are entitled to see the entire crafts show until closing time. Craftsmen also owe it to themselves to take advantage of every opportunity to sell their wares. Don't throw away the chance to make your biggest sale of the day.
3. Only hand crafted items made by the Craftsmen registering for the booth space or made by their family members will be allowed. Positively no flea market items, resale of manufactured goods, or resale of handmade goods made by others than those specified above.
4. No power tools will be allowed. Leave your power tools and generators, including cordless tools, at home. Only traditional hand and foot powered tools will be allowed.
5. The Village must approve the sale of food and drink items in advance.
6. The presence of pets and other animals must be approved by the Village in advance. It is the animal owners responsibility to obey all laws concerning animals and be liable for their animals acts while at Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village (in the State Park).
7. All Craftsmen will be designated as either a vendor or a demonstrator. Vendors may sell their wares and will be charged a fee for their booth space weather they demonstrate or not. Demonstrators may demonstrate their skills and display items they have made, but they may not sell, take orders for, or in any other way accept or arrange for payment for the demonstrations they perform, services rendered, or for items they make or display.
8. Craftsmen are responsible for providing their own setups. The Village will not provide tables, chairs, tents, canopies, etc.
9. The Village will have a supply of ice for sale for use by Craftsmen. Anyone needing large quantities of ice should make arrangements with the Village in advance.
10. Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village is in Caesar Creek State Park, alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
11. Craftsmen are required to maintain their areas in a neat clean appearance. Trash cans and dumpsters are provided for disposal of refuse. Please maintain and leave the area in as good as or better condition than you found it.
12. Musicians performing at the festivals will be considered Craftsmen on each day that they perform and tapes, CDs, etc., associated with their performance will be considered their hand crafted wares for sales purposes.
13. Craftsmen may have small fires in designated areas with the prior approval of the Village.
14. While the Village can not guarantee the layout of booth spaces will be the same from year to year, Craftsmen preregistering by the cut off date on future preregistration applications may reserve the same space they had the previous year or any other previously unoccupied space on a first come basis. All unreserved booth spaces will be assigned at the registration desk as Craftsmen arrive on a first come basis if spaces are available.
15. A limited number of camper/RV parking spaces are available at the Village for the Ole Tyme Music Festival. Again, while the Village can not guarantee the layout of camper/RV parking spaces will be the same from year to year, Musicians and Craftsmen preregistering by the cut off date on future preregistration applications may reserve the same camper/RV parking spaces they had the previous year or any other previously unoccupied space on a first come basis. All unreserved camper/RV parking spaces will be assigned at the registration desk as Musicians and Craftsmen arrive on a first come basis if spaces are available.
a. Presently only two electrical hookups are available at the Pioneer Village. Both reserved. All other camping/RV parking spaces have no hookups at this time. Potable water, showers and flush rest rooms are available in the Village.
b. Caesar Creek State Park has a 287 site RV camping facility on the north east side of the lake approximately 5 miles from the Pioneer Village. These sites have complete hookups. Anyone wishing to make reservations at the State Park Campgrounds should contact the Campgrounds Office at (937) 488-4595 or Main Park Office (513) 897-3055. The Fall/Winter 1998/1999 Camping fees are Class A Campgrounds, Maximum of 6 persons/night/site: $15.00/night/site 2 adults and 4 ypuths; $15.00/night/site 2 adults: $3.00/night for each additional adult. Please check with the Campgrounds for the Spring & Summer 2000 rates.
Rregistration forms are available by clicking our Registration Page.