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Dickens Christmas Fair 2008 November Missive #6A - More Promotional Verbiage, YouTube, etc.
(sent November 20th, 2008)

Here's some more promotional verbiage and a Dickens Fair logo to supplement what you already have. You can use some or all of it as you see fit. Also a good idea to steer folks toward the videos I posted on YouTube, see below.

Your regularly scheduled missive will be out shortly.

Cat


30 Years and Going Strong!
The Great Dickens Christmas Fair transforms the Cow Palace in Daly City into an authentic recreation of Victorian London - the Bay Area's best holiday "stay-cation" of 2008!


The 30th Annual Great Dickens Christmas Fair
Four Weekends including the Friday after Thanksgiving
November 28 through December 21, 2008
11 am - 7 pm in the Cow Palace Exhibition Halls

Escape to London, England and a Victorian wonderland of waltzing, laughing, feasting, singing and shopping for treasures! The only event of its kind in the world! 600 performers! 100,000 square feet of the Cow Palace Exhibitions
Halls are transformed into "London in San Francisco." The 30th Annual celebration of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair begins the day after Thanksgiving!

Charles Dickens' message is even more relevant today: that kindness and caring are better than greed and distrust.

Guests of all ages will delight in entertainments on six stages and throughout the streets of "Old London Town!"
Here's a small sample of what's new this year:
The Metropolitan Music Hall at the Victoria & Albert Theatre
The fabulous Habbi Ru Middle Eastern Dancers
An All-new Saucy French Postcard Revue!
New juried crafts booths including Dancing Flame Candles, Toadstool Fairy
Art, Plumania Feather Creations, Doone's Dejavu and Allen Jeffrey's Fine Gentlemen's Attire
A Children's Tour of London
The Punch & Judy Stage

By coming early in the season, you will enjoy the best selection in fine and-crafted gifts, from first edition prints, glassworks, and pewter goblets to clothing, jewelry, toys and Christmas florals! From sugar plums to hot buttered rum  it all awaits you at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair and Victorian Holiday Party! Tickets are only $19.00 when you order online today. Enjoy the convenience of having your tickets waiting for you at Will Call.


Get a Virtual Tour of Dickens' London on YouTube!
KRON TV's Henry Tannenbaum's 2005 visit to the Fair is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz_51WfiUjY (a whimsical piece well worth watching to the end).
And a thoughtful NBC Nightly News piece on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," featuring the Dickens Christmas Fair is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9N0PKXvZow

For more information and delightful details visit: www.dickensfair.com
Children 5 and under are free, and kids ages 5-11 are always discounted at only $10.00. For Group Discounts (15 or more), call (800) 510-1558 for ordering.

Do Join Us, Won't You?


PS Dickens Fair Souvenirs Available Online! Our artist Elves have been very busy for our 30th Annual Celebration. Check out the fun at: http://www.cafepress.com/dickensfair! "Humbug," you say? Why yes!! Even Mr. Scrooge will have a twinkle in his eye when he sees some of this swag. From clothing to stickers to Humbug Mugs for the Scrooge in your life, to teddy bears, buttons, trivets, journals... even a T-shirt for your favorite canine! Check it out and be the first to pick up Fair memorabilia not available at the Fair merchandise store!")



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