ANNOUNCEMENT LETTER
April 30 & May 1, 2005

Dear Artist and Craftsperson,

The Lloyd Harbor Historical Society is pleased to announce its fifth annual Daffodil Hill Fine Arts & Crafts Fair, to be held on Saturday, April 30th and Sunday, May 1st, 2005 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Our fair will take place in a new location - the very beautiful and more heavily visited portion of Caumsett Historic State Park known as the Marshall Field Farm Complex and adjacent level fields. The Farm Complex is located at the main entrance to Caumsett Historic State Park, just 5 scenic miles from Huntington Village. This area’s rustic beauty attracts an average of 4,000 people during the same weekend of our wonderful fine arts and crafts show. We intend to dramatically increase the growing popularity of our show this year with the help of our new location. Our fair will continue to feature 60 10 x 10 booths of high quality arts & crafts in a breathtaking indoor and outdoor setting. If you are a returning artist and exhibitor we know that you will be pleased with our change in location.

Like last year’s fair, our 2005 fair will feature high quality exhibitors whose art work includes woodblock prints and watercolors, photography, blown glass and intricately hand woven baskets. We will continue to be highly selective when accepting artists. Only handmade, original creations by the craftsperson or a family member will be accepted. This year’s fair will feature 60 exhibitors in a wide variety of all fine arts and craft media.

The Society, founded in 1975, has also held a highly successful annual antique show for the past 20 years, featuring 70 dealers during the two-day show. The Society also provides numerous educational programs and activities for people of all ages, as well as lectures and social events, which celebrate the unique history of Long Island’s north shore. To that end, the Society has undertaken the preservation and operation of the Henry Lloyd Manor House, a state-owned historic resource.

Our advertising campaign will be extensive. Print ads will be placed in Newsday and in local papers. We will place radio as well as cable advertisements. Postcards will be mailed to all of the Society’s members. Poster, signs and flyers will be distributed and posted.

Our committee members continue to spend a significant amount of time attending fine arts and crafts fairs on Long Island and throughout the Northeast. We recognize that there is a great need for smaller, high quality fairs that focus on the arts and crafts, not just the profits. We strongly believe that the Society’s Daffodil Hill Fine Arts & Crafts Fair fills that need.

We hope you will accept our invitation to submit slides for our show. We will jury until full. The fee for our show is $175.

Please feel free to call us directly with any questions or comments at (631) 424-6110 or
visit our website at: www.lloydharborhistoricalsociety.org

Sincerely,

Joanne Rossetti Hahn, Cindy Morrongiello and Richard Thatcher
Daffodil Hill Fine Arts & Crafts Fair Committee
Lloyd Harbor Historical Society