The Nudist County Fête
Anybody know about the South of England show? Or on a wider scale, your average village fête?
Well, we naturists hang around our own beaches, our own sun clubs, our own saunas. Talk about out of sight, out of mind!
Has it never crossed anybody's mind to set up, say, a Dorset, a Yorkshire, a Norfolk or a Sussex Nudist fête? Anybody can come. By paying entrance, like at any fête, they accept the terms (nudism). Think about it!
- Negotiate with the local council to hire a field or secluded common ground (the only difficult bit).
- Arrange consent for nudity on a private hired land and arrange policing/stewarding.
- Stage a whip round for insurance, refundable out of takings..
- Set up a main marquee and portaloos.
- Pitch a beer tent.
- Build or hire a temporary kids' playground, roundabouts etc.
- Stage competitions, e.g. a mock cricket match (no-ball, she's female!)
- Invite festival acts, preferably nude, e.g. naked trapeze (a new tilt on swingers)
Naturism finally goes public! It's so bleeding obvious; why has it never been done?
There may still time to set this up this summer/autumn. But I cannot do it alone; we need a team. Who is with me on this?
It will require the organisers to fund a few bits up front repayable out of takings. Tickets would go on sale well in advance, thereby prepaying facility rent, insurance and hired services. It is not Glastonbury! It is no more than a fête. Just naked! More tea, Vicar?
Hugs, Will
It is a shame but I doubt it will ever happen.
There are not enough people willing to go to this type of event living in the area wherever it is. Organised events like Nudefest, Stoke swim and Slashdown find it hard enough to attract enough to break even and these are now established yearly (3 times per year for Stoke) events.
Trying to get individuals to gamble on getting getting thier money back after shelling out for all these propposed ideas would be next to impossible. You are talking about thousands of pounds on the small chance people would come to the event (which usually are paid for on the door or from attractions), you would need the backing of a very wealthy naturist (I don't think many would be willing to do this) or a dedicated LOCAL team who would have to start small and rely on generous donations ( for Tombola, Raffle etc) and time from the LOCAL community.
Good idea but I think you are setting your sights WAY to high.
The WNBR costs a tenth of the figures you are bandying. Apart from the field hire, this would cost even less. Fetes work like a co-operative, with the attractions profit-sharing on the day. I have done a brief Op Analysis on this and the critical path paves the local authority negotiations. There is no cost event that preambles the climax of this path, so there is no early write-off. Once the consent is achieved, finding a venue is not unlikely, just time-consuming. advance orders can then be taken and tickets can be done voluntarily during this venue search. If the ticket sales look to be falling well short, the programme can still be called off with no cost other than voluntary time. Once order target has been reached, original budget costs, e.g. marquee, catering can be finalised so payments can be processed.
'Once the consent is achieved, finding a venue is not unlikely, just time-consuming. advance orders can then be taken and tickets can be done voluntarily during this venue search'
Wouldn't it make sense to have a venue first so when advertising and selling tickets people will know where the event is going to be held. I wouldn't buy a ticket for an event that i didn't know where it was being held
That is why the first part of the critical path would be NOT to negotiate the nudity consent, but just to find somewhere in principle from the chosen council.
It would probably be preferable to make the fêtes regional rather than county, possibly using the BN demarcations.
Most difficult. The organisers tend to have to put down their own money and hope on the day, events make enough to cover costs and perhaps make a surplus. If it rains well ...! I have been involved in loaning out Fund Raising Equipment FOC in our locality (The Norfolk Cambs borders near Wisbech - Kings Lynn), we started doing this in the Mid 1970's in the North East. We just loan out the equipment, Charities staff them and take 100% of the money raised. Even doing this with no costs other than the petrol to collect them from our home and return them, it can be boom or bust. An event using our 'Games' might make £1,100 over a two day event. OR at a big event run by the Lions in Kings Lynn, absolutly nothing as they were washed out by rain at a 1 day event in early June.
Are we being realistic in suggesting that Naturists are often considered to have Short Arms and No Pockets. ie. they are not known for their free spending habits.
Sorry to be so cheerful.
Brian and Susan
In my view the idea sounds great, although as people have pointed out there are a lot of negatives like who is likely to come along given the distance they might need to travel, the dates etc.
However, with some good market research you might be able to establish where the best location would be - and what time of year etc,then weigh up costs against likely income.
It might be worth thinking about an indoor event in a small sports/village hall (church?)- there you may have changing facilities too.
Best of luck
Who is the rich person that is gonna pay for all of that?
Pat
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