FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, Oct. 12, 2007
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153
 

Vendor registration opens for 3^rd annual Holly Berry Festival 

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Local and tri-state area artisans and crafters wishing to participate as vendors at the 3^rd annual Holly Berry Festival at Marshall University have until Friday, Oct. 26 to register, Barbara Winters, MU’s dean of libraries, said today.

Winters said vendors interested in exhibiting their wares during the one-day festival should contact her by phone by at (304) 696-2318 or by e-mail at (wintersb@marshall.edu).

The Holly Berry Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 in the lobby of the Memorial Student Center on the Huntington campus.

Sponsored by the Marshall Library Associates, this year’s festival again will feature hand-made arts, crafts and books for sale designed and crafted by local and area crafts people.

While a number of festival favorite vendors from last year have indicated that they will return this year, Winters said space is still available for artisans and crafters wanting to join in on the now-traditional Huntington festival for the first time.

“We’re thrilled that the number of people attending the festival keeps increasing, and we’re honored that the number of artists and crafters who keep coming back each year is increasing, too,” said Dr. Lynne Welch, chair of the Festival Planning Committee. “We’re looking forward to seeing a lot of familiar friendly faces at this year’s festival, as well as a whole lot of new friendly faces of those celebrating here with us for the first time.” 

Welch said 10 percent of the sales at the festival will be donated to the Library Associates endowment fund, supporting development of the Marshall University Libraries book collections.

Admission and parking are free for festival goers, and free snacks will be available throughout the day.

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