MOOSE JAW — The annual antiques and collectibles show scheduled for March has been cancelled for the second year in a row over concerns about the COVID virus.
“We cancelled it over uncertainty about what the government is doing and what it might do,” said Gord Ross, president of the show’s sponsor — the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum.
“We talked with the Exhibition Company (where the show was to be held) and they’re no smarter than us.
“They’ve been getting conflicting information from the government conference calls and the health board.”
The Sukanen board had concerns about the viability of a collectibles show this year after learning the Christmas Craft Show at the Exhibition grounds was down 30 per cent in vendors.
“If we lost 30 per cent of the tables and 30 per cent of the attendance, I don’t know if we’d make any money.”
Any show requires that all persons attending show proof of vaccination. Ross noted many of the museum members volunteering at the doors are older and would not enjoy asking people for their vaccination status and the potential conflicts coming out of that.
“Something we are looking at is a June show at the museum. We have no details yet.”
Vendors could rent an indoor space in one of several of the museum buildings or provide “their own canopy or work out of the back of a truck.’’
Tentative date is the weekend of June 25-26.
“We talked about it last year. There wasn’t a lot of interest. With no show for two years I think there might be more interest.”
Anyone interested in participating in a June show at the museum should call Garry at 306-692-4755.
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected].
