Saskatoon Symphony Book & Music Sale - History 1997 (Year 9)

Page Contents

Location
Schedule
Drop-offs
Story
Expenses
Statement

Location

The Centre at Circle & 8th, formerly Wildwood Mall (returning for 4th year)

Schedule

Day	Date	Open	Close
Wednesday	March 12	10 am	9 pm
Thursday	March 13	10 am	9 pm
Friday	March 14	10 am	9 pm
Saturday	March 15	9:30 am	6 pm
Sunday	March 16	Noon	5 pm
Monday	March 17	Closed	Closed
Tuesday	March 18	10 am	6 pm
Wednesday	March 19	10 am	9 pm
Thursday	March 20	10 am	9 pm
Friday	March 21	10 am	9 pm
Saturday	March 22	9:30 am	6 pm

Drop-offs

Klombies Galon Insurance Brokers	3rd Avenue North
J&S Picture Framing	Jessop Avenue
Mount Royal Drugs	29th Street & Avenue P North
Canada Post	4th Avenue North
Centennial Plumbing	51st Street
Willey's Jewellers	Broadway Avenue
Darren's Music Place	Circle Drive
Bookworm's Den	Grosvenor Park Shopping Centre
Humboldt Pharmacy	Humboldt

Let’s recap, shall we? After the spring 1995 sale at Lawson Heights, the sale moved back into the storage/work site on 50th & Faithful. In November 1996 there was a partial move within that facility. But the sale had to move out by the end of December 1996. The problem wasn’t solved until December 18, 1996, when The Centre at Circle & 8th was approached. They offered storage until after the sale, plus three store fronts for the sale, one of which would be used for a workroom.

A moving experience...

The sale was moved to The Centre on January 4, 1997, got established and started working. Ten days later, the sale’s working area had to be moved into a different room, now reducing sale space to two store fronts. This meant that the workroom had to be shut down in order to convert it into one of the sale rooms.

The Centre provided another very small area to use as an office. Then the storage area suddenly had to be shared with a huge influx of furnishings from the Texas T restaurant/nightclub, making all work in that area very difficult and downright hazardous as well. The Centre was very accommodating in allowing over a month to pack up after the sale and find another new home. Through all the moves, The Centre staff was always co-operative and helpful.

The boutique-style sale

This was the boutique-style sale. The cash/packing area was in the middle of the hall – right in front of the “Huggie Bear” video game room which was excessively noisy. The sale also took part in the mall’s sidewalk sale. Not a lot of money was made, but good times were had and a lot of stock moved. It was estimated that over 35000 books and over 9000 records were in stock for this sale.

The books in the children’s area often are fairly scrambled up and one little girl decided to help out by tidying up. She was very proud of herself. Unfortunately, she faced all of the spines of the books to the back of the shelf so no titles were visible. Good chuckle after she’d been thanked for helping out.

About 4000 hours of volunteer work were estimated to be applied to this sale. Of total revenue, 71.5% were from books, 21.3% recorded music, 7.1% sheet music.

Move #18!

After a stressful month of searching, Confederation Mall offered storage and work space. The sale moved once again. Because it was a “raw” space, lighting had to be purchased and installed with sale funds.