DEERFIELD, MASS. -- "We are going back to Deerfield and are
delighted with the arrangement to have another show at Deerfield
Academy," Skip Chalfant, president of the Antiques Dealers'
Association of America said this week. After negotiations were
completed, ADA sent out an email on May 8 to its membership
announcing the show and "within 24 hours we were hearing back
from some of them expressing their interest in doing the show,"
Skip said. There will be 46 dealers in the show and it is over
half full at this time.
The ADA show has been around for a long time, and not always with
a great deal of success. It started in Springfield, Mass., a good
number of years ago, and also made several appearances at the
Westchester County Center in White Plains, N.Y. In all case a
fine show was presented, but the gate did not warrant the effort.
"We are very pleased to be going back to Deerfield where we had
our best shows," Karen DiSaia, show committee chairman said.
"Negotiations with Deerfield Academy ran very smoothly and they
are looking forward to our return," she said. She mentioned that
both Philip Zea, director of Historic Deerfield, and Dr Eric
Widmer, headmaster of the academy, are working with the ADA to
make this an outstanding event. Working with Karen on the show
committee will be John Keith Russell, Grace Snyder, Chris Rebollo
and Elle Shushan.
Arthur Liverant, a member of the Board of Directors of ADA, said,
"Our show in 1998 in Deerfield had a real magic, it was well
received and well attended." He pointed out this October 11-12
show is geared to a wonderful time of the year, a season when the
leaves are in their full glory in New England. "We are hoping to
work with Historic Deerfield and have some interesting programs
at the same time to attract more visitors," he said.
Rain fell on both the 1998 and 1999 dates, making parking and
walking a bit more difficult. "We have scheduled this date for no
rain," Liverant said with a great deal of confidence.
