Results from the Dec 2011 Harmony resident focus group on the festivals in Harmony. For more inormation on the focus groups, or to be a part of the next one, please email activities (at) Harmonyfl .com
Thoughts on Dark Sky 2011
- Too crowded for residents
- Need a larger variety of food vendors
- Need a special area for residents (V.I.R)
- Telescope area disorganized
- Long lines
- Did not know what you were in line to see
- Food area disorganized
- Need more seating
- Need more table
- Need map handouts to give out at Info booth
- Should offer shirts
- Too dark to walk
- Expand footprint of the festival
- Too much in a small area
- Better communication with info booth
- Special shirts for volunteers
Thoughts on Harvest 2011
- Carnival sucked
- Carnival game area was great
- Liked music (except that the Elvis’s were not great, but liked the idea)
- Harvest Fest is now branded to have a carnival attached
Thoughts on Winter Carnival
- Better identification of staff working events (this goes for all events)
2012 Festivals
Healthy Lifestyle Festival – What they would expect to see
at a festival called the Healthy Lifestyle Festival:
Recycling
Health screenings
Retirement and health
Relaxation
Cooking demos
Chamberlains, Whole Foods, or other type of healthy grocery vendors
Exercise
- Cycling
- Yoga
- Tai chi
- Martial arts
- Aerobics
- Zumba
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Bicycle Clinic
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Mental Health
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Trail Hike
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Kids Healthy Living area
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Eating healthy
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Exercise
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Etc
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DSF 2012
- Should raffle off a telescope
- Should have background music piped into the entire event
- Telescope connected to a big screen
- Better organization of the lines for telescopes
- More seating
- Resident area
- Expand size of festival so it is not so crowded
Harvest 2012
-We should keep the carnival with the name Harvest Festival
- It is now known as that, so we would be confusing to have the carnival separate
- Come up with a new name for the resident event in October
Stricter rules for pumpkins so they do not all
walk off
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