Customer Service Elves

Customer Service Elves come in all forms assisting people during the Festival. They are very friendly, helpful and outgoing folk greeting the public, answering questions, handing out programs, maintaining the lost and found, providing basic supplies from the first-aid kit, finding lost parents, sign volunteers in for their shifts, and assign eager new volunteers to unfilled positions and attempting to troubleshoot problems. Some positions may be asked to collect money from fairgoers, make appropriate change, and distribute festival programs. You may be assigned to one of the following positions:

• Information Imps keep people informed about what is happening at the Festival, handing out maps and Craft tickets as well as keeping watch over lost and found items.
• Entrance Elves greet the Humans as they come into the festival and collect pretty green paper and coins from them!  SO exciting!
• Volunteer Genies help Volunteers get to their jobs and place walk-in Volunteers in needed positions.
• Merchant Sprites sell Fairie Festival gear such as t-shirts, stickers and more.

Skill or Requirements

Requirements are for some but not all of the positions above: Ability to interact with the public, patience, the gift of maintaining grace under pressure, elementary math and money handling skills, as well as keeping track of inventory sold at the merchandise table.  **Familiarity with the Fairie Festival System is helpful, but not necessary, to fulfilling this role. There will be experienced people on hand to help steer these CSE's in their appointed tasks.

Schedule

We are looking for people to help out Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 1 hour 45 min to 2 hour shift increments beginning 15 minutes before the festival opens and ending 15 minutes after the festival closes. We ask that you arrive for your job 15 minutes prior to your start time so we can get you signed in properly at your station.

Zero Waste Zips!

Are you interested in creating a Zero Waste Festival???  Do you love the environment and want to protect it as well as teach festival folks about how they can eliminate waste down to Zero in even in their own homes?  This is the job for you!

Skill or Requirements:

Costumes are highly encouraged in this area!  One person will be posted at each of the Waste Stations at the Festival, telling folks what is compostable, what is recyclable and what is true Trash!  We will not have a sorting area this year, all waste will be sorted by our patrons by placing their waste in the approriate container.  You may be asked to help move bags of waste to a holding area so being able to lift 30-40 lbs is helpful.  You will need to be on your feet for two hours at a time!
Schedule
We are looking for people to help out Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 1 hour 45 min to 2 hour shift increments. We ask you arrive 15 minutes before your shift starts so we can relieve the person who started before you and to be briefed on what to do.

Parking Pixies

The Monitor Team (think lizards) Wants You!  Become a Part of the Festival Parking Team!

The monitor team facilitates safe, efficient vehicle movement on the grounds before and after the festival, as well as providing direction and support 24 hours a day. We don't deal with the public too much, which may be a good thing, as we tend to be a bit rag-tag, slightly rowdy, a little nutty, and occasionally clannish with each other. Which is part of the reason we have our own camping area. (camping with us is ot required, but its a nice perk) We have been working together as team for a few years now, and have decided to expand, which is where YOU come in!

Schedule:
We work 24 hours a day,  thursday through monday in 2-3 hour shifts, so there is a lot of flexibility. only 2-3 people are needed at a time except during peak hours.

Requirements:
Must be at least 18. We herd large vehicles with no armor plating on us. Under 18 are welcome as runners or assistants though.

We also need people who are dedicated, responsible, mature, able to think around corners, see in the dark, stare down a tank armed with nothing but flowers.... or want to learn to do these things.

We prefer volunteers who are camping, due to the late nights, early mornings, and everything in between.

Helpful Hobgoblins

These positions are extremely hectic, but then it's over...Here are some of the positions you may be asked to be a:

• Market Place Sprite - Unloading the vendors' vehicles and finding their booth space gets really frantic at about 8:30. When the festival is over, repeat in reverse.  **We are looking for people who will be there a couple of days before the festival, as well, to help out so if you are able please indicate that you will be there sometime from Tuesday to Thursday before the festival starts to help mark out the areas we will be placing the vendors in.
• Hospitality Elf - Our staff can get very busy so assisting them while they do their jobs is important. You will be going from station to station, bringing water and possibly food to the staff, checking with the craft areas to see what crafts are possibly no longer being offered and then relay that information to the craft Ticket Table, assist volunteers to their stations or areas, provide brief respite if someone really needed a bathroom break and had no coverage.
• Brownie of All Trades - Another level of the Hospitality Elf, the Brownie of all Trades is the All Around Helper! You may be called upon to help track down The Greenman when he disappears. Fill in for a missing volunteer or perhaps a parent who has become separated from their small child. You might even be asked to fix something.

Skill or Requirements
Ability to interact with the harried staff members, patience, the gift of maintaining grace under pressure, can think on your feet, or on your hands if you happen to be standing on them instead, common sense, willingness to move at fairie speed to relay messages if needed For Market Place Sprite - you will need to be able to lift 30-40 lbs mostly likely less than that though.

Schedule
We are looking for people to help out Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 1 hour 45 min to 2 hour increments. Market Place Sprites may be asked to do earlier shifts however that means you get to see the Festival at it best! We ask you arrive 15 minutes before your shift starts so we can relieve the person who started before you.

Stagehand Spunkie

Spunkies are known for their long arms and stupendous lifting abilities. These faeries will assist performing groups in carrying equipment too and from the performing stage.  Assistance will be individualized to each performing group as needed/requested.

Skill or Requirements
Spunkies should have the following skills/abilities: ability to lift 30-40 lbs, set-up/tear-down stage knowledge, able to follow directions and to be flexible to the needs of the performers.

Schedule
We are looking for people to help out throughout the weekend between 1 hour 45 min to 2 hour shift increments depending on the day scheduled. We ask you arrive 15 minutes before your shift starts so we can relieve the person who started before you.

Crafting Coblynau

Cousins to the Cornish Knockers, these creatures take a break from mining gold and jewels for the day to help out at the Festival. Using their many crafty tools they are seen working industriously at the Festival. They help humans create beautiful things, adorn their faces with pretty images or turn them into fairies for the day. If you choose this position you may be assigned to do one of the following: Face Painting (this may be covered by a group but if we have openings we will add you in), Costume Wing Making, Fairy Dust Making, or Creating Garlands.

Skill or Requirements
Patience, ability to work equally well with children and parents, creativity, mellowness, willingness to learn a new craft, flexibility, ability to deal with crowds, quick thinking and quick acting

Schedule
We are looking for people to help out Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 2-3 hour shift increments beginning 15 minutes before the festival opens and ending 15 minutes after the festival closes.

The Pillywiggins

The Pillywiggins are the Guides of the Festival these fey assist humans in finding their way or letting them know a little about the Festival and what fairies they may encounter if they decide to ride in the hay wagon to the festival. You can try to entice small children to follow you about, usually resulting in their parents tearing along wildly.

• Green Greeters - These Fey will assist humans along the footpaths from the parking lots to the Festival guiding them to the Festival. This will be an entertaining experience as people stroll down the footpath to the Festival. Green Greeters will make jokes, give fairie names, or maybe have a skit planned entertaining our guests.  Green Greeters may also be given a small task such as stamping hands for re-entry.
• Festival Criers - These independent faeries will circulate throughout the festival crowds and will announce upcoming events. This crier will be provided with a schedule of events and start announcing each event 20 minutes before the event is slated to begin. You will announce the time and location of each event. You will also announce the closing of the festival at the end of the day encouraging our fine guests to finish up shopping in the Market Place, Food Vending areas or singing a song in pied piper fashion to the front entrance encouraging them to come back again.

Skill or Requirements
Skill needed for any of these positions: strong, clear voice, creative way of grabbing attention, organization, knowledge of directions and events, patience with audience, ability to relate to all age groups, ability to improvise, creative, quick-thinking, friendly and personable. 

Schedule
We are looking for people to help out Friday, Saturday and Sunday in 2-3 hour shift increment or longer if you would like. We ask you arrive 15 minutes before your shift starts so we can relieve the person who started before you.

Application