I must apologize for the confusion about the tea party's location. I was quite sad to learn that several people who had come looking for the Mad Artists' Tea Party & Picnic yesterday ended up instead at the main stage area of Cathedral Park, (where there was some music being DJed).

I did not know ahead of time about the other event, but I had foolishly hoped that the colorful chalk arrows we drew on the many paths around the park (along with the words "Follow Me" and "Drink Me" and pictures of tea cups) would still be sufficient to lead people to the actual Tea Party event's location.

I will admit that our group was smaller (and therefore less obvious) than I had hoped for, but we were the ones drinking tea amongst our art at the lower end of the park from noon until 4pm, near the beach and picnic tables.

I certainly agree that I should have been far more specific ahead of time as to exactly where the Tea Party and Picnic was located, but the presence of another, larger event in the park was entirely unexpected. Perhaps if that had not occurred on the same day then there would have been less potential for mistaken event confusion, and it would have been much easier for people to find us. :(


Anyhow, I sincerely hope that anyone who came looking for us and could not find us, or ended up at that other (non-tea-drinking) event by mistake might find it possible to forgive us for mistakes in the organization of our very first event. Please consider trying to join us again next year when we plan the next one.

-The Mad Maskmaker
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