Had more than 30 spinners in 5 hours. They all eventually achieved a successful spin, and got to take a top home. Special thank you to Larry D. for donating the wooden Twin Tops and several finger spinners. The youngest to throw and spin a top was about 6. He couldn't quite get the string wrap down, but if you handed him a pre-wound top he could get it to spin, and was quite excited about it. There were older siblings that promised to work on the string wrap with him at home.
I also gave out about the same number of finger spinners to the small fries, and those too timid to throw a top.
The festival was indoors this year. Good thing, because it poured down rain all day. Being indoors required a little more prep. The floor had to be covered, and the launched tops needed to be contained. The tarps on the canopy frame actually worked really well. The floor under the canopy is a canvas drop cloth, which provided enough protection, but did not overly hamper the spinning tops.
Saw a large number of left handed folks again this year, about 30-40%, but less than last year which seemed to be 50% or more. The school age kids were pretty even between boys and girls, but the adults seem to more often be women.
Heard reports later in the day that several of the new spinners were practicing together in the lobby.
My granddaughter, Carson, helping get all the finger spinners out, and of course, test them.
