“Weekend Warrior”
THE INSIDE SCOOP is fortunate to obtain interesting SCOOP from Donna Stewart, Jazz & Blues in the Village, Festival Director and the Committee continues …
With the economic challenges
today, it would seem it critical to obtain/maintain Sponsor funding and Other
Sources of funding. How you go about obtain funding? The Jazz
& Blues in the Village Committee tells us … “We have two individuals who work hard at meeting face to face with
current and potential sponsors. They
begin the process by presenting a formal sponsorship package to interested
parties.” I asked how they kept “Sponsors” interested in supporting your
efforts and “keep them happy”? The
Committee says …“We offer incentives to
our sponsors based on the level of sponsorship.
Incentives may include branded sign in the park and on the video
screens, listing on our sponsorship board and in our brochure and poster, free
t-shirts, free tickets and a thank you plaque after the event. Sponsors are also invited to our Sneak
Preview held in April to announce the line-up for the upcoming festival in
September.”
Over the course of the year,
I am collecting some anecdotes to publish. Do you have something you would like
to share in our THE INSIDE SCOOP special “anecdote”
edition? The final response …“One year we
had a performer that was very upset that his shirt was wrinkled. Our festival director went home got an iron
and brought it back to the weekend warrior responsible for the green room. She
pressed the shirt, everyone was happy and the show went on. We always try to keep our performers
comfortable and happy...”
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