Swingin' Tern Report

From: Cosema Crawford [mailto:cosema.crawford@verizon.net]

Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 5:26 PM

Cc: fullboard@folkproject.org

Subject: FP - June Board Meeting - Swingin' Tern

Folks -

On June 1, Swingin' Tern will be having a committee meeting. That evening was the only time for weeks that was convenient for most of the committee, and I am sorry to have to miss the board meeting.

My report is as follows:

• we had only one dance in May, on the 1st. Attendance was on the low side. The second dance date was Festival weekend.

• I am eager to hear the feedback from Festival on the dance ticket - in fact if Lori has info available before the June 1 Swingin' Tern committee meeting, I'd be delighted to share it with them. Anecdotally, I heard dancers saying that they enjoyed the dance and concert, and I believe we were able to attract a dozen or more festival first-timers.

• our committee meeting on June 1 will focus on increasing attendance, including connecting with college kids. Other dances that are doing very well seem to have a strong participation of the college crowd.

• It turns out that none of Bob Isaac's caller workshop attendees is able at the present time to take on our booking position, and Bob has agreed to continue doing it. The biggest headache for him is the publicity side of things - formatting the info in several different formats for different people - and we are working to lessen that load.

Connie