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July was sort of unusual. Because of being closed on July 4, Open Stage on July 11, and the Birthday show on the 25th, we had only one show with a paid performer. Attendance stats were OK, but not really representative. Check the attached chart. We were $453 in the black for the month, and $531 in the black for the past 12 months.
The Birthday Show went well, with 40 participants, and 92 paid attendees.
We kicked off the first month of the Fil-A-Seat program by giving away two pairs of tickets to the Cliff Eberhardt show.
We have confirmation on the Tom Paxton concert to celebrate our 40th Anniversary on July 25, 2015. The concert will take place at the Presbyterian Church in Chatham (the site of the Sanctuary Concerts) with Sanctuary Concerts acting as a silent partner. They have offered us their rates on the site rental and hotel rooms for performers, and will be providing sound and lighting equipment at no charge. Many thanks to Sanctuary. Hall capacity is 425. 150 tickets will be offered to FP volunteers at the regular Minstrel price of $9.00 (no creel) and the balance will be offered to the general public at $30 each. We are predicting an early sell-out.
We are also investigating the Presbyterian Church, as well as the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Whippany as a possible sites to move the Minstrel to next summer when the MUF parking lot is under renovation. We are awaiting pricing to make a decision.
New bookings made in July
· Aug 15, 2014: Josh Joffen, opening for Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roch (Replacing Dan Pelletier, who had to cancel.)
· Nov. 14, 2014: Split Bill with Jim Kweskin and Happy Traum: Iconic fingerstyle guitar masters from the Great Folk Revival. Replacing the Open Stage.
· Nov. 28, 2014: Mike Agranoff: CD Release concert
· Dec 5, 2014: Chorus Song Night, featuring Zoe Mulford, Jean Rohe, FiL Wisneski, and Mike Agranoff
· March 6, 2015: Lords Of Liechtenstein: opening for Jean Rohe
· April 10, 2015: Joe Crookston Open stage moved a week early to April 3, which is 1st night of Passover. We have offered MUF the meeting room for services that night, and we will hold the show in the Terrace Room.
· April 24, 2015: Gathering Time: Vocal harmony trio
Respectfully submitted
Mike Agranoff
Program Chair
The Minstrel Acoustic Concert Series
Morristown, NJ 07960, USA
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