Publicity Report

Publicity Committee Report

4 May 2015

Publicity Committee members: Alicia Weimer, Jeff Saxton, Jim Gartner, Jim King, Joanne Cronin,

John Lamb, Michael Mitsch, Nancy Kelner, Pam Robinson, Pat Brangs, Paul Fisher, Loretta

Brooks, Susan Lembo and Jean Scully

Webmaster Report – John Lamb

After several relatively busy months, the website rolled through April without requiring much

help from the webmasters. We responded to the usual requests for updating email

forwarders, tweaked the page for the Paxton concert a little and updated the administration

page to reflect a change in trustees. This was a much needed break for the team as we

have been busy of late. We will be working on requests from Mike (a minor change on the

Minstrel page), Pat (an addition to the performers page) and Scooter (some help with

publicity for the next special concert and the next UkeFest) in the coming week. As always,

thanks to team members Allan, Lori, Charles and Barbara. Please send questions,

comments and suggestions to webmaster@folkproject.org.

Facebook Report – Pam Robinson

FaceBook - things are moving along.

A bunch of pics from the Summer Song Beach Party this past Friday are up and can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.1577366842528565&type=1

Twitter Report – Jean Scully

Pending.

Report From “The Chair” – Paul Fisher

April has proven to be another month with lot's to do.

Our normal release was sent out with an extra section at the beginning about the Paxton concert and

40 years of The Minstrel. Jim King's monthly in-depth release on Maire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris

Newman was picked up in its entirety in the Independepent Press dated 4/29/15 under the headline

“Celtic harper and guitarist to perform at area church” (capitalization theirs, not mine). It appeared

in the Local News section for Morristown, right next to the obits. Thanks to Gloria Fisher for

scanning the local papers for Folk Project listings!

Publicity worked closely with Joe Crookston's publicist and the show was well attended.

We are working on a plan for special releases in May and June that will focus more on the

anniversary and Tom Paxton since we expect the concert to be pretty much sold out by June 1.

Mike Agranoff has put us in touch with Tom Paxton's publicist and we have provided outlet listings

and interview requests.

We are renewing our membership in the Morris County Tourism Bureau. Our listing and ad have

both appeared in the just-published guide which will be available at the Board meeting.

We are still investigating participating in other websites such as Fun New Jersey and

njskylands.com.

Nancy has produced and shared a flyer for the June 5 EastRiver Ensemble concert at The Minstrel

and has made a big effort to locate and develop niche outlets for Chinese arts.

Publicity is still seeking a new member to replace Cathy Ballard. The workload is not heavy and

usually only comes once per month around the 10th. If anyone knows of a good candidate, please

contact publicitychair@folkproject.org and Nancy and I will contact them.

Online

 Morristown Green had a great write-up on The Kennedys with a some advance publicity for

Gathering Time. http://morristowngreen.com/2015/04/20/kennedys-celebrate-20-years-as-onlythey-

can-at-minstrel-in-morris-township/

 Morristown Green also covered the protests surrounding the demolition of Greystone,

including an entire page with video of Grover Kemble's song “They're Trying to Tear Old Greystone

Down”. http://morristowngreen.com/2015/04/14/video-theyre-trying-to-tear-old-greystone-downsings-

grover-kemble/

 The Minstrel events are listed in MorristownGreen.com

 The Minstrel continues to be by the Morris County Tourism Bureau (The Folk Project is a

member).

 The northjersey.com calendar continues to post most Minstrel and Tern events.

 NJARTS.net continues to list most Minstrel events.

 The Minstrel events are listed in MorristownGreen.com

In Print

 Vicinity magazine has listed all of our May Minstrel and Tern events.

 The Independent reproduced Jim King's in-depth press release on Maire Ni Chathasaigh and Chris

Newman in full.

 Listings were seen in a number of local outlets.

Working with Performers and Their Publicists

 Worked closely with Joe Crookston's publicity team.

 Working with Tom Paxton's publicist.

On the Radio

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