Special Concerts & NJ Uke Fest

Special Concerts - by Pam Robinson

I have branched out a little this past month, found some much needed help. Olga Alavarez has agreed to help with writing publicity material for the Committee and FiL Wisneski has agreed to be the Special Concerts Web Guy on a trial basis.

Upcoming Special Concert Events [see Mark's report, below]

Lil’ Rev (Workshop and Concert)

Date: November 19, 2016

Location: Mark & Robin Schaffer

Tickets: $15 Concert / $20 workshop

Event Point: Mark Schaffer

FP Holiday Show (Benefit)

Date: Friday, December 16, 2016

Location: Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

Ticket Price: $10

Benefit for: Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

FP Exposure: $0

Featuring: Barrett Wilson w/ Frank Sole, Ken Galipeau, Roia Rafieyan, Kathy Moser, Clarum Sonum (a 20 member choir based out of the Boonton Elks Club)

Kaia Kater

Date: Friday, March 24, 2017

Location: Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

Ticket Price: $15 in advance / $20 at the door

FP Exposure: Estimated to be $1500 (including $100 for Insurance)

Eric Schwartz (This will be an R - rated event)

Date: Saturday, September 23, 2017

Location: Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

Ticket Price: $20

FP Exposure: $700 (including $25 for Insurance)

Event Point: Mike Agranoff

Lil' Rev House Concert - by Mark Schaffer

With three weeks to go we have:

28 reservations to the evening house concert

and 15 reservations for the afternoon workshop.

This is a combination of paid and unpaid reserved seats.

New Jersey Uke Fest 2017 - by Pam Robinson

Dates: Friday August 25 thru Sunday August 27, 2017

Location: Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey and the Morristown Green

Proposed Budget:

$ 7,600 - Performers( including performer room & board)

$ 3,000 - Rent

$ 2,000 - Misc Expenses

$12,600 - Total Proposed Budget

The rent will be increasing as we will have access to the larger concert hall which was unavailable in 2016 but will be needed for the concerts in 2017. Also, by having the larger hall we can offer Saturday, Workshop only, and Concert tickets earlier in the process.

The Committee is looking at ticket pricing and working to determine a fair ticket price increase. We are looking:

into the feasibility of a FP member rate.

offering an early-bird ticket that generates interest in the event but does not result in the majority of our tickets purchased at the lowest price available (in 2016 - 51 of 70 full fest tickets were purchased at the early bird rate which was $10 lower than our highest full fest ticket rate).

UkeTrivia:

I have had discussions with several FP Members about the Ukulele’s future as an genre of music that has staying power. I keep saying the Ukulele is here to stay. Check out the picture from the Free Library of Philadelphia’s FaceBook Page which was posted this week as an example of why I keep saying it.

Pam Robinson