Concerts

From: Pam Robinson <pam@gsp.org>

Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 8:54 PM

To: FP Full Board <FullBoard@folkproject.org>

Subject: FP - SC report

Special Concerts - Report to the BOD - 2018 - April

Past Events

Sharon Goldman

Date: Sunday, March 18, 2018 @ 2:00PM (pot luck to follow)

Event went very well.

Performer and audience were very happy with the show.

FP had a small profit from the event.

An Evening with Jay Unger & Molly Mason

Date: Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 7:30pm

Event sold out 48 hours prior to show time.

Concert Window brought in approximately $115.

FP had a reasonable profit from the event.

please note that the P&L from the Treasurer may not show admissions from

2017 for this show. (see attached event P&L from QuikBooks)

Upcoming Events

Doolin’

Date: Friday April 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm

Location: Morristown Unitarian Fellowship Ticket Price $20/25 FP Exposure: $2500-$2600 (including Insurance)

Event Point: Pam Robinson

Doolin’ is an exciting 6 piece Celtic band based in France.

Jacki Bristow (and a jam)

Date: Sunday April 22, 2018

Location: Location: the home of Mark & Robin Schaffer

Tickets: $20 (or 2 for$34)

Point: Mark Schaffer

Jackie is a singer/songwriter from New Zealand, currently living in Nashville. She is touring the East Coast and had a gig fall apart on her. Mark offered to do a fill gig on late notice. Jackie and her music partner will also be performing at the Fall 2018 Acoustic Getaway.

David Nachmanoff (and a jam)

Date: Saturday May 12, 2018

Location: Location: the home of Mark & Robin Schaffer

Tickets $20 (or 2 for$34)

Point: Mark Schaffer

Toby Walker (and a jam)

Date: Sunday September 16, 2018

Location: Location: the home of Mark & Robin Schaffer

Tickets: $20

Point: Mark Schaffer

Folk Project Holiday Concert

Date: Friday, December 21, 2018

Location: Morristown Unitarian Fellowship

Performers: tbd

FP Exposure: tbd

Ticket Price: $15

Point: Pam Robinson

From: Pam Robinson <pam@gsp.org>

Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 9:28 PM

To: FP Full Board <FullBoard@folkproject.org>

Subject: NJUF Report

New Jersey Uke Fest - Report to the Board - 2018, April

New Jersey Uke Fest 2018

Dates: Friday August 24 thru Sunday August 26, 2017

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

The 2018 “Fools For Ukes” ticket sale, where we offered 20 tickets to the full fest, happened this past weekend. I can’t say that the sale went off without a hitch. In fact we had a major hitch. It turns out, that when I copied the event in Constant Contact from the 2017 event I accidentally had not not updated a field. This meant that PayPal did not know what to do with the sales and so was instead informing registrants that their transactions could not go thru.

We found this out within an hour of the box office being open. Unfortunately, since it was a weekend we could not contact Constant Contact til Monday. So we posted to the website and FaceBook that we had a problem and were working on it and that everyone who tried to register would get a ticket once we found the problem. We also decided to extend the sales event by 24 hours due to

the mixup. By 9pm on 4/2 with the help of Lori F. and the Constant Contact help desk we got everybody sorted out. The sale is now over and the NJUF has 12 confirmed attendees. (This is a 25% increase in Fools for Ukes ticket sales over 2017.)

I am in negotiations with our final performer. This year there will be 4 performers and 4 to 5 instructors.

The Morristown Inn who has been our “preferred hotel” for the past 2 years, (also where we house some of our performers) was recently sold. As a result, the new owners have increased the prices that they offered us (including the discount that I get for performers).

This year I will need double the number of performer hotel room nights. This will cause me to exceed the performer budget by several hundred dollars.

We hope to announce the performers by the end of April, pending the return of all performer contracts.Early Bird ticket sales start June 1.

The Jim Boggia, sweepstakes event increased the NJUF’s FaceBook Group by 25%. The sweepstakes winner enjoyed the concert and is now a Jim Boggia fan.

Pam