Halloween! Concert

Timeline:

IMPORTANT: This concert is to have no more than 45 minutes of music (excluding Adams Family)

• September
  • Set Date
    • Early afternoon on a Saturday seems to work best
  • Book Walk Festival Hall
    • When Booking Walk Festival Hall we also need to book the percussion.
• First Rehearsal after Old Bill’s
  (Old Bills is the 2nd Saturday in September)
  • Start rehearsing music for this concert
    • 2 weeks prior have concert music planned, music orders or pulled
    • 1 week prior have folders stuffed
• October 1st
  • Contact TVA about Trick-or-Treat businesses participation
• 3 Weeks prior
  • Contact Media
  • Send Newsletters
  • Assign person to be in charge of the Parade of Costumes and the Adams Family sing along
• 2 rehearsals Prior
  • Determine meeting and warm up times
  • Find several non musician volunteers to usher parade,  lead sing-along, and pass out candy.
  • Create flyers fro schools
  • Create Posters for band members to post around town
  • Draft Program
    • Need concert order
    • Need musician list
    • Need Trick or Treat participating businesses list
• 1 Week Prior
  • Send flyers to schools
    • Check Deadlines per each school
  • Finalize Program
  • Assign X amount of members to bring candy for about 300 kids.
• A few days prior order balloons.
• Dress Rehearsal
  • Define Parade of Costumes route

Concert Logistics:

• Meet: Time and Place TBD 2 weeks prior to concert
• Warm up: Time TBD 2 weeks prior to concert
• Downbeat: TBD time of Booking venue
• After Concert
  • Turn in Folder, new one to be passed out next rehearsal
  • Everyone please help tear down.
• Dress:
  • Family appropriate Halloween costume
• Equipment:
  • Music
  • Percussion
• Trick Or Treat
  • Need 2 balloons for each business delivered. Allow about an hour for 2 people to deliver them.
  • Have a few members bring Candy, enough for about 300 kids.
  • Trick or Treat Map on line and on program
  • Candy to be passed out to children AFTER concert

Assigned Tasks:

Members please log in for task list

Any Band Member:

• Blog about the event