Michael Pritzl writes:
As some of you know, we have been on tour with John Davis this past week. The shows have not been going as good as we have hoped. our booking agency has made arrangements at most of these concerts for us to receive some of the monies that come in from the door.
Normally we support our ministry from guarantees versus a split of these monies that come in from people coming to the show.
When you have a guarantee it encourages the promoter to actually promote and let people know that there is a show, and it also ensures that the promoter does his/her part to get people out to the concerts.
When there is no guarantee, the promoter is likely to do nothing, because they are not held to any sort of financial responsibility. That is pretty much what has happened this past week. The promoters have not done any promotion outside of their venues and have had hardly anyone out at the shows.
Since we don’t know what to do, we are hoping that some of you might find some time to help us to promote these shows.
If you are in any of these areas you could help:
3.23 (Thr) Wilmington, OH @ Joe’s Java
3.24 (Fri) Mt. Vernon, OH @ The Escape Zone
3.25 (Sat) Madison, WI @ The Annex
3.26 (Sun) Chicago, IL @ The Beat Kitchen
3.28 (Tues) Cedar Rapids, IA @ CSPS
3.29 (Wed) Kansas City, MO @ The Hurricane
3.30 (Thr) Springfield, MO @ Nu Brew Coffee House
3.31 (Fri) St. Louis, MO @ Old Roxana Theater
4.2 (Sun) Memphis, TN @ Hitone
ways you could help:
-placing flyers in stores, churches, college groups, home groups, high school groups.
we have a flyer available at our homepage:
www.thevioletburning.com
scroll down and look where it says “street team”
print that flyer, it is a pdf file.
you can print out some of these or make copies and bring them to churches, high school groups, college groups, home groups, stores, coffee shops in the area, that would be great.
-you could make announcements at your churches, or call some churches in your area that you know enjoy great music and ask if you can make an announcement promoting the show in your area.
-you could perhaps call some friends and invite them along with you to come out to the shows.
-message boards, my space, and email is good as well. but, first hand invitations tend to be the best.
mostly, you can pray for the violet burning and john davis and his team.
