Re: [Harp-L] SPAH the money maker

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

Sponsorship should be ANY amount. That's the way the colleges do it.  
One year, at a dixieland music fest, a harmonica company showed up as  
a sponsor. This was the first time that the harmonica was introduced  
at a dixieland fest. It was a 'special' event. They provided a banner  
with their name on it and gave out 5 gold CX-12s to the top 5  
'finalists?... sic'. Soooo, at about $250.oo (net) worth of  
harmonicas, this was the extent. There were 4484 in attendance, so  
I'm sure that at least several hundred people were 'exposed' to the  
harmonica.

Especially since I was the only harmonica player out of the 23 who  
sat in with the bands (2). The bar was packed on both occasions, So,  
the harmonica company got a good deal here. Meanwhile, I was paying  
to BE there.

The rest of the festival went like this: The members of the Sun Coast  
Jazz Society (whom are a little more well off) will DONATE. This  
money goes into a fund. The fund can go to the entire fest's general  
fund, OR a fund for a particular band, OR a fund for a particular  
musician. As I wrote the other day, I don't think it would work with  
harmonica players because we are 'instrument specific' and are too  
small a group.

BUT, people can donate anyway. Since it costs me between $726.54,  
$1,089.81, or $1,634.71 depending on how I go, who I take, who I  
share a room with, this is the amount of support I can muster.

smokey-joe

On Jul 4, 2007, at 2:29 PM, Vince Meghrouni wrote:

> It's probably been thought of, but would it be possible to have  
> different sponsorship levels?  "Corporate", "Small business", "Mom  
> n; Pop", "Garage Workshop", "One Man-Op in da shed", you catch my  
> drift.  Maybe it's already done that way.
>
> Rex "Sometimes more than gibberish" Tobago