We are Back to Blogging! 2017 Season tour began this past Saturday with our Kick off show fundraiser at Berea's Madison Southern High School for the Chamber of Commerce's Scholarship program. The turn out was awesome. This will be the start of our yearly kick off...raising money to increase scholarships.
It was our first BIG show in Berea, KY, our new hometown. We wanted to find a worthy cause to do our fundraiser. So as a member I realized their scholarship fund and their wide reach to the community (to clarify, there are lots of wonderful needy groups, but a show like ours, unknown to the area in general, needed a group that could reach all aspects of society and the Chamber, representing all the business' of the town, was a great fit. )
The show was even covered by Fox 56 out of Lexington to be part of their "Spirit of the Bluegrass" segment on the April 26th 10pm news. So Marvin Bartlet came down from Lexington and spent the day with us.
It was a great turn out and a really fun show. I am disappointed with the stage lighting we brought. On tape they look absolutely dismal. Hind sight is 20/20 as we had some wonderful lighting that we didn't bring. (to explain, we bought these "new" lights a couple fo towns over from a group that no longer needed them. Well, they were dim. We never tested them for brightness, though the lamps are in a large instrument, their luminescence was far from what the instrument could handle....that means upgrading all the bulbs (lamps) to a higher quality, brighter bulb. Chaching....for the person who will sell us the kits.)
Everyone invovled in the night's program did a wonderful job. Thanks Chamber, volunteers, Fox 56, Berea Citizen, The Cougar, 100.7, and everyone.
Monday, March 20, 2017
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