As I mentioned in a previous blog post, part of my Capstone will be an end-of-year music event that I will have planned and promoted. Since the event hasn’t officially “dropped” on RUPA’s Facebook, I am temporarily unable to share the event title. For now, I will refer to this music event as “Capstone event.”
Since Beats on the Banks is fast approaching (countdown: 16 days), the Concerts & Coffeehouses committee has been focusing solely on that event leaving me to really take initiative with planning for the Capstone event. Rachel, a Concerts & Coffeehouses Assistant Director, will be helping me carry out tasks related to the music portion of the event that I am responsible for. As of today, we have confirmed production for the event. This means that stage and sound is all accounted for. The process was fairly painless since we used our normal guys (K Sound) and they always know what stage is needed for what location.
After gathering a mental list of local/New Brunswick bands that I am fond of and that have also supported RUPA in the past, Rachel and I began to reach out to the bands. We emailed 11 bands total and are eager to hear back from them so that we can begin building our day of show timeline, rain date timeline, and merch timeline. So far, we’ve heard back from 4 bands, which really is a great start. Two bands need to check with other members to see if they are available for the event while the two other bands immediately confirmed their attendance giving a preferred set time.
We’re off to a great start in planning for the event! Below is a to do list for the event:
- Confirm more bands (should be about 6 total).
- Create and send day of show, rain date, and merch timeline.
- Edit and send Standard Services Agreement (our form of a contract) to all bands.
- Create and implement a promotional plan.
Stay tuned,
Roxanne
Rox and Roll 