The committee has reluctantly made the decision to close the Folk Connection for the summer of 2010, July and August. This is mostly as a result of how much our audiences have fallen during the summers for the last few years. Often this has left us in the embarrassing situation of having a feature performer facing significant numbers of empty seats while doing a summer show.
This decision is NOT about money. Each year the Folk Connection pays all its bills and sometimes has a little money in the bank over the year. We could probably afford to pay the performer if no-one came to the summer shows. However, its heartbreaking for a performer to come to a show and find very few people there wanting to hear his/her performance.
Don't worry! We are not going away anywhere. We already have a set of some of your favourite performers booked for the 2010/2011 season including Hank Cramer, Steve Palmer, shantyman David Lovine, and Fraser Union. Sue is working away on the rest of the bookings between sailing races. We'll be back in September rested and refreshed and in the meantime, perhaps we'll see you at one of the summer festivals.
We could use a new volunteer or two to work on the publicity and promotion side of the Folk Connection. This could include poster design and distribution, work on the website (I am willing to offer training), and placing promotion pieces on the Harbour Living and other websites or submitting them to the local newpapers and periodicals.