oriental theater

polly and i went to check out the oriental yesterday. i think that we can make it work although it's not exactly the perfect spot. i was thinking the auditorium area was a big open space but it's actually sectioned off into about 8 different areas. we could set up tables in those areas with the art but that would require getting tables and easels and lights etc etc.
also, the front area is like their gallery space so unless we book the front for the month of september, that area will be used by other artists not related to our event and we will lose the use of the area. it would be cool to be able to get some of our donating artists to also do a month long show there and to have a first friday preview event.
the stage is perfect for the band and fashion show though. those just aren't our money makers unfortunately!

oriental theater

estefania emailed to say that the Oriental Theater is open on September 20th and it's ours if we want it. at the meeting we were discussing another place by Invesco that might be a little bigger so we may look in to that as well but it's nice to know we have a place regardless!

so much exciting news!

susie and i are going to meet with the international fashion club at csu on tuesday to see if we can work together on the event! if this works out they would do the stage management, event coordination and provide their own models. every year they do their own “Recycled Fashion Show.” if we could piggyback on these designs we’d be more likely to get their involvement. the other possibility is to find fashion from elsewhere, but have them actually put on the show.
there is concern over our event date being the same as their graduation date and therefor not having the resources to pull this off. i think i would be ok moving it up to april knowing that the fashion show part is being taken care of. so we'll just have to see what happens on tuesday!

the other thing that is hopefully happening tuesday is a viewing of the oriental theater. i've actually only been in there once and even then i was only in the lobby. we need to make sure there's enough room for all the goods we'll have to sell (positive thinking!).

the last bit of good news for today is that our event date could coordinate for a borders benefit day!
what is a borders benefit day? well i'm glad you asked! borders works with groups to provide coupons for 10% off on the days around the events. then, the group gets 10% of the profit from the purchase made with that coupon! so we can send them out to people who might not be able to make it to the event and they can still contribute that way. i hope that works out, that would be a nice additional boost.