CONTINUING PROGRESS

<> A parishioner mentioned seeing our flyer out at the bluegrass festival. This says several things-- that the flyers were well placed, that the design and content were eye-grabbing, and that he and his wife would probably come to a concert and help talk it up beyond the church.

<> One of the people who has never come, but wants to, asked me what instruments everyone has and what songs they play. At first I told him just to come see for himself-- of course I said it more nicely but that was the main message. But after I thought about it, I realized that these were good questions, and that the answers would be very helpful in encouraging new people to join-- that making such info available would show our diversity of styles and interests, as well as abilities. So I asked him to draft his own paragraph, and posted it at the website, and it will be an example if others are willing to share too. Then when people visit our website they can see things in people's own words, about what they like to do and why they set aside time in their busy lives to jam with this group.

<> Made contact today via e-mail with an acquaintance who gave me the contact info for one of the other big churches' folk-instrument worship-music players. She herself plays, and this group is one of the more active groups of players around the area at least as far as their church music goes. And if they each know other people....

<> One of our band members agreed to take over the phoning to remind people when jam week comes around, and he's a new convert to e-mail so I know he will collect addresses as he goes.

<> And I finally figured out who has the legs and the time to get flyers out and around to all the local retail establishments. (I most definitely do not.) It's a good thing I didn't figure it out until there were two sides on that flyer and lots of activities in addition to the jams, or he'd have wondered why I was asking him to do it twice. *G* It's a very big county, with tiny towns spread miles and miles apart!

<> We jam this weekend, and I will get a talk going with everyone about how this promotional stuff is going, and see what they think and what people will be willing to do.

I love it when a plan comes together!

~Susan