May 5, 2004

The Schedule

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Bring in a Crowd

-- Peter Stahl, member of the board

Hey orchestra! Who’s going to put people in the theatre on June 13? Not the Audience Fairy. Not Governor Schwarzenegger. Not a two-inch ad in the Pink Section. You are! Yes, you, the hard-working musicians, are also on the hook for getting us our biggest crowd of the year.

How are you going to do it? Here’s how:

Tell all of your friends, neighbors, family, PTA, health club, house of worship, and so on.
Give concert postcards to everyone. Everyone!
Do it now -- people are already making their plans for that weekend.
Check out tickets on consignment from Diane Honda (violin). Get a lot. Sell them all.
If you know of a group that would be motivated to come with a group discount, see Patti Harrell (flute).
Print out the flyer at www.redwoodsymphony.org and post it anywhere it will be seen.
Submit friends and neighbors' addresses to our growing mailing list (e-mail or U. S. Mail). Send the info to mailing list manager Valerie Sarfaty at vsarfaty@aol.com.

NOW is the time to tell everyone you know how proud you are to be in our orchestra. If people see your enthusiasm, they'll naturally be attracted to this concert. We are guaranteed to knock their socks off with the program, be they classical music fans or uninitiated. Karen Bentley is an electrifying performer, and our Beethoven Ninth will connect with people in a way few orchestras can.

So here’s your message: SMPAC, Sunday afternoon, June 13th (one week before Father's Day). Great orchestra, fabulous soloists, marvelous chorus, unforgettable concert. RESERVE THE DATE!

Think YOU Had a Bad Day?

Redwood Symphony's fabulous pianist, Julia Greer, was scheduled to perform the Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 1 with Saratoga Symphony this past Sunday, under the direction of Maestro Jason Klein. Julia failed to show up at the dress rehearsal, since she was having an emergency appendectomy! Later Jason called several dozen pianists in the area, trying to find a last-minute sub. ("Hey, can you play the Rach 1 tomorrow?") This was not successful. But to everyone’s amazement, Julia arrived, just hours after surgery, and played the gig!

This is a Web version of text from the newsletter "Redwood Symphony Notepad" which is distributed to members of the Redwood Symphony at rehearsals. The newsletter and this online version are edited by George Yefchak.

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