Page 13 - index

Facebook
www.facebook.com/groups/224545217648368

Website
www.hotspringsband.org

In the past few years we have made additions to our electronic media
with a Facebook page and website. We also have YouTube videos,
and a listserve with announcements, pictures and comments about
our concerts. We also use our programs to list upcoming concerts
and promote future concerts with our current audience.

- 2. PEOPLE -

Nothing builds an audience like personal contact. Before
each concert, band members and I walk through the
audience talking with the people and getting “up close”
to our audience members. I enjoy meeting the audience
and hearing what they have to say about our concerts.
This has been a wonderful way to make the audience
feel they are a part of the band and have feedback.

The band members and audience members are
encouraged at each concert to invite someone else to
the concerts. Churches and social groups have begun
bringing van and bus loads of people to our concerts,
making it an event to build community among their
groups. We make a conscious effort to talk to civic It is important to make the audience comfortable. For
groups (Rotary, Kiwanas, Optimists, etc) about the band each or our outdoor concerts we provide portable
and our upcoming concerts. toilets (one regular and one handicap accessible), water,
and paper fans (with advertising of course). Summers in
The Hot Springs Concert Band is fortunate to have Arkansas can be brutal at times, heat indexes about 105
wonderful donors at several levels. In each of our degrees, so we always have an indoor alternative when
programmes we list the donors, by level, as a token the weather is too hot or raining.
of our appreciation.

With each concert we try to involve the audience.
Whether it’s clapping to a march, singing along with
tunes they know, or just standing up and letting us play
“Happy Birthday” for them, the audience feels that they
are part of the “show.” Many bands use a narrator or
master of ceremonies for their concerts, but I enjoy
talking and joking with the audience between tunes. It
provides another opportunity to connect with them and
pace the concert to fit the needs of the band.

................................................................................................. ................................................................................................. ................................................................................................. .................................................................................................
13
12
www.basbwe.net