Happy Tuesday and last day of July! The PR & Marketing Department has been cranking out the work this month. News Editor RF's August online news is live; September print news is about finished; Marketing Manager BS has all the MENC ads for September Music Educators Journal completed (or as we sometimes say, they are in the "current final version"); she and Web Specialist PF have updated the online MENC Member "Tour" with all the new information and benefits; she and Web Assistant DP have posted the Centennial Photo Gallery on the Centennial Web site; PF has worked with the editorial department to post Spring 2007 General Music Today ; DP has produced his first MENC Podcast featuring an interview with NAMM's Joe Lamond; a couple of new press releases have gone out; an RFP for major Web development has been distributed; PSAs are being prepared for "back to school" release; and on and on and on. There is also a big meeting tomorrow about an exciting development for Music In Our Schools Month 2008 -- more info to come!
We finally got some much-needed rain in Northern Virginia over the weekend. Luckily it ended Monday morning so last night's "HippieFest" at Wolf Trap wasn't washed out. I can add the Turtles to my concert list. They ("Flo and Eddie") were hilarious, and their songs still sounded great. The Rascals played a great set, and the Zombies were good, too. It was kind of a weird experience though. Each group played for about twenty minutes, and the set changes took about ten. Somehow seven acts got on and off in three hours. But there was a lot of down time for the amount of music. Still lots of fun. The audience rose to the occasion - lots of flowers, tie-dye, tattoos, long hair, etc.
Off now to a membership marketing meeting, followed by a photo storage strategy session (we have so many digital photos we're starting to overwhelm our computer server), quick lunch with MENC colleagues who kindly supported me and a sister of mine in the "Race for Hope" this spring -- then the afternoon will likely be spent organizing fall Tri-M and Collegiate promotions. Onward!
--EWL
