ConcertIntro20060304

• Welcome to the Fifth concert of the 59th season of the GCCA.

• Tonite, I am starting my remarks early, since this is our Membership Campaign Kickoff.
  • The 2006/7 season will be our 60th season, and it promises to be one of our best.
  • This year, we are handling our Membership Campaign a bit differently, so please bear with us.
  • We were unable to have our full-color brochures available at this concert. We'll describe it in more detail shortly.
  • At the door, each party should have received this card and envelope.
  • If you are a couple and you only need one, if someone near you needs one, please share your extra with them. Otherwise, pick one up at the intermission.
  • As you can see, our tickets are still only $60 per season, and half that for students.
  • We can offer our concerts at a super-discount rate because we don't have to spend money on promotion.
    • For example, the Cristiana Pegararo concert we saw last time is $60 at Lincoln Center. That covers our entire season.
  • Please fill out this card and return it in the envelope with your payment for next season.
    • Describe how to fill it out.
    • Include your check and card in the envelope.
    • Return it:
      • Drop off At the tables during the intermission or at the end of the concert.
      • Drop off At the next concert.
      • Or mail it in (as soon as you can).
  • Signing up is urgent, as we will sell out. But we do have about 100 to 200 people who fail to renew each year.
    • The price increases to $65 per seat after June 30th, if we have any seats left.
  • If you know a friend who may be interested, this is their opportunity to join.

• I'd like to introduce Pat Parlin, our Season Planning Committee Chair. She will quickly describe our offering for next year.
  • Ask for a round of applause for the concert line up.
  • If there is any doubt, we have some sample fliers at the tables for you to look at. However we only have a few, so you can't take them.
  • As you fill out your card, I encourage you to add a little extra for the Patron Plan. * Maybe add $5 or $10 per ticket for the Patron Plan. * For couples, you may want to round it from $120 to $150, for example.
  • One other idea is to purchase an extra pair of tickets so you can invite your friends.
  • if you know someone we should send a brochure to, fill in a card for them and check the Add to Mailing List box.
  • At the next concert, we distribute the brochures. This year, we will also be mailing the brochure as well.
  • If you have any questions, we will have staff at three tables during the intermission.

• Quote:
  • So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
  • Christopher Reeve, From speech at Democratic National Convention, August 1996

• Cell Phones on Vibrate or Off.

• Tonite, we have a wonderful concert.
  • Please welcome Hector Olivera

-- RaymondLutz - 04 Mar 2006