Community Arts
ACHF Arts Access
Anticipated attendance of 1500-2000 people to experience three bands and view 20+ veteran organization booths. We will base the success of the event/evaluate anticipated outcomes on the following: attendance, audience survey, artist survey, post-performance feedback. We will have volunteers walking around at the event asking audience members their opinion of the event and will also have an online survey for people to complete.
ACHIEVE GOALS: We achieved our artistic goals of bringing live music to veterans, their families and friends and all those who support veterans. WHAT WORKED: The music was great. People were engaged in the music. The dance area was consistently full. The Huey helicopter landing was a great success. After landing and shutting down, people were allowed to climb into the choppers. Kids and adults were thrilled to sit in a chopper which flew in Vietnam. DIDN'T WORK: It was a very bright sunny day. The crowd stayed under the shelters in the shade which were to the left of the stage and back a bit. Bands would been able to engage more with the audience if they had been in front of them. Next year we will put up a large tent in the center of the park to provide shade. STRENGTHS/CHALLENGES: The strengths were the variety of bands/music. The challenge was the time between some of the bands. DO DIFFERENT: The emcee would be more engaged with the audience. There would be activities for the audience between sets. INTENDED COMMUNITY: We did successfully reach our intended community. We were very pleased at the number of veterans, their families and friends who attended. ESTIMATED POPULATION: The estimated population benefiting was what we had anticipated. OUTREACH/DO DIFFERENT: For our first event we met the community diversity we had in mind as our goal. In the future, there will be a wider variety of music to appeal to a broader range of veterans, their family and friends. We hope to attract more of the younger veterans. There would be activities for the audience between sets. Food vendors would not be located so far back from the area where people sit. We would like to have more veteran services groups represented. We would add more interactive activates for people to view/participate in between bands. We would also have activities that would draw more families with children and young adults. MEET GOALS: Our goals were met based on the number of attendees representing all wars and conflicts since, and including, WWII. We were able to have the event free to the public, which was a major goal. There was a variety of vendors participating. The program was physically accessible to all who attended. Attendance was estimated at over 1000 people with an on-site random survey resulting with 100% attending indicating they would attend next year.
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