Community Arts
Community Arts
VetsFest.
Lynne Bertalmio: Retired Director Stillwater Public Library; Cristeta Boarini: Mid-Continent Oceanographic Institute Program Director; Tricia Heuring: Public Functionary Executive Director; Alejandra Iannone: Sparkle Theatricals Creative Co-Director; Wu Chen Khoo: Technical Tools of the Trade Stage Technical Designer and Director; Wendy Lane: Retired Human Resources Consultant; Dayna Martinez: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts; Donna Saul Millen: TPT-Twin Cities PBS Events Director; Christal Moose: Native Pride Productions Inc Manager; Adaobi Okolue: Twin Cities Media Alliance Executive Director; Andrea Sjogren: Hopkins Community Education Adult and Youth Programs Coordinator; Deanna StandingCloud: New Native Theatre; Sara Wilson: Gislason and Hunter LLP Attorney.
Brett Day: Education, General Administration, Organizational Development; Brittenany Gillespie: Organizational Development, Fundraising, Artistic; Cam Yang: Artistic, Community Service / Development, Education; Ini Augustine: Volunteerism, Community Service / Development, Audience Development / Marketing; Mary Jo Lewis: General Administration, Organizational Development, Artistic; Mike Brown: Audience Development / Marketing, Organizational Development, General Administration; Momoko Tanno: Artistic, Education, Equity (DEI); Tree Croyle Johnson: Artistic, Education, Organizational Development.
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Measurable outcomes we want to achieve are: an increasing crowd size each year, how many veterans and their families are attending, what part of the state they are from, and if the type of music we are playing is engaging veterans from all age groups. Our event planner has 35+ years’ experience in hosting festivals, and his methods for estimating crowd size are: visual, along with beer and food sales, and communication with our Huey helicopter pilots. We encourage all of our 60+ volunteers to interact with the crowd, and inquire if they are veterans or veterans' families, where they are from, and if they are satisfied with the genre of music being performed. Volunteers also encourage attendees to leave feedback of our event on our website.
Attendance was lower than anticipated. More Vets from outside the metro area attended this year's event, due to increased radio interviews. The audience indicated they were satisfied with the genre of music offered. We will evaluate why attendance was lower than last year's crowd. (About 1200 this year, as compared to 1600 last year).
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