Community Arts

Overview: Rosemount Community Band hosted 6 music groups that performed a wide variety of music, ranging from Dixieland to modern, familiar standards to new improvised compositions, small group to big band. To this end, we absolutely met our goal of providing the community with great music and supporting local musicians. Pros: Rosemount Central Park was a beautiful venue for hosting an all-day music festival. Holding the music in conjunction with the art fair doubled the visitors. Lots of volunteers showed up to help out. Cons: Starting at 11:30 was a mistake; it was a hot day and there was insufficient shade in the main amphitheater. Attendance wasn't what we hoped for; post event analysis indicates that this was a factor of heat and time of day. Do Different: Start the event late afternoon/early evening. It would be cooler, the sun angle would result in more shade, and daytime kid’s activities would be over. Look at having fewer bands, but bigger names. Consider splitting event over two nights While we hope to attract larger crowds, we are satisfied that we reached our target audiences; 1) the citizens of Rosemount and surrounding communities, and 2) local musicians. Our outreach for diversity produced satisfactory results. We published stories in the local and metro paper, we printed and distributed posters, and we had radio advertising. We estimate that we had over 200 people attend over the course of the day to listen to 6 bands.