Welcome to the APA Newsletter!
June 18, 2010 | We are excited to share with you our first APA Newsletter, a monthly email reporting news from our organization, our members, and information about activities taking place in performing arts communities across Canada.
There are 65 APA members ranging from community festivals to 1,000-seat theatres, and it is our passion for the performing arts unites us. We want to provide this monthly forum for you to share the news with all of us about your upcoming events, showcasing deadlines for your festivals, volunteer and job opportunities, your success stories and more.
In addition to Member News, we will include updates about Contact East 2010, and look for highlights from the exciting activities the APA staff and members are involved in, featured under APA News. And, after hearing from our membership about the importance of keeping in touch, I am looking forward to writing a note each month to the members about what I am hearing from the performing arts communities across Canada.
The APA plays an important role in putting bums in seats and touring artists on the road in our region. Thank you for being a member of the APA, thank you for your support and we look forward to sharing the news!
Sue Urquhart
Executive Director, Atlantic Presenters Association
A special welcome to our new members: The Classic Theater and Entertainment Center (Grand Falls-Windsor, NL), Eastern Labrador Arts Alliance (Happy Valley-Goose Bay), Stephenville Theatre Festival (Stephenville, NL), Resource Centre for the Arts (St. John's, NL), Little River Folk Society (Petite Riviere, NS)
CONTACT EAST 2010
Contact East 2010 Showcasing Artists, Conference Schedule and Delegate Registration
Contact East 2010 announced the exciting lineup of showcasing artists, the conference schedule, and registration information for the event this year in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from September 23-26. The artists selected for Contact East 2010 represent a wide range of performing arts disciplines from across Canada and feature a collection of folk, roots, rock, blues, jazz, world and classical music, dance, theatre, spoken word, and youth orientated programming; representing some of the highest-quality touring performers in the country! For the complete list of showcasing artists, visit www.contacteast.ca/showcase
In addition to the more than 40 showcases happening over the four days, Contact East 2010 will host an industry-oriented conference programmed to the hilt with provocative speakers, educational seminars, engaging roundtable discussions, and informal meetings. The conference and showcasing schedule is now available! Please visit www.contacteast.ca/schedule
And, delegate registration is now open! We encourage you to visit www.contacteast.ca/delegates to purchase your delegate pass today. To qualify for early-bird pricing for delegate passes, your registration including payment must be received by Sunday, August 15th, 2010 at 12:00am.
APA NEWS
National Rural Touring Schemes of England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland
This initiative developed out of Contact East, and our relationship with the National Rural Touring Schemes of England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland (NRTF). We have had several presenters/buyers from the NRTF in attendance at Contact East since 2003, and because of this relationship we have made a commitment to move forward and develop a more solid partnership. Three APA members are going to the NRTF conference taking place at Colchester University in Essex, UK from July 7 - July 9 where they will sit on a panel and discuss cultural exchanges and best practices for touring performing artists. The APA wants to thank the NRTF Board for their invitation to the conference, their generous hospitality, and making our members attending feel welcome. For more information about the NRTF conference and the organization visit www.nrtf.org.uk.
Atlantic Presenters Cross-Border Exchange and August Block Booking Meeting
Each year in August we have travelled to a city or town in one the four Atlantic provinces to share information, pitch artists, and block book tours to bring great, Canadian talent to our region. This year, we will take the August block booking meeting across the border to the Collins Center in Orono, Maine for the first Atlantic Presenters Cross-Border Exchange, a conference hosted by the APA and New England presenters networks, programmed for performing arts organizations from Atlantic Canada and New England to exchange ideas and expand our networks.
The purpose of this conference will be to improve cross border exchanges for the cultural and economic benefit of participating artists and arts organizations. During the conference, presenters will attend pitch sessions to promote block booking of Canadian performers, showcases to promote Atlantic Canadian and New England exchanges, and to promote cross-border bookings. We will have representatives and members from the Atlantic Presenters Association, Arts Presenters of Northern New England, New England Presenters, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Maine Arts Commission attending, and many more.
Please join us for our first Atlantic Presenters Cross-Border Exchange. Email Sue Urquhart at sue@atlanticpresenters.ca and let us know if you would like to attend.
Time Flies When You're Having Fun! May Retreat and APA Performing Arts Creative Summit a Success
It's hard to believe just a month ago today we were in St. John's Newfoundland Labrador for our first APA Performing Arts Creative Summit - and it was snowing! We were pleased to have had 17 enthusiastic presenters participating in our workshop at the Arts and Culture Centre, and the ideas that were generated among the group were outstanding. Cheryl Ewing and Richard Poore were our workshop leaders and introduced the Ticket Buyers Segmentation model, an very good resource for presenters interested in learning more about their audience and how to program their seasons.
And only a week before the summit in St. John's we were at the beautiful Fairmont Algonquin resort with another group of enthusiastic members for our Open Space Technology workshop with Judy Harquail. We heard lots of great ideas for ways to coordinate block booking, ideas for professional development, new marketing initiatives taking place in your communities, and areas for improvement in the industry on a regional and national level. Please let us know about how the May Retreat may have influence your programming, events and initiatives for the upcoming season. Share your success stories with us for the Member News!
MEMBER NEWS
We are asking our members to submit items to include in our "Member News" section. Please limit each note to 75 words maximum, you can include a link or contact for more information, and email to krista@atlanticpresenters.ca with the subject headline "Member News" by the 15th of the month.
Post Your Events to Our APA Facebook Page
Have you joined the APA Facebook Page? If not visit http://tiny.cc/h3j3d and post news about upcoming events you're excited about, new initiatives you've tried that are working, and fun ideas for ways to promote your seasons.
OTHER NEWS and EVENTS
Each month we will reach outside of the region to bring you topical news and stories about national and international events.
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival This Weekend Reaches Out Online
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is taking place in Manchester, Tennessee this weekend with more than 70,000 fans attending and 100 acts, including Conan O'Brien's traveling comedy show and headliners Jay-Z, the Dave Matthews Band and Kings of Leon. Watch the 7 minute video "Live Music - Monetising the Concert Experience in its Whole" www.midem.com/en/knowledge - a clip from the 2010 Midem conference keynote panel as they discuss the live festival experience at Bonnaroo and others, and the value of capturing and sharing these experiences online. Then, jump to see a press release from last week announcing "Bonnaroo spreads the festival experience online", which outlines the many ways in which the festival is working toward engaging fans on the Internet with live recorded and live to online video broadcast this weekend http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=e3601276
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| 07.26.10 | The Town of Antigonish, Nova Scotia has provided a contribution of $10,000 in support of Contact East 2010, which takes place from September 23-26 in Antigonish and includes a performing arts conference plus 50 live performances of many of the very best Canadian artists in theatre, music and dance. (more) |
| 07.21.10 |
Contact East 2010 Is Only Two Months Away! You read it right! Contact East 2010 is taking place from September 23-26 in Antigonish, NS and that means we're only two months away from the big event. If you are attending and have not yet registered, please take a few minutes to visit our website at www.contacteast.ca/delegates and register today. (more) |
| 07.16.10 |
July APA Newsletter - Hot Fun In The Summer! The summer is in full swing, and instead of lazy, hazy days, the APA and our members are busier than ever. (more) |
| 07.13.10 |
Welcome to our first Contact East 2010 E-News! As the summer sets in, things are heating up for Contact East 2010. The Atlantic Presenters Association (APA) board and staff, community volunteers and committee members are busy organizing showcases, the conference, and fun social activities for the event. The purpose of the Contact East 2010 E-News is to share with you what we have planned, and each week we will highlight an international delegate, a sponsor, a showcasing artist, and a new initiative. (more) |
| 06.18.10 |
Welcome to the APA Newsletter! We are excited to share with you our first APA Newsletter, a monthly email reporting news from our organization, our members, and information about activities taking place in performing arts communities across Canada. (more) |
| 06.07.10 |
Contact East 2010 Announces Showcasing Artists and Conference Schedule Register today - Contact East 2010 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia from September 23-26 - you'll want to be there! (more) |
| 06.04.10 |
Atlantic Presenters Cross-Border Exchange We have exciting news to share with you about our August block booking meeting, and a new initiative we have planned to expand our reach to presenting networks internationally - the Atlantic Presenters Cross-Border Exchange. Read on... (more) |
| 05.28.10 |
Contact East 2010 Awards CALL FOR NOMINATIONS We are seeking nominations for the Contact East Awards, which takes place on September 26th. The Contact East Awards was initiated in 1998, to recognize excellence and achievement in the field of live performance touring and presentation. Nominations must be submitted on the form below, no later than June 30, 2010. (more) |
| 04.14.10 | Presented in partnership with the Atlantic Presenters Association (APA), the Arts and Culture Centre is pleased to host Cheryl Ewing and Richard Poore for a two-day performing arts creative summit in St. John's, Newfoundland Labrador on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 at the St. John's Arts and Culture Centre. (more) |
| 04.02.10 |
APA May Retreat in St. Andrews by the Sea, NB May 10 and 11 The Atlantic Presenters Association (APA) is pleased to announce the May Retreat will take place at The Fairmont Algonquin in St. Andrews by the Sea, New Brunswick on May 10 and 11. (more) |
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