[ivfdf-news] Sheffied's Local Scene

[john]

There is some concern of Sheffield's reliance on our local scene as part of ticket sales for IVFDF. In this e-mail I am hoping to calm any fears.  Our budget does assume a certain number local sales, but they are not there just to help our figures add up, it includes them because it's the most accurate conservative prediction we can make.

To somebody out side of Sheffield it's hard to get a grasp on how large the local scene is, last time I looked Shefifeld CeilidhSoc had over 500 members, and then there is the non-student or nolonger student folk scene.  We know our local ticket sales will be strong because of the line-up we have, we run a ceilidh every other week in term time with very strong attendance.

If your not a Sheffield person (and I know most you are not) it's difficult to believe how large that scene is, particularly for the smaller societies, but we know our audience, and our ticket sales figures will no doubt be larger than the budgeted ones.

John