[ivfdf-news] Sheffied's Local Scene

[Cait Leach]

Indeed; the Ceilidhsoc email list alone goes out to over 1500 people.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john" <john at ceilidhcalling.co.uk>
To: <ivfdf-news at ivfdf.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:01 PM
Subject: [ivfdf-news] Sheffied's Local Scene


> 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
>
>
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