Jun 01 2008
Strand Weekly Email: June 1, 2008
Hello All,
This week Exit 113 played the Strand on Saturday night. It was enjoyable to get to hear the music. This coming week the Library is celebrating its 105th Birthday with a Piano Jazz concert by Dave Hepler at the Strand. This free event will start at 7:00pm. There will be birthday cake for all who attend! Please so your support for the Library and the Strand by attending this concert.
When you are in the lobby on Friday night, look at the nice cabinets in the concessions area. Steve F. finished hanging the upper units this week. Thank you to Indiana Downs for donating these cabinets to our project. We still have a little work left to do, but so far we have made great strides in improving our concessions area. We have done all this without spending hardly a nickel. The plumber will change that, but we’re pleased with the progress so far.
Did anyone notice it was in the upper 80’s on Saturday? We didn’t. The Strand was nice and cooool. Thank you Bob S. for having our A/C ready to go. As the heat loads go up, it is nice to know we have a reliable system (actually 2 systems). We just spec’d out our stage lighting equipment. We purposely chose stage lights that run cooler than most fixtures. This will help on those really hot days when we have a full house and the humidity is sky high! Hey, how about giving Bob a little to worry about. 400 at the Piano Jazz concert on Friday will keep him hopping with the A/C.
We have several events on the horizon. Nick Ciarletta is doing a Hair Show to benefit the Strand. It is billed as "Lady’s Night Out". I guess I won’t find out what it is all about since I don’t qualify as an audience member, but you out there who can, please go an let me know how it turns out! I can guaranty Nick will be entertaining and informative. Thank Nick the next time you see him for stepping up to the plate and helping the Strand. He is doing this in conjunction with the Shelby Arts Council.
Speaking of people helping, the rock bands that have played our theatre have really kept us afloat. Every cent of revenue comes to the Strand. We have 2 more concerts planned for June. Attendance at these really helps our bottom line, as well as gives you a great evening for affordable entertainment. If you see any of the billed band members, give them a Strand thanks!
We are preparing the necessary items to start the marquee. We’ll let everyone know when we start. It will be fun to see it lit up when finished! The windows are progressing well. Steve F. is leading the charge from the inside. If you are available during the week, give Steve a shout, he would enjoy the help.
Thanks for all the support. Please forward this message to people who would be interested. We would love to add them to our list. Have a great first week of June.
David
