On 24 Sep 2010, at 18:48, David V wrote:
>
> Ah, but Gordon, you've done this before. :-)
>
> What I would ask of you is to write me up an accounting of how you
> planned the Hands Off festivals. What planning was required? What
> activities did you schedule? What setup was required? How did you get
> the venue? Etc. You can probably help me more than most people.
>
> David V
>
> On 9/21/2010 2:44 PM, Gordon Charlton wrote:
> > Sounds good to me.
> >
> > Not sure what I can offer, being 4000 miles and an ocean away, but
> > you have my support.
> >
> > Gordon
> >
> >
> > On 21 Sep 2010, at 17:10, kkissinger@... wrote:
> >
> >> Hi David,
> >>
> >> Great idea. Will be interested in helping with this.
> >>
> >> Note that I co-sponser the Kansas City Regional Electro-music
> >> festival, which is scheduled for July 22, 23, and 24 2010. As
> long as
> >> a theremin festival does not conflict with those dates, I would be
> >> able to help with this.
> >>
> >> All the best!
> >>
> >> -- Kevin
> >>
> >> Quoting David V<porphyrous@...>:
> >>
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm sending this message to all of my subscribers on
> >> spellboundradio and
> >>> aetherphon (I've you're on one but not the other, e-mail me and
> >> I'll set
> >>> you up), plus Levnet and my Facebook and Twitter resources as
> >> well. The
> >>> idea is that I establish a critical mass of interest and support
> >> so that
> >>> it doesn't just become yet another flight of fancy that I end up
> >>> forgetting about. :-)
> >>>
> >>> For a couple of years now, I've been inspired by the theremin
> >> festivals
> >>> put on by Moog, as well as Gordon's annual event in the UK, and
> even
> >>> Coralie's Swiss event. Last year, Olivia observed that I was
> perhaps
> >>> uniquely positioned to pursue a theremin festival, and I've been
> >>> pondering the idea for awhile now. Late last year, I arranged
> lunch
> >>> with Dr. Fred Willman, coordinator of Music Education at the
> >> University
> >>> of Missouri at St. Louis, who turns out to be the only member of
> >> UMSL's
> >>> music faculty who owns and plays a theremin! Total stupid luck, I
> >> only
> >>> picked him to contact because of his position at the school. So
> >> he had
> >>> some interest, but without more momentum, things didn't go
> >> anywhere last
> >>> year. I'm hoping that we can get something rolling so that in two
> >>> years, Labor Day weekend of 2012 (assuming the world hasn't
> ended by
> >>> then ;-) maybe we can get something rolling.
> >>>
> >>> I struck upon the idea of UMSL as a host organization because
> >> they would
> >>> have the facilities to host such an event, would be positioned to
> >>> scrounge for money to fund it, has a world class performing venue
> >> (the
> >>> Touhill Arts Center, home of the Arianna String Quartet), has a
> >> radio
> >>> station for the inevitable simulcasting, has a movie theatre for
> >> showing
> >>> theremin movies, plus it's on the light rail line from the
> airport.
> >>>
> >>> If you have experience organizing festivals, I would like to hear
> >> from
> >>> you. I would like to write up an organizational plan by the end
> >> of the
> >>> year and at least sketch an outline of the event. If you think you
> >>> might be interested in attending a festival in St. Louis, please
> >> drop me
> >>> a quick note about that too. If you have ideas about what you
> think
> >>> you'd like to see and hear at such a festival, I'm open to your
> >> ideas.
> >>> Thanks for your time, and I hope to get feedback from you!
> >>>
> >>> David V
> >>> Spellbound, a brief program of music for theremin
> >>>
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