I thought you might like to know my meetings in London went really well and I’m very excited about this event for next year, although there is still lots of planning work to do before I announce it.
Gareth, Andy Thomson, Mark, Andy and I went first to the Barbican Centre where we met up with Frances Bryant. The Barbican is a great arts centre with a fabulous concert hall. As I’ve proven in the past, it is an excellent venue for a huge Flutewise event. During the 90s there was more funding around. Things have changed drastically, prices have risen almost beyond belief and with more and more health and safety issues being implemented, there are added costs. My biggest problem with this event is not the artistic side (who is playing and what workshops will go on), but how on earth do I cover the costs. I’m not daunted!
We then had a quick tour of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama which is literally next door to the Barbican and I’ll be returning there for another meeting in a couple of weeks.
Then we found a Costa Coffee and James Anderson joined us. James is Ian Anderson’s son and he arranges all of his shows. Maybe you can guess why we were meeting up with him. We were all well impressed with him, what a great bloke.
I was also impressed with my people. They all made an incredible contribution to the day and although we started the day feeling quite pessimistic about the challenge of putting on this event due to cost, we ended it feeling completely optimistic.
If you want to help make this event happen next May there are a few things you can do:
1. Let me know if you know of any individual or company Flutewise might approach for sponsorship.
2. Let me know which professional flute players you might like to be invited to take part or what type of workshops/performances you think would be good.
3. Get as many people as possible to join Flutewise!
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Have you dates yet? Can you avoid Sunday please?
Hi. Have you chosen dates for london yet? Can you avoid Sundays please? Thanks Zack
Why would we want to avoid a Sunday? It is the only day of the week that most people are available.
This event would be so great! I’d love to do it, i’ve got one issue though, i’m going to be stuck at Guildhall on Saturdays next year! Still i think it’s a great idea and i think we should get Ian Clarke involved as he seems to be doing a lot for Flutewise at the moment
You might avoid Sunday because it is a day for rest and worship for Christians.