Our November event was in December, to keep from smashing into Thanksgiving plans. An error in scheduling caused a last minute (OK last 72 hour) change in venue, but it worked out well. We had over 100 paid audience members (101), some new bands, artists, new audience volunteer helpers, new bands and some fun as […]
Our December event was in December before we ran out of time. This was a small but respectfully presented Serendipity Cafe. Except for melting the tupperware a little, and a few mental lapses, such as leaving the blackboard behind, (retireived later), it went well.
Serendipity Cafe at First Lutheran Church. This was a small event also. I left the cookies in my garage, was the big mistake. So I ate them. But I put in the money for the whole box. Remind me to compute the prices for cookies using the fibonacci series, so we don't have to guess.
"Rapndipity" at First Lutheran Church. Attendance was up over 100 again, and we collected over $70 for Toni's Kitchen. Thanks to Margot for working the crowd. The Rap Battle which replaced open mic created the most controversy, but the audience seemed to really enjoy it. It prompted a lot of discussion at our Critique meeting […]
Serendipity Cafe at First Lutheran Church. The Dollys had a light-up bass drum with their name, Tula Vera played, and Lucy started things off. It was a very smooth, not too big event, and we had presenters from SOFIA that were invited by the NOW club at MHS. We raised $73 for SOFIA which we […]
The April Serendipity at last. Back at the Lutherans’ we had another light turnout, but fund raising for the Animal Shelter went well, and we presented them with a check for $150. Citrus, a band from South Orange, had a horn section. A couple of Alumni Showed up. The veggie pizza was not well received.
The Gay May Day event raised a record amount of money for the Ali Forney LGBTQ+ Homeless Shelter in NYC, for the second year in a row. We were proud of that. And Tula Vera played extremely well. We had music from noon until after 4 PM and no complaints! Doing this event at Watchung […]
A good sized crowd and some fine music helped us to raise over $100 for Make Music Day, which we will match. Grace’s bake sale was a success, and we had some fun as well. Many thanks to the late shift of the staff, who hung out on my deck watching the city twinkle after […]
Festival Underground 2016 was quite enjoyable. The weather was fine, we had two fine recipients of the Staff Scholarship Award, and we raised $131 for the Pulse victims in Orlando. We'll bring that up to $200 and send it this week.
The Independence day parade, with Elmo, Cat in the Hat, and Elvis was a fine sunny day. Lucas got a bit light headed in that cat costume, but every kid in town wanted a hug and a selfie. We met Sarah Copeland along the route, who pointed out that we should have Terry's name on […]