Hey there,

We're doing a self-promoted show in Minneapolis on Friday, Sept
10th. As you may know, most of our shows are "contracted", meaning
that some "preseter" brings us in to play at their event, whether
public or private. Those presenters handle promotion and
advertising, etc. The difference on 9/10 is that we're booking the
hall ourselves for a public show and managing the whole process
ourselves. So, like when you go see Dave Matthews, there are tickets
and all that.

Over the years, we've had a lot of fans ask us, "when are you playing
a public show in the Cities", and we usually have to say, "um, not
anytime soon, sorry." We'll we've decided to fix that by putting on
our own show! If this proves successful, we'd like to do it again
several times a year.

I'm writing here to ask for help. The theater (Hennepin Stages) has
over 250 seats, and we'd sure love to sell out the show. And we'd be
overjoyed if you could offer us any help doing that. Here are some
ideas for things to do if you're interested and available:

1. Come to the show! Bring your family and your 30 best friends.
Seriously, that Friday night would be a great night for a get-
together...have a little food, see the Four Shadow show, party on
Garth, etc.

2. Put up posters, hand out flyers to business contacts, your
coworkers, your hairdresser, your landlord - basically anyone you
know and who might like to see us. If you'd like to do this, email
David at david@... and we'll make sure you get materials.

3. Do you know anyone in the press or radio or tv? We'd sure love
to be featured in an article, interview, etc if you've got
connections.

4. Are you part of a club (running, reading, singing, alumni, etc)
or another organization that you could invite to the show? Maybe
your group has regular social outings, and this show could be one of
them?

5. Any other creative ideas you have. :)

I realize that not everyone on this list lives near the Twin Cities,
but for those who do, we'd love to see you at the show, and we'd
appreciate anything you can do to help make it a smashing sell-out
success!

Thanks!
David