To all of our friends and fans,

We promised to keep you up to date on what results we achieved with our recent
attempt to raise enough money to take our Harmony Network to the next level of
broadcasting 24/7 365 days a year. 
A successful funding drive would have accomplished the 24/7 goal, paid all of
our current and past due bills, and we would have been able to purchase some
needed equipment. In addition, we would pay a fee to our landlord, Regional
Broadcasting Services for them to turn over the entire weekly programming
schedule for a cappella music.

The Network is 3 1/2 years old and The "APPLAUSE" Show is in it's 11th year of
continuous broadcasting.  We all believed that the potential audience of
barbershop Harmony Singers and Contemporary Acappella Singers and the groups
whose music we featured on THN...The Harmony Network, would respond and we woud
move forward.  The Plan was sound.  We wrote individual letters to ALL of the
leaders of the Barbershop Harmony Society, Sweet Adelines International and
Harmony Incorporated.  We sent letters to the leadership of CASA.  We sent
more than 450 individual letters to groups whose music was featured on the
Network. And, finally we wrote to you on whatever of the above groups you belong
to to appeal to your interest in hearing the music we all love broadcast on live
interractive radio shows. Those letters and postings reached more than 7500
individuals, groups, chapters, regions/districts, officers and leaders.  We
thought finding 170 people or groups to support us with $50.00 or more would be
the easiest part of the project.  Developing new shows, rebroadcasting the
existing shows, finding corporate advertisers and preparing the 24/7 playlists
seemed to be a much bigger problem.

We made a decision early in this process that, fundamentally, none of us like
"begging" for money.  Those of you who have responded since 2004 have allowed
us to continue foir at least the three years we have been on the air.  But if
the community whose music we feature can not or will not fund the Network, we
decided that we could not continue trying to go week-to-week not knowing whether
the broadcast would be On or Not on.  If we did not reach our goal, we decided
to use whatever money we raised to broadcast the shows for as long as the money
lasted and then gracefully close down.

At this time, we project that we will be able to be on the air through the month
of October.  We want to thank the many folks who have through the years
supported our project.  At another time, we will be presenting the "THN...The
Harmony Network's " "Gold MicrophoneAwards" to individuals and groups that have
gone beyond the call of duty to help us out.  Look for those in a future post.


Finally, we thank the following people for their support of our current goal. 
We did not meet our goal but these kind people have made it possible to
continue for a few more weeks.  Their gifts are all gratefully acknowledged by
an appreciative THN Staff.

 

The Abraham Fuchsburg Family Foundation  ($3000.00 grant courtesy of the hard
work of Jonathan Minckoff, President of CASA)

P.R.O.B.E. of BHS ($500.00 grant)

 

The following 31 people sent donations of $50.00 or more and became a

THN Building Block

 

Ari Brafman, Host of Best of Both Worlds

Vinnie Haynes, Host of Sunday Night Showcase

Rich Taylor, Host of The “APPLAUSE” Show

Christine White, SAI, Albuquerque, N.M. (THN’s most faithful donor

The Chord Lords, YMIH Quartet from Rahway Valley NJ Chapter

The Greater Nassau SAI Chorus

High Society Quartet

Robert & Janice Morrissey

Robert Rhome, Alexandria, Va.

Alan Wile, Alexandria Harmonizers & Past MAD President

June Noble, SAI and BHS Musical Director

 Ron Weaver, BHS

Bob Demmler, MAD Official Photographer, Maryland

David Balentine, Dixie District of BHS

Lloyd Ellen Thomas, SAI

The Fraser Family, (Son belongs to Rahway Valley NJ Chapter)

Clint Crane, Rahway Valley NJ Chapter

Doug Brown, Rahway Valley Chapter, President of Paradigm Assoc. of NJ

Tom Meier, BHS

The McAlexander Family, BHS and SAI members


John & Joan Pence, Alexandria Harmonizers (John issued a challenge
  to other Harmonizers and matched $350.00 worth of Harmonizer gifts)
Tom Weiner, Arlington, Virginia BHS

Mark Fortino, BHS

Tom Carroll, BHS

Lawrence Clapp, Tampa Florida, BHS

Sharon Metzger, “Faith In Action”, Boston Ma.

Bob Caldwell, Alexandria Hasrmonizers, BHS

Adopt an Orchid Foundation

Cindy Schlicht, SAI Minnesota Twin Cities Show Chorus)

Linda & Rusty Williams, Hunterdon County NJ Chapter

Shannon Elswick, BHS and Past President Sunshine District



We will keep you advised on the dates when the Network will be winding down. 
If you have any input on how the Network could find a major supporter
($15-20,000 per year) please let us know.  We are still amazed that we an can
produce a 24/7 radio network with live shows from all over the world for just
under $20,000 a year.  Your very grateful THN Staff has believed from the
beginning that the "people' of our music genre would be the source of that
funding.

Thank you all for the many kind comments you have had during the 11 years that
The "APPLAUSE" Show has been on the air.  I have often said that in 1997, when
we started, if someone had told me that my weekly "affair" with my radio
audience would have lasted into my 11th year, I would have bet a year's salary
against it. But go figure, many of you out there made those 10 1/2 years
possible and for that I thank you.

This week's shows feature Monday Night with Joaner, The Best of Both Worlds, The
APPLAUSE Show and the Sunday Night Showcase.  Tune in at www.villageradio.com 
...we are sure you will enjoy the shows.

In Harmony,

Rich Taylor, President of THN...The Harmony Network
www.harmonize.com/thn
www.harmonize.com/applauseshow  

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