Dear Friends:

This is a simple grassroots priced effort to help raise the funds
that we desperately need for the Banjo Gathering April 7-10 at

Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. All the information a
person would need about the Gathering is on our Gathering

Web Site at Blackbanjo.com.

The Black Banjo Then and Now Gathering, April 7-10 at Appalachian
State University in Boone North Carolina will be an

important moment in the history of the banjo, a major moment in
African American culture, and a moment of celebration of

American traditional music.

Taking an advertisement in the collectable and commemorative program
for the Gathering will be an important way for your

business, your organization, or you and your friends to become part
of this history as a supporter of the Black Banjo Gathering

and all it represents.

The university printers will be printing 500 programs. The format
will be stationary paper folded into four-page signatures. We

will be selling advertisements in full page, half page, and quarter
page sizes only. After the Gathering, any remaining programs

will be available as collectibles.

We are already reserving space for generous supporters of the
Gathering like the Gibson, Deering, and Gold Tone musical

instrument companies, Elderly Instruments, Riverlark Music, the
Charlotte Folk Society, the Appalachian Heritage Council, and

the Old Time Herald for their generous support to the Black Banjo
Gathering. We hope you will want to join them by

advertising in this program.

We are asking for $40 for a quarter-page advertisement, $75 for a
half page and $150 for a full-page advertisement. Write

checks to the Appalachian State University Foundation. Send them
with a cover letter to Black Banjo Gathering, Center for

Appalachian Studies, LLA, Appalachian State University, and Boone,
NC 28608. The university printers request that graphic

content be sent in jpg/jpeg files.

Send ad Copy to fairchildjr@... with a cover letter and a
copy to Dr. Cece Conway at conwayec@....

All advertisements must be received in email by March 23.

Refer any questions to Tony Thomas at Blackbanjotony@....

Tony Thomas
blackbanjo.com