Among my favorite jobs, is answering the phone when people call in for reservations. Anyone else on the team could do it, but I’m just not willing to give it up. If I’m not in the office, I have the phone call-forwarded to my cell, so more often than not, I am driving when I am talking to those of you who are making plans to come to RAGTOWN GOSPEL THEATER.
I can’t begin to explain the feeling, but it seems that there is this wonderful, growing family of people who love and appreciate what we are attempting to do down here in the shadow of the Caprock. I get to visit with these newfound brothers and sisters, and it has become a joy for me. Then when they arrive at the ranch, and I get to put faces with those voices, it makes the whole thing complete.
Some of my earliest memories are of standing on a picnic table singing “Sixteen Tons” at the big family reunions we would have every year at Buffalo Gap. On the stage at RAGTOWN GOSPEL THEATER, there is that same feeling of being surrounded by family, singing for them, and loving every minute of it. I hope the audience feels that. The things people say to me every night tells me that many do. I am thankful for that.
One of the comforting things about having family, is that you know when you need something, they will be there with advice and support. We are about to embark upon an important new step for RAGTOWN GOSPEL THEATER. We need to be shored up financially, so we can advertise more, and do some other things that will build our audiences. Our “word of mouth” advertising has been WONDERFUL! Those of you who have attended have amazed us with your enthusiastic promotion of PETER THE ROCK and our RAGTOWN GOSPEL SINGERS performances.
However, we simply must build our audiences to the breakeven number. Media advertising, coupled with all those generous, heartfelt testimonials, will be extremely effective. But the media advertising costs a lot of money.
We believe we can find support among the business community, offering corporate sponsorships that will include advertising and acknowledgement in our program, and here on the website. We also plan to include opportunities to offer employees of our sponsors the chance to attend the productions at RAGTOWN GOSPEL THEATER as a group. I believe there will be great benefits associated with becoming one of our supporting sponsors.
We would appreciate any assistance in locating businesses that might be willing to partner with us. Email me at CHIP@RAGTOWN.COM , or call 1-877-RAGTOWN if you have any suggestions, or would be interested in seeing a proposal.
Bless Y’all,
Chip
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