First, we take Toronto...
Apr. 4th, 2006 10:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mythtellerWe spent the weekend in Toronto attending the Toronto Storytelling Festival. Zimmerman and I were invited to perform our You Don't Know Jack show on Sunday, so I went up on Friday to take in some of the festival before our show and to catch up with friends.
On Saturday night, we went to a show called Fool's April Night (I love the title) and it was fantastic. I got to meet a few tellers for the first time (including one from Sweden who had bought the book and wanted to meet me) and caught up with a few others I already knew. As with any festival circuit, you keep running into the same people!
On the day of our show (Sunday), we were pleased to see that it had already sold out! However, we spoke to the manager and convinced him to add another row of chairs and let the kids sit on the floor, which doubled the attendance. So in a way, we sold out twice!
The show itself went fine and we had the added pleasure of Lorne Browne who played some tunes on his banjo. We also managed to sell 13 books, which just proves to me that if we want to sell more books, we need to do more festivals.
All around, it was a great weekend. The success of this weekend has also spurred me to contact other festivals (especially in the States) to perform in. Unfortunately, this probably doesn't mean I'll get the chance to perform this summer, but if we plant enough seeds, we should get more opportunities next year.
On Saturday night, we went to a show called Fool's April Night (I love the title) and it was fantastic. I got to meet a few tellers for the first time (including one from Sweden who had bought the book and wanted to meet me) and caught up with a few others I already knew. As with any festival circuit, you keep running into the same people!
On the day of our show (Sunday), we were pleased to see that it had already sold out! However, we spoke to the manager and convinced him to add another row of chairs and let the kids sit on the floor, which doubled the attendance. So in a way, we sold out twice!
The show itself went fine and we had the added pleasure of Lorne Browne who played some tunes on his banjo. We also managed to sell 13 books, which just proves to me that if we want to sell more books, we need to do more festivals.
All around, it was a great weekend. The success of this weekend has also spurred me to contact other festivals (especially in the States) to perform in. Unfortunately, this probably doesn't mean I'll get the chance to perform this summer, but if we plant enough seeds, we should get more opportunities next year.
Alison said
Date: 2006-04-04 06:39 pm (UTC)Re: Alison said
Date: 2006-04-04 09:39 pm (UTC)Plans, plans, plans, plans... Now I just need to decide whether I go with a bigger publisher (and a bigger distribution network) or I stay small and sell it myself.