We Will, We Will Rock You! Its Rotary Show Kick Off Week!! Whoop! Whoop! Compiled with mostly accurate info by Ramona Pleva. 😊 If you missed the Rotary meeting on Feb. 6, 2018, let’s catch you up! President John rang the bell, God Bless America and the Pledge of Allegiance followed. The invocation was presented by Leah McCallum. She is most likely the first Rotarian to ever include the words “and Trevor brings beer to the ad sales meeting” in a prayer. Amen to that! And then we sang. And it was EPIC! Never in the history of the Traverse City Rotary Club was Queen’s “We Will Rock You” performed. This rockin’, not-your-average-Rotary-song song was presented by yours truly (the bulletin writer). The parody of Queen’s mega-hit was a musical snack in honor of our Rotary Show ad sales program today. (You’re welcome Trevor!!) Katy McCain introduced our students of the week from Grand Traverse Academy. Abby Cherup is a member of Key Club, Eco Club and aspires to be a teacher. Jacqueline Hatch is a member of the Writer’s Series. Both students attend the Teacher Academy at the Career Tech Center. Marsha Minervini introduced our newest Rotarian DeAnna Hess. DeAnna currently works for Precision Plumbing and Heating, a local company dedicated to giving back to the community. She and her husband Matthew have two daughters Lydia and Benny. When not working and raising her family, DeAnna enjoys the arts, singing, drawing, painting and rock climbing. We hope that Deanna will share her singing talents with our club as a member of the Rotary Show Chorus. (DeAnna – it’s a great way to meet a lot of people in a short amount of time. I know from personal experience!!!) Welcome, DeAnna! President John made quick announcements that raffle tickets are still on sale for the Rotary Foundation. See Mack Beers for your tickets. And Career Day is Feb. 15 at Traverse City High School. Please see Sakura Raftery to participate! The $48 in the 50/50 went to Tom Haase.
Today’s Rotary Show program was hosted by Mark Eckhoff and Trevor Tkach. Mark is the Board Director given the task of overseeing the Rotary Show this year. The Show dates are: April 25- 28. Mark your calendars!! The President’s reception will be held on Wednesday April 25 at Red Ginger. Mark has three aspirational goals for this year’s show:
100% participation from our club (C’mon people, this is the coolest thing we do all year, don’t sit out!!)
Sell out all four nights! Our hardworking acts deserve to perform to sellout crowds!
Have our Rotary Show be the ultimate new member recruiting activity. (We’re so cool, people will be begging to be a part of our club!!)
Committee Chairs: These are the people who make sure stuff gets done!
Set up/tear down: Returning for his second year Andrew Kohlmann (Will he bring back Hans and Frans to “pump you up”? You’ll have to wait and see!!)
Stage Crew: Mack Beers has decided to retire from back staging shenanigans (he’s been at it since 1984!) and stepping in is past president Mike Meinderstma who has demonstrated that he is more than qualified to conduct his own back stage shenanigans.
After Glow festivities: Susan Kraus! Location is still under wraps – stay tuned for more details.
Concessions: Wendy Irvin – this also includes ushers, greeters, clean up. We need lots of hands!
50/50 drawing at the show – returning to the money spot is Michael Caruso.
Promotions: Doing what she does best is Katy McCain promoting the show!!
Program Editor-in-Chief – Jim Bruckbauer
Program layout, making sure the I’s are dotted, t’s are crossed is Kathy Bussell (let's face it, this club would be a train wreck without her!!)
Show Director is the only guy crazy enough to continue to do this: Phil Murphy! (And he’s assisted by everyone who has an opinion about the show……. May the Force be with you Phil!)
Herder of Cats aka Chorus Master: Bob Stow
Chorus Director: Al Bonney and you know he always has something new up his sleeve!
And our “Big Sales Ace” – the King of Rotary Ad Sales: Trevor Tkach
Holy cow!! That’s a lot of committees. And here’s the thing, you don’t have to limit yourself to just one committee! You can double, triple, quadruple serve – hey, your spouse at home won’t mind! Maybe bring the spouse and kids with you to volunteer for something!!
So ad sales kick off officially today. Trevor indicated that emails went out yesterday with the ad sales teams. Even if you claim to “not have gotten the email” you still have to sell ads! The goal for today was $25,000 in ad sales today. 2017 was a record-setting year! We had over $100,000 in ad sales! Now that’s only about $200 in ad sales per Rotarian. Realistically we could easily blow past the $100,000 mark. Let’s have a banner year of ridiculously overachieving!!
Last year’s heavy hitters in the ad sales arena were Mike Buday, Cindy Ruzak, and Bonnie Alfonso. Gil Bogley came in as the Rookie of the Year.
The ad sales team captains are as follows:
Team 1: Al Zelinski
Team 2: Andy Robitshek
Team 3: Bonnie Alfonso (Tim Tate)
Team 4: Cindy Ruzak
Team 5: Gil Bogley
Team 7: Ken Osborne
Team 8: Mike Buday
Team 9: Steve Haskin
Trevor reviewed the Sponsorship levels for the Rotary Show. He didn’t have names for the different sponsorship levels, so the bulletin writer just made some up (because when you’re the writer you can do that). The real names will be coming soon!
$1,000 President’s Level
Half page color ad in the Rotary Show Print Program
Logo on shirt of one of the show performers
Logo to screen during all 4 showings
Mention during all 4 showings
4 tickets to the show
Listing in the TCBN and R-E “Thank You” ad
$2,000 District Governor Level
Half page color ad in the Rotary Show Print Program
Logo on shirt of one of the show performers
Sponsor of a skit or skits during the show (including references, logo placement and potential incorporation into jokes)
Logo to screen during all 4 showings
Mention during all 4 showings
4 tickets to the show
Listing in the TCBN and R-E “Thank You” ad
$4,500 Paul Harris Fellow Level
Full page color ad on the inside or outside cover of the Rotary Show Print Program
Logo on the cover of the Rotary Show Print Program
Logo on the Show Posters
Logo on shirt of one of the show performers
Special on-screen recognition and mention for all 4 shows
4 tickets to the president’s reception and show
Listing in the TCBN and R-E “Thank You” ad
And then despite the fact that we didn’t quite hit $25,000 in ad sales at our meeting, President John rang the bell and let us go. The end!
