The
Great Dickens Christmas Fair Missive
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Dickens Christmas Fair 2009 November Missive #7
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Notes from your Missive Maven:
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It's almost Opening
Weekend! You look great, you sound great and it's going to be a great
and exciting weekend!
Some Quick Reminders:
Please...
Remember your character and your accent
Turn off your cel phone
Shoes first then corset
Don't share drinking vessels, cigarettes, food utensils
Do not bring in your own alcohol
Wash your hands and gloves
Eat food, drink water
Use the privies rather than the inside bathrooms during fair hours
(whenever possible)
Don't leave valuables lying about
Don't plug in heaters (you could blow a circuit breaker)
Keep your pass with you
And remember: theater, not drama.
Please
read all the information carefully and save and/or print it for further
reference.
Please remember to contact the folks referenced in each notice, rather
than hitting "reply".
Past missives can be viewed at http://www.cattaylor.com/missives.html
Thanks and see you Saturday morning!
Cat Taylor
Entertainment Director and Missive Maven
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This Missive |
| Posters,
Flyer, and Doorhangers Oh, My! |
| Ticket
Takers Needed! |
| Green
Room Areas and Rain |
| Fine
Dining Has Arrived in London! |
| Annie's
Cheap Hair Marches On! |
| London
Swine Flu Mistletoe Etiquette from the Associated Press |
| PR
Update from Adrienne |
| "International
Brotherhood of Chuckers" Swag |
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Posters,
Flyer, and Doorhangers Oh, My!
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Thank you
everyone who has been and will be putting out our lovely 2009 printed
material. 80,000 flyers, 16,000 doorhangers
& 3,000 posters have gone out over the past 3 weeks. Thank
you!!!
If you have
posters you have not, and may not use, please bring them back to the
breezeway
table for others to place. We are now
officially out of posters. We still have
20,000 flyers so please continue to grab these this weekend!
Kevin
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Ticket
Takers Needed!
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We are still
in need of ticket takers at the front gate. This is a crucial position
for many
reasons:
1) We ensure
that the customers have the correct ticket to get in
2) We
endeavor to get them through the gate as quickly and efficiently as
possible
3) We
provide answers to their questions (Bathrooms? Lost and Found?
Tickets for French Postcards? BART stop?)
3) We give
them a hearty and friendly welcome, which sets the tone for their day
at
Dickens
If you have
time during the day, especially in the afternoons, we could use your
help for a
couple of hours.
Ticket
takers will receive one comp ticket for every 2 hours worked. Please
see Steve
Johnson at the front gate at 10 am to sign up for the hours you can
work, or
you can e-mail him via penbrush@earthlink.net
. Previous workers please e-mail him to confirm you can work again this
year.
Thank you!
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Green Room
Areas and Rain
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Remember
that if your area is next to one of the inside walls, there are leaks
when it
rains. It might be wise to pull you items back away from the wall a bit
and
cover things with plastic during the week.
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Fine Dining
Has Arrived in London!
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The Tippling
Toad is proud to announce the opening of their new exclusive dining
room. Enjoy your three-course meal at your private
table as strolling carolers serenade you.
Perhaps Mr. Dickens or Mr. Scrooge will stop by!
Our Bill of
Fare:
Christmas Punch
Pear-Butternut
Squash Soup
Entré of
Prime Rib or
Stuffed Breast of Chicken
Oven Roasted
Vegetables
Haricots
Verts
Various
Desserts
Vegetarian
option available upon request.
For those
over 18 years of age, preferred entrance to the delightfully naughty
French
Postcards Review is included with your dinner.
Seating is
limited, only two seatings a day; reservations are highly recommended.
Contract TheTipplingToad@gmail.com
for reservations
and further information.
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Annie's
Cheap Hair Marches On!
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All new and
old hair orders are available for pickup, and can be retrieved at
Madame
Louise's (Lynne Coombs') hair braiding, across from the Adventurers'
Club. This
is courtesy of Susie Brody, who works there. Please don't come by while
the
fair is open, though, since this can interfere with Madame Louise's
business.
Susie will be there an hour or two before opening, so that's when to
visit--
and anyway, you want to get that hairpiece on your head early, right?
You can
also come by after closing, since Susie will still be there for a
little while
each day, bless her accommodating li'l heart.
Contact Annie Lore at ImminentIdea@aol.com
with any questions.
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London Swine Flu
Mistletoe Etiquette from the Associated Press
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Christmas
kissing: On the cheek to avoid swine flu
LONDON (AP)
- Britain's authority on etiquette says it's more hygienic to exchange
kisses
on the cheek than to shake hands - so the swine flu pandemic should not
make
people afraid of kissing under the mistletoe this holiday season.
But
Debrett's warns people to observe proper etiquette by kissing others on
the
cheek instead of the lips and to avoid touching the person being kissed
except
on the shoulder or the upper arms.
Debrett's
etiquette adviser Jo Bryant warns people who are not feeling well to
avoid
parties altogether.
She
also urges those who have been drinking a lot to steer away from the
mistletoe
- because their "social skills will be impaired." She did not
elaborate on the swine flu implications of that.
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PR Update from Adrienne
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In addition
to the previous PR confirmations, we are very pleased to add:
* SF
Chronicle feature on Dickens Fair and Ron Patterson to appear soon,
possibly
Sunday 11/29!
* SF
Chronicle 96 Hours/Out Loud feature on Dickens Fair, with interview of
Kevin
Patterson and (possibly) photo of Fagen, Thurs 11/26
* ABC-TV
View From the Bay KGO-TV, holiday segment with Kevin Patterson and
Martin
Harris (Scrooge), live 12/10
*
Nickelodeon¹s ParentsConnect Local/GoCityKids, e-newsletter
feature with web
links, 9K subscribers and promoted on their Twitter
*
Babble.com, a parenting/family site with about 3 million unique
visitors per
month; Holiday feature including web links
* KUSF
90.3FM interview with Kevin and Robert to air Sunday 11/29, and again
in
December
* Culture
blogger for www.SFgate.com and Sfappeal plus on-camera host of
vidsf/youtube
Beth Spotswood to attend and shoot on location 12/5
* San
Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau web site feature: http://tinyurl.com/ygxnx8c
* Pioneer
newspapers holiday feature, covering most of the Bay Area especially
the
Tri-City area, Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, Walnut Creek and Concord
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SFKids.org/GoCityKids calendar feature plus ticket giveaway, 3500
subscribers: http://tinyurl.com/yco9y49
*
MarinMommies.com holiday feature,
http://www.marinmommies.com/family-christmas-and-holiday-events
* South Bay
Ladies' Tea Guild, on-going blog referring to Dickens Fair
CROSS-PROMOTION
PARTNERSHIP UPDATE FROM ADRIENNE:
1)
Copperfield's Books is now selling and promoting Dickens Fair tickets
with
ornate framed poster boards and holiday book displays in all six of
their North
Bay stores!: Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Healdsburg, Calistoga,
Napa.
Their online Dickens Fair promo starts this week http://www.copperfields.net
2) On Saturday
11/28 11:30am-1pm, members of Cirque du Soleil's OVO promotional troupe
will be
performing (with music) their Bug Dance for patrons waiting outside in
line to
enter our Fair, then strolling inside through Londontown delighting our
visitors. This is the first of two visits, the next will be on 12/5
(perfect since
that's our ³Steampunk, New Vaudeville & Body Arts" group
discount Discovery
Day!). Billed as "Creepy, crawly fun for the whole family, from the
streets
of San Francisco to the Grand Chapiteau to the Great Dickens Christmas
Fair,
OVO is everywhere. Learn the dance, win tickets, and much, much more!
Join the
Bug Dance Squad at the Dickens Fair 11/28 and 12/5. Get the most votes
on-line
and win a pair of tickets to OVO in San Francisco!"
http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/bugdance
3) In
December, we will be partnering to promote the feature film Young
Victoria, and
providing Dickens Fair materials and talent at two preview screenings
on 12/9
and 12/15, similar to what we did for Disney's A Christmas Carol. Young
Victoria opens in SF on 12/18, our final weekend. More info to be
provided in
future missives.
http://www.theyoungvictoriamovie.com
DISCOUNT
COUPON AD UPDATE FROM ADRIENNE:
Tell your
friends they can find discount coupons advertised in the:
SF Chronicle
PINK 11/22
Preview
section of the Contra Costa Times 11/20, 11/27 and 12/4
SJMN
Thursday Eye (entertainment section) 11/19 and 11/26
MEDIA TEA
UPDATE FROM ADRIENNE:
We will once
again be welcoming distinguished media folks to the Media Tea, held
opening
weekend daily at 2-3pm. This year, we're expecting at least two dozen
media
along with their guests, most notably Jan Wahl and Leslie Harlib on
11/28
WILL CALL
UPDATE FROM ADRIENNE:
To date, we
are expecting approximately 50 media attendees (plus their guests) to
attend
the run of the Fair, and have awarded free tickets to more than 2 dozen
lucky
media listeners/subscribers!
OFFICIAL
PHOTOGRAPHER UPDATE FROM ADRIENNE:
Pleased to have Mike Schweizer, talented amateur photographer, snapping
shots
during run of Fair. See his past Fair shots here (are YOU captured?):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8145334@N06/sets/72157610385010478/
GREEN ROOM
UPDATE FROM ADRIENNE:
We welcome professional therapeutic bodyworker (and
Dickens Fair/Steampunk fan) Jeffrey MacMullen, who will be providing
chair
massage for performers in the Green Room on a donation-only basis on
12/5 and
12/6! http://www.therapeuticbodycare.com
For
late-breaking news visit our Twitter site,
http://www.Twitter.com/Dickens Fair
(@DickensFair)
Any
questions, concerns, tips or suggestions are welcome via
adrienne@biggspublicity.com
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"International Brotherhood of
Chuckers" Swag
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(from Dan Morgan)
Do you live a chucker's life? Is a
chucker's life for you?
For ten years now the battle cry of "Everybody Dance!" has been ringing
through
the empty after-hours streets, and we're commemorating a decade of
debaucherous
lines and limericks with official "International Brotherhood of
Chuckers" swag.
Order forms will be available beginning this weekend for short and long
sleeve
T's, babydolls, hoodies, and even a bowling shirt*. Pre-orders for
limited
edition C. L. 4 M. union patches will also be available!
We know you want it. You know where to get your fix. The usual place at
the
usual time. And bring your limericks.
Dance, puppets, dance!
[*order bowling shirt 1st weekend for closing weekend delivery]
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For specific questions
regarding performing at the Fair or to submit a show proposal please
email Cat
Taylor
If your group would like to perform at the Fair for just one day
(school
caroling groups, etc., please email Robert
Young
For specific questions regarding vending at the Fair please email Vendors
For specific questions the beverage department please email Beverage
To learn what you can do to help save the Cow Palace, please visit
http://www.savethecowpalace.com
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