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Dickens Christmas Fair 2007 Special - Thanks from the Publicity and Promotions Team!

(sent December 3rd, 2007)

A nice thank you from Denise and Shannon:

Hello everyone:

On behalf of the publicity and promotions team, we wanted to send out a heart-felt thank you for everyone who participated (or was affected by) the NBC Nightly News/Today Show yesterday.  The entire crew was simply blown away by what you all do, the amount of detail and passion you all put into the Fair and all the wonderful stories that you shared with the crew.  A special thanks to those of you who were temporarily displaced and whose stage schedules were delayed or interrupted. Apologies for any inconveniences endured yesterday. We truly appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm and willingness to participate to help bring The Great Dickens Christmas Fair to a national audience.

The segment will run as part of a story on Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol on the NBC Nightly News (avg. 10 million viewers!) on Monday, December 24 at 5:30pm and on The Today Show (avg. 5.5 million viewers!) on Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25 from 7am to 11am.  Additionally, we have been told that the story will be posted on the NBC News website, which is the largest news website in the world.  I don't know the exact time of the Today Show airing but will let you all know ASAP.  Since this is a national show, you can tell your Aunt Bessie in Austin, TX and your Uncle Bob in Spokane to tune in and see what you've been up to lately and why you haven't been able to make it for Thanksgiving.

On another note:  The Inside City Limits show, which was shot at the Fair on opening weekend, will air this week on ComcastSF – cable channel 11. Inside City Limits is a half hour, weekly arts and entertainment series and premiers on Wednesday at 9 PM, with replays on Thursday at 8 PM, Friday and Saturday at 6:30 PM. If you do not live in San Francisco, you may want to check with you local Comcast office to see if the show airs in your area.

You can also look for our own Father Christmas this coming Saturday, December 8 live on KRON4 Weekend News at 7:45am with Fair enthusiast Jan Wahl.  Father Christmas will be bringing items from the Fair for an on-air show and tell.  Thank you to all of the food vendors and crafts people who lent us items to show off.

Lastly, KGO radio news was out at the Fair yesterday capturing wonderful sound bites for a story that is supposed to run today. 

Thanks again for all your help and enthusiasm.  Onward and upward!


Denise and Shannon



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