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AgapeFest at Parade

Greetings from AgapeFest HQ … As one of three faculty/staff advisors to our trusty AF student team, I hope to be able to shine a light on the AgapeFest planning activity throughout the year.

For the last few weeks most of the discussion has centered around one of the most important things to you all … AF09 bands. (Director Alyssa will reveal the outcome of those discussions as soon as we have confirmed the acts!) The team uses both formal (remember the “Guitar Hero” survey you filled out last year?? ) and informal (when a zillion teenagers stand in line for Hawk Nelson, we tend to take notice) research to put together an initial list of acts. That list gets whittled down based on availability (i.e. if your favorite bands would stop getting married on AgapeFest weekend, it would help! ), pricing, travel schedule, etc. to the point that we have a tentative lineup in place. Next up are band negotiations with booking agents.

At the moment Alyssa and our booking team are waiting on confirmation for our four main headliners. I’m thinking a little friendly competition to guess our headliners might be in the works in the near future … anyone up for free AgapeFest blankets and tickets???

Signing off for now, but keep your eye out for “Behind the Scenes” posts all year long from members of the AF09 team … Robyn (the marketing chick)

Tags: agapefest, Behind the Scenes, planning, student cabinet