Hey AgapeFest Friends!

We all hope your summer has been treating you well! I am Chris Emanuel, the Assistant Director of AgapeFest. The AgapeFest staff and I took a little time off to take a break and breathe, but things are starting up for AgapeFest 2010 already.

A couple weekends ago, AgapeFest Staff, Greenville College, and WIBI Radio teamed up to sponsor Family Faith Night at the Gateway Grizzlies game. The event included tickets to the game, and a free show from Sanctus Real. Our friends in Sanctus Real got caught in a baggage mix up though. They showed up with only a couple guitars, a laptop, and one had a change of clothes. Despite the airport mix up, everything went great! The band played a great set, and we talked to a lot of really cool people about AgapeFest!

This weekend, a few of us headed out to Rock The River on the Arch Grounds in St. Louis. The PR and Hospitality gals, along with some admissions counselors from GC worked a booth down on the river. They met a lot of new friends, and got a lot of good feedback for the festival. In addition to that, Brent, our Director of Security, and I shadowed some security personnel. Mike and Paul, two of Rock The River Security Captains were kind enough to let Brent and me run around with them all day. We got to see the festival from every angle, and were able to help out in a lot of situations. The two of us gained experience in handling medical emergencies, security emergencies, and a few other things. We picked up a lot of valuable experience, along with many ideas to bring back to AgapeFest.

In addition to those big things, the Director and I have been bouncing e-mails back and forth throughout the summer. We have been discussing the future of the festival, and we are both very excited for this year’s show. However, the two of us cannot do it all by ourselves, and we can’t even do it with the help of our amazing staff. WE NEED YOU!

Yes, we do need YOU! And all of your friends! We need your help brainstorming ideas for our lineup next year. We need ideas for our big headlining artist, bands for early in the day, stage 2, coffee house! Any band, big or small, suggest them to us! Shoot us an e-mail, twitter, or FB message with a link We would also love any feedback you have about vendors, camping, recreation, ministry, second stage, and more! Our only request is that if you have criticisms of our festival, please present them constructively. We would love to have dialogue with all of you in order to make AgapeFest 2010 the best AgapeFest yet!

Please e-mail us at info@agapefest.com I will be checking this e-mail regularly and I will to my best to reply to each of you that helps us out!

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Chris,

Assistant Director
AgapeFest 2010
info@agapefest.com