First, a welcome to new members-to-be Donald Fann (Arts Center of 
Cannon County) , Bridgette Kohnhorst (Vanderbilt University), Brad 
Downall (Glema Mahr Center for the Arts), Barry Lichterman (Friend of 
the Levitt Pavillion - Memphis) and Cindy Cogbill (Folk Alliance - 
Memphis). I promised each of you a membership packet as soon as I got 
back from Baltimore, and it's attached to this message.

I also thought it was a good time to remind everyone who has said yes 
to our membership drive that it also means we need the check. Take a 
moment today to fill out attached form and mail in your membership and 
check to the address on the form. The more of us who sign up, the more 
attractive we are as an organization to the agents and artists who are 
more than willing to work with us on reduced fees in return for 
multiple dates in Tennessee.

Our membership drive for agents and artists will begin the first of the 
year after we see who among us is signed up for membership. We'll close 
the charter member drive after the November booking conference; those 
of you on this list who have not sent in dues checks will be removed 
from the list at that point and we'll begin building the organization 
for those who have joined.

Keep your eyes open for a report from Baltimore along with information 
on the upcoming booking conference at TPAC - it promises to save all of 
us who participate some serious money - as we found a lot of 
interesting acts and a lot of agents willing to give us significant 
breaks in return for multiple dates.

So don't forget, November 1 and 2 in Nashville! We'll have more 
information for you later this week!

Bob Boyer
Patten Performances Director
UTC Fine Arts Center
423.425.4379
www.utc.edu