[RP TownTalk] Promotion of Riverdale Park Day October 6th

[Alan Thompson]

Hi Liz,

I forwarded your excellent suggestion to town staff.  The event has been publicized through postings on both FB and Twitter, but listing it as an event is a great idea!

As you may have heard, we are moving Riverdale Park Day to June, with the first one being next June (2019).  As Marianna noted in her original post, we have competition from College Park (which happens regularly) and, this year, the Port Towns.  Part of the reason to move it to June is to get away from that competition (the other part is that the town was established in June of 1920, and having a celebration near the town's "birthday" seems a good idea).

Best regards,

Alan


On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 11:48 AM Liz Bolin <lizbolin at gmail.com<mailto:lizbolin at gmail.com>> wrote:
Perhaps the Town Facebook page could post an event we can share (those of us on FB that is) as part of the publicity.

Liz Bolin
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On Sep 30, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Marianna Previti <mariannarose at hotmail.com<mailto:mariannarose at hotmail.com>> wrote:


Hello Neighbors!

My band, The Smoking Polecats, will be playing at Riverdale Park Day, next Saturday, October 6th from 12:00 to 1:30. The festival is located at 5801 Riverside Dr.
I would like to invite each and everyone of you to participate in the events we have in our community. It can be a little heartbreaking to see how under-attended, year after year, Riverdale events often are. At this point I have seen no signage for the event nor have I received any emails or Facebook promotions. Somehow we have to turn this around. Does anybody know who is in charge of promoting the event? I will do my best to get the word out but I need some support.
We should have signs put out in the Whole Foods shopping area as well as along Lafayette and in the town center market.
Unfortunately, College Park Day is the very same day and I’ve already seen promotion for their event.
Let’s get the word out and show what a great community we have. I will do whatever is needed-post signs, Facebook promote, etc. but I need to be pointed in the right direction.
It is very sad to be looking out at the crowd and only seeing three people-and that’s not an exaggeration. This is not about my specific band or recognition of myself as an artist...
If I knew who the other participants were I would also post that lineup but I do not now who else will be performing. Moreover, the vendors too are there with no one to browse their product.
I don’t want to be a messenger of gloom and doom here but there have been so many years where I have hoped for a little bit more vibrancy (aka attendance)and it’s just not occurred.
Let’s get the word out! Let me know how I can help.
Best,
Marianna Previti


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Alan K. Thompson, Mayor
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