June 2012

Very exciting news this week as 70 people have paid up to become full members. They are coming in by the day and we are hopeful of having 100 before our start in September. We feel confident that once people start attending they will tell friends and our membership will grow through word of mouth.

Our programme has been printed. We had some problems getting the programme into the right format but eventually found that NADFAS had a template that we could use.

Our next rehearsal is booked and everyone is really enthusiastic. We are heading into the main holiday period when most of the committee will be away so the next few days will be a frantic rush to contact everyone and make sure they understand their roles for September.

Other good news – a local care company, Bluebird Care (www.bluebirdcare.co.uk) are offering us sponsorship in return for the opportunity to bring a display and some leaflets to one of our meetings.

Last week I was lucky enough to attend a social media course at NADFSA House where we had very useful input from the marketing and publicity department and a freelance journalist. It would appear that using Facebook would be a good a option for us – and so I am going to migrate this blog to Facebook. However, Facebook will be more than just a blog and I am looking forward to trying out some of the tips that we were shown.