Host presenter: Jeffrey Clark jclark28@elon.edu

Registration URL: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=cnvmb

Change Registration URL: https://www.123signup.com/change?id=cnvmb

Information Page URL: https://www.123signup.com/event?id=cnvmb

Overview:

NCPC's winter booking meeting will review the status of blocks that have taken shape since our meeting on Nov. 10 in Durham immediately following ArtsMarket, and will provide opportunities for presenters to pitch additional events and discoveries for consideration for the membership’s upcoming seasons. The meeting is a valuable opportunity for learning about attractions on tour and for sharing successes (and experienced heads-up advisories) with colleagues. This meeting is open to current presenter-category members only. However, member presenting organizations may register as many representatives as desired.

Meeting Location:

McCoy Commons, 216 N. Williamson Ave., Elon University, Elon, NC

Parking is available in the lot adjacent to this building. Attendees should inform the parking attendant they are there to attend the NC Presenters Consortium meeting.

Meeting Host:

Office of Cultural & Special Programs, Elon University

http://www.elon.edu/e-web/about/default.xhtml

Meeting Description:

NCPC’s winter booking meeting provides an opportunity to learn about significant successes at member venues of all sizes during the past and current seasons, and to participate in informal discussions about discoveries and possibilities for the coming year. Artists and attractions will be described (come prepared to pitch YOUR favorites.) NCPC blockheads will report on their respective developments since our fall meeting. We will also discuss opportunities that may not have been addressed at the November meeting.

Discussions will follow a preset agenda per category/genre, facilitated by Sherry Archibald, NCPC Booking Secretary. With internet access and A-V equipment at your disposal, presenters should bring generous enthusiasm along with URL’s for artists’ websites and performance clips, sample DVDs and CDs, promotional materials, plus fee information and other resources regarding the artists they would like to discuss. Do your homework – and come prepared to build enthusiasm for the artists you wish to present!

Inclusive registration fee covers session hospitality & supplies and the Monday evening dinner. The Monday evening reception on Jan. 30 is hosted by the Office of Cultural & Special Programs of Elon University.

See detailed schedule below. Preceding the booking discussions, the NCPC Executive Board will provide a brief administrative update to the membership, with opportunity for questions and comments. (This reporting procedure replaces general business meetings previously held preceding the booking meeting and will expedite the afternoon’s booking discussion opportunities.)

Registration:

Inclusive $50 early bird rate available thru midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 25. For registrations received from Jan. 26, fee is $65.

All payments must be received in advance of the event and are payable by credit card or check at time of registering. (Receipts and invoices may be printed directly from the registration site.) Any payment by check must be received in full no later than Jan. 30 with checks made payable to NC Presenters Consortium Inc. Checks may be mailed to NCPC, c/o goingbarefoot inc., 1410 Shepherd St., Durham, NC 27707. All fees are per-person.

PLEASE NOTE TERMINOLOGY IN USE ON REGISTRATION FORM: When registering online, "Registrant" is the primary member of the presenting organization registering for the event. "Guests" refer to additional registrants & representatives from the same organization, and “Spouse” is spouse or partner. All persons in attendance at the meeting must be fully paid.

Host Venue:

http://www.elon.edu/e-web/about/default.xhtml

Directions to Elon University:

• Take I-40/85 toward Burlington
• Take Exit 141- Huffman Mill Road
• Turn RIGHT at end of ramp if coming from Durham; LEFT if coming from Greensboro
• Turn LEFT at first light after ramps- Garden Road; (Chick-fil-A on corner)
• Stay on Garden Road to the End
• Turn RIGHT at light- St. Marks Church Road
• Stay on St. Marks Church Road
• Go straight through big intersection with Church Street
• (Shell on one corner, Rite Aid on opposite corner)
• This becomes Williamson Avenue- continue north
• Pass Fire Station on Right
• Cross Railroad Tracks
• You are now on campus
• Go straight- pass through intersection with Haggard Avenue
• Turn LEFT into the parking lot behind the BP station
• McCoy Commons is the brick building adjacent to the parking lot- follow the signs to the meeting space

Host Hotel:

Country Suites

3211 Wilson Drive, Burlington NC 27215

reservations: call 336-584-1115

http://www.countryinns.com/burlington-hotel-nc-27215/ncburlin

Our rate for this event is $79 plus tax; all rooms king singles or queen doubles. Hot buffet breakfast included.

Attendees must call the local number and identify themselves with the NC Presenters Consortium in order to receive the quoted rate.

Reservation deadline for group rate is January 26. (Regular rates $117 and $127.)

The hotel is approximately 3 miles from the Elon University campus.

Monday evening group dinner:

Monday evening’s reception and buffet dinner will be hosted in the Isabella Cannon Room at Elon Center for the Arts, directly directly across the street from our meeting site. Guests should use the same parking area as described above.

Tentative Agenda -  Subject to change

Questions, please contact

919.489.1541; stephen@goingbarefoot.com