Fellow Folks,
I am very pleased to announce the successfull turnout to the Taxi/JPF event on Jan 29 was a whopping 235. Alot of leg work and promotion went into this and like any special event theres always the chance of not having a good turn out. We are very pleased. You should know that Doc Lovett was instrumental in helping to get the word out to the other Tampa Bay Musicians Organizations as well as many media sources...Thanks Doc. It was great to see so many faces from our local chapter who by their continued participation only confirms their dedication to their craft.
I was pleased to be introduced by Michael Laskow and was allowed to speak about the Tampa Bay Chapters success and invite the attendees to join us this season. There were about 90 contact forms filled out showing interest in attending our next chapter meeting so get ready to meet and network with even more talented folks from our region.
I was very pleased to be able to introduce Brian Austin Whitney, the founder and spearhead of the entire JPF organization.
He covered some great issues concerning the independent artist today and stressed the importance of community within our local talent pool.
Michael Laskow the President of Taxi then took the floor to tell the Taxi story, how it came about and how it continues to help and service the serious songwriter today.
Andy Karpinski, Richard Lounsberry, Robert Rose, and Doc Lovett all stepped up to help with the greeting portion of the event. Making sure everyone had name tags and informational packets as well as just being great representatives with smiles and warm greetings. During the exiting we all worked together to collect the contact forms and take as many individual pictures as possible. Brian is going to work on getting these photos all up on the JPF site in the near future so keep a look out on the various JPF site pages for these.
Im hoping that a member who was in attendance will be able to help us by putting together a synopsis of the presented material and cover it with us at the next JPF meeting....Any volunteers?
We look forward to seeing you all at the first Chapter meeting of the season to be held Feb. 29th 04 at Johnny G's 5915 Memorial Hwy. Tampa 813-584-0853.
Keep Strummin, Al Alvarez
Tampa Bay Chapter Coordinator
Just Plain Folks

[This message has been edited by Al The Pal (edited 02-01-2004).]