As Marcel mentions in his post below, this festival works because so many folks put forth an over-the-top amount of energy. Besides their regular chores of earning
their daily bread, child-rearing, school-going, and sometimes even
producing their own shows, these folks were collecting tickets, keeping accounts, selling advertising, putting up posters, creating websites, setting up chairs and setting up sound systems.

Though I know I cannot include everyone who deserves it in a list of ‘thank-yous’, I wanna throw out the names of some of the people who directly impacted those of us working over at Veni Vidi Vici---and that was just one pin-point part of the Rogue:

Sarah for keeping us stocked up on cold drinks and snacks,
Devon and Christine for making sure that there were volunteers to help with the tickets and accounting,
To all those volunteers who DID those critical jobs,
To the good folks at Veni’s who, in spite of the fact that they had a busy restaurant to run, took time out to do things like find us the power switch, keep the heaters working and make room in their storage shed for the P.A..
Thanks to Eric for setting up the sandwich/posting boards and then running around filling in wherever he was needed.
Thanks to R.P. for supplying and hauling the P.A. system.
Thanks to all the performers and audience members---that was the point of it all, right?
Thanks to John Jordon, R.P., Marcel and Devon for putting up with my occasional panicked phone calls.
And big BIG thanks to my counter-parts in hosting over at Veni’s:
wonderful veteran Todd Severson
and first-timer but immediate pro Bill Trayler.
Remember, we all get about 35 minutes off, and then they’ll probably
start calling organizational meetings for 2008. See you there!
--Blake

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Hey Rogue Friends!!!!

The Rogue Festival starts ....in just days!

Here's a little (but important) list of important things to remember.

I send it out every year. I wrote it after the first Rogue when I saw that some of the performers, even though they were told the length of the cafe' (and Main stage) sets (45 minutes) had no idea how long their performance would be. Here goes:

1. Time your set.

2. Be friendly and helpful to the acts proceeding and following you.

3. Meet your public outside, or at least away from the flow of traffic.

4. Please don't say, "Do I have time for one more song." [see #1]

5. Plug the next act. Plug other shows.

6. Thank the venue and encourage people to enjoy their goods and services.
Without the venues, there are no shows and no festival.

7. Bring merchandise. Sell CD's, t-shirts, bumperstickers, etc..

8. If you need equipment beyond the stuff provided by the festival, bring it.
(think: music stands, extra mics or stands, harmonicas, duct tape, protective
headgear)

9. Include any "encores" in the timing of your set! It's ok to be a minute short,
but out of courtesy to all the acts that need to start on time, please don't
be a minute long.

10. Support others and their shows. The Rogue Festival can be the
best networking and friend-making opportunity you'll have all year!

Thank you!
Break a leg!
Cheers!

Blake &
Solitaire

Hello Rogue Cafe people --here's todays' news (Jan.15)

The big news is this:
PERFORMER's MEETING.
SATURDAY, FEB.3rd in the afternoon [exact time and location to be confirmed shortly]

---this is your chance to meet fellow performers.
--this is your chance to make friends for cross-promotion of shows.
--this is your chance to ask questions of Rogue Old-Timers...like: "Does the Rogue provide
special Harmonica Holders " ....actually, I'll save you the time on this one...the answer is 'no'.

Best to ya all!
The Rogue is a positive and constructive time for all. This is why we have performers returning year after year after year.
Looking forward to getting to know you,
Blake Jones
Rogue Cafe' Coordinator