thoughts on a Breakfast weekend in CT?

[TerryOB]

Hey Now,

Happy New Year, everyone!  Hope you all had a blast at the Breakfast/Creek NYE show.  I was at the Higher Ground in VT but a big part of me was wishing I was in New Haven that night.  I\'m sure it was a good way to kick off 2005 right.

Anyways, I come to you all again with yet another idea I\'d like to put on the table to see what kind of response it will get.  As many of you know, I\'m planning a repeat performance at the UAC in Southport but I\'m wondering how many people would go if the show took place the night after the Breakfast plays at Toad\'s.

The date I\'m looking at booking the boys is Satruday, March 5th.  They are already scheduled to play Toad\'s Place on Friday, March 4th.

Would you all rather see the Breakfast back to back nights or should I wait until a different weekend so you\'ll all have time to recover from Toad\'s before you get your second helping?  I need to give an answer in the next day or two.  Let me know what you all think.

P\'s,

-T

[Todd]

:awwyeah: BRING IT ON!!!

[davepeck]

back to back is a badass fact, a claim that remains IN TACT!

bring it.

[Mark]

If you bring it, they will come!

[TerryOB]

Follow up question....I\'ve been told by teh Breakfast\'s agent that if I do put this show together then I won\'t be allowed to advertise it outside of Toad\'s before the show.  However, I was told that I can hand out flyers INSIDE Toad\'s during the Breakfast show and AFTER the show outside of Toad\'s.


If some of you would volunteer to help me advertise at the Toad\'s show then I think I\'d have better luck at drawing a decent crowd the following night.   I will offer you free admission the Southport show in exchange for your work.  

I\'d like between 2 and 3 people to help me pass out flyers and spread the word to people all night at Toad\'s.  Any takers?

[freddiewaht]

im just scared that this might really hurt the draw from toads and that wont be good for the boys....however,if its confirmed,ill start wearing the shirt again until the party and well raffle it off!

[Mark]

Count me in.

[freddiewaht]

terry,ill help and still pay to get in..i appreciate the offer though..

[Mark]

Likewise.

[Stephengencs]

A back to back breakfast weekend (toads>UAC) would be fucking sweet.  I don\'t understand the whole "this show effects the attendance of that show", but I guess thats why I am not in the music booking business......

I would be at both, flyering the shit out of Toads for the UAC show.

March MADNESS is comin!

Ter, would you get a different opener for UAC?

[freddiewaht]

steevie,because if fans know that theres an open bar freeforall the next night,some wont go to toads...thatll hurt the draw and hurt the bands reputation...get it?btw.645 and counting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[oldnewbie]

between two and three?

[TerryOB]

Originally posted by oldnewbie
between two and three?

2.5 people.  Bwaha!  

Yeah, it\'s one of those days at the office.   My head is still spinning from last night.

[melanie]

in my totally unsolicitated slightly unqualified opinion i would like to play devils advocate for a moment.  you have to remember that the people who post here are mainly hard core fans who will go anywhere to see the breakfast play a show even -epecially!- if they just saw them the night before... but the majority perhaps are the paying  fans who are able to see only a few shows here and there.  These people would most likely need to make a decision between the two and I would venture to say that most from the lower ffd county area would opt into the party rather than driving all the way to toads.  honestly, thinking back to when i was planning matts party, we were not allowed to promote it at all because there was a toads show the same month.  now you\'re talking the night before.  is it worth the risk that a)it may take away from the possibly higher paying gig at toads for the boys and b)you may decrease your chances of return on your own investment?
so why not make it the following weekend or something?
Yah, i agree for those that can hack it and can make life arrangements to stay out all night 2 in a row it would be a superlatively (thought exhaustive) good time... BUT...

[Stephengencs]

Mel, great point/counterpoint..........

however

Timmy Tour 2004 proved to me that I could go out 5 nights in a row for just about a whole year and still be productive at work and in life.....so I say "BRING ON WHAT YOU CAN DISH OUT...I AM READY"