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Morgan Valley Arts Council asks city for help promoting free community concerts
Summary
The Morgan Valley Arts Council told the council it will host a free community concert March 24 and a larger Lamb of God presentation on April 13, and requested use of the city's electronic sign, billing flyer insertion and chamber support to promote events.
Representatives of the Morgan Valley Arts Council presented the council with two upcoming events and asked for city and Chamber of Commerce help promoting them.
Lisa Largent Wright, president of the Morgan Valley Arts Council, said the council partners with Excellence in Community Concerts and the Utah Division of Arts and Museums to bring touring artists to Morgan. The first event is a free community concert by the Red Feather Acoustic Quartet on March 24; the council also plans a larger Lamb of God presentation on April 13 featuring the Morgan Chamber Orchestra and Morgan Valley Singers.
Wright said the Utah Division of Arts and Museums identified Morgan County as one of five rural counties prioritized for additional arts support and that the touring concert group and a state grant are covering the concert costs. She asked the city to display event information on the new electronic sign produced by YESCO, to allow a flyer to be included with the city’s monthly billing (subject to the billing vendor’s deadlines), and to coordinate with the Chamber for Facebook and other promotion. Wright offered VIP seating for council members and asked staff to provide a contact (Wanda Adams) for sign submissions and a deadline for billing insertion.
City staff explained the process for getting content on the sign: provide a flyer to Wanda Adams at the city office and time it a couple weeks before the event. For insertion into the city utility bill, staff said the billing vendor needs the PDF about one week before bills are processed; for the March bill, that had a fast turnaround and the flyer would have been due by Feb. 25. Staff suggested the council could include the flyer as a separate sheet in the mailed bill run rather than a small line-item and confirmed the office would accept a PDF by email to route to the billing vendor.
Wright said the Arts Council will bring the event flyer to staff and coordinate with Ty Bailey, Teresa Wardell and the Chamber. She emphasized the organizers’ goal of leveraging school assemblies (the touring group will perform for elementary students during the day) to draw families to the evening community concert.
The council did not take formal action on funding or permits during the presentation. Council members thanked the Arts Council for their work and encouraged collaboration with staff and the Chamber to publicize the events.
