Dear
Members, Corporate Sponsors, and Grantors,
As
we close out 2020 we want to reflect on all that we accomplished in supporting
local and live music in the San Luis Valley. We started out with several bands
at the ALMA & Friends concert in February, featuring Ol’ Scratch, The Bent
Ears, Waverley Road, Rio Trio and Don Richmond. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19
restrictions we had to cancel our second Battle of the Bands concert scheduled
for May. We were in partnership with Square Peg to host and had some really fun
plans. We’ll be scheduling another Battle of the Bands as soon as we can. Also
due to COVID-19, the summer Sundays at Six concert series transitioned to an
online live stream format and has been spread out to be once monthly throughout
the summer and fall and will resume in the spring of 2021. In 2020, Sundays at
Six featured The Richmond Brothers, Ol’ Scratch, The Bent Ears, Waverly Road,
and Indian Nickel. Closing out the year will be ALMA’s Annual Holiday
Sing-Along with Don Richmond on December 20 at 6:00 PM live streaming from
Milagros Coffee House in Alamosa on ALMA’s Facebook page.
We spoke with Santa and he
is excited to visit and read “The Night Before Christmas” for our Holiday
Sing-Along. Be sure to tune in for your favorite holiday carols and story time!
ALMA has partnered with Papa Murphy’s and HobbyTown to provide awards for a
coloring contest. You can download the coloring sheet on our website,
www.almaonline.org, or pick one up at various locations around Alamosa
including Milagros, HobbyTown, and Narrow Gauge Bookstore. Once your child
colors the sheet, you just fill out the information, and email a picture to us
at: almaconcerts@gmail.com. Just be sure to send that picture by December
16th to be considered in the contest. You can also participate in the
concert and be featured in the live stream! Just email us a video, no longer
than 30 seconds, of you, your kids, or the whole family singing a verse from
your favorite carol. Be sure to email this video to: almaconcerts@gmail.com
by December 11th.
Looking
ahead to 2021, we are in the early stages of planning the Sundays at Six lineup
and feeling optimistic about the potential for in-person concerts. We will
continue to live stream our concerts even after we return to in-person, which
opens the door for folks to watch from out of town.
The
ALMA & Friends concert is being moved from our usual February scheduling to
later in the spring, probably May. We’re hoping ALMA & Friends will be in a
in-person concert and admission will be free to our 2021 members. On Saturday,
February 20th, we will run a telethon and membership drive concert live
streamed from Society Hall. ALMA Members are key to supporting ALMA’s mission
toward local and live music in the SLV so please consider renewing your
membership or becoming a new member! See the ALMA website (http://www.almaonline.org/become-a-member/) for more information on
membership. Active membership numbers also factor into our grant proposals;
organizations look for evidence of community support as part of their proposal
considerations.
Finally,
we are looking for individuals to be on our Board! Please see our ‘About ALMA’
page (http://www.almaonline.org/about/) for more information
about ALMA, its mission, history, and how you could support the organization
through service as a Board Member. And we also want to recognize our departing
Officers and Board Members: Elizabeth Sumner as Treasurer, and Board Member
Jessica Chacon. Thank you both for your years of service! We are excited to
announce Jeff Bullington as Treasurer, and we welcome new Board Members Bill
Tite and Erin Lehman. Continuing Officers are Amy Scavezze (President), Matt
Wellman (Vice-President) and Patrick Ortiz (Secretary).
Nancy
Harris, ALMA Manager and the 2021 ALMA Board,
Amy
Scavezze, President
Matt
Wellman, Vice President
Jeff
Bullington, Treasurer
Patrick
Ortiz, Secretary
Bill
Tite, Board Member
Erin
Lehman, Board Member
Albert
Kahan, Board Member
William
Krebs, Board Member
Jeannie
Norwood, Advisory Board Member
Special
thanks to our local corporate sponsors, the City of Alamosa, the Alamosa Local
Marketing District Board, Community Foundation of the SLV, Xcel Energy
Foundation, Rawlings Foundation, and of course our 2020 Members!
