Page 8 - March 2021 Newsletter

Over the past 12 months, we have communicated the ongoing
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# #815LIVE But this past summer, we reflected on the artists that have been affected

devastating effects that COVID-19 has had on entertainment venues.
as well, especially locally. So we launched a Facebook live concert series
in August called #815Live that would exclusively feature these local
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F ACEBOOK artists who no longer have venues or restaurants or bars to play at. For
seven weeks, we welcomed a new artist to our stage and they performed
for our Facebook audience of more than 14,000 followers. This series
was so popular, that we launched it again in February 2021 featuring 4
new artists. Not only did these artists have a space to perform, but each
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CONCERT group or artist received a stipend for their performance thanks to grants
from the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund and the Mary E. Stevens
Concert & Lecture Fund.

SERIES our favorite part was hearing the excitement and joy from the artists
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While introducing our audience to these wonderful local artists was fun,
who had a place to play after months and months of not having the
opportunity. Along with that, many artists described how performing on
the Egyptian Theatre’s stage had been a dream come true. These words
absolutely humbled us as staff who walk this stage every day. As we make
our way out of this pandemic, we hope to have many of these artists back
with live audiences, so their dream of performing on our stage can be
even that more real with people in the seats.