The Perils of Procrastination

Show tickets have been on sale for one week, and 25% of them are now gone. 25%--in just one week! As for the dinner tickets, half of them have been sold.

This may be making some of you nervous because you haven't yet purchased a ticket. What's up---price got you down? It's for a great cause, and much will be tax-deductible. Still not sure?

There are plenty of tickets left, so don't worry. I'm sure there will still be one left when you get around to filling out the ticket order and sending in your check.

So feel free to put this off.

Hey, everyone else will do the same, I'm sure.

I mean, really. How fast could these tickets go?

Besides, what's the hurry? It's probably the one and only time Garrison Keillor will visit Zumbrota or the immediate area. So what if it'll be one of the rare times we'll have a BIG celebrity on our LITTLE stage? This man has so much stage presence there may not be room for the musicians. Sure, you can go see a performance of A Prairie Home Companion for less money, but it'll be you and about a zillion other people.

But at the State? It'll be you and 279 other people. That's it.

But no worries. Go ahead and procrastinate.

I'm sure the show will be just as enjoyable standing outside in the cold with your ear pressed against the stucco wall....

really.

Our Catered Dinner

Someone asked me yesterday for details about the dinner part of our event. We're going to have it catered by an amazing restaurant, but we can't announce it yet because negotiations are still in progress. Trust us---it's going to be great!

We'll also have a bar. Each dinner ticket includes a complimentary drink.

We're keeping the dinner small, perhaps 50 people, so Garrison will have time to visit every table and soak up his fill of southeastern MN charm...which means you!

Zumbrota business owners Dave Zimmerman and Roxanne Bartsch have a great space in downtown Zumbrota right on Main Street, a charming 19th century building that has been stripped of all the 1950s plaster and dropped ceilings, leaving the original wood floors and walls exposed. They've graciously offered this warm space for the dinner.

Add some twinkling lights, artwork by local artists, white table cloths, a glass of Merlot, and you'll think you're in a fine restaurant...which you will be.

We Love a Parade


Three days before Zumbrota's Covered Bridge Festival, Ronda Sand, an enterprising ZAAC member and hardworking volunteer, decided that our show, Red Shoes and Polka Dots, needed to be in the parade. Among the performers at our October 11th show will be host Garrison Keillor, and the polka band Ray Sands and the Polka Dots, now celebrating their 60th year as a band.

Ronda enlisted her parents and their cool convertible, then tracked down Ray Sands and invited him to join her. That's Ray with the accordian and the original Polka Dots shirt.













































"Garrison" was in the parade as well... Can't see him in the car? Look very closely at Ronda's fan.

Thanks, Ronda, for getting us in the parade (and for winning a float award as well!)

ZAAC appreciates all its members for supporting our local arts 'scene.'

Come join us on October 11!