Fiddle and Bow Family,
I write this note to update you on Fiddle & Bow and our current schedule of events. We have decided to cancel all shows in 2020 to reduce the possibility of placing our artists, audience and ourselves at risk and to start planning for the 2021 concert season.
This past year has seen some real accomplishments for Fiddle & Bow. We are now bringing shows to Greensboro, located a new venue in Winston-Salem due to changes at Muddy Creek, being co-sponsors at the North Carolina Folk Festival and Greensboro’s Arts in the Arboretum, and our booking committee, led by Peg Parham, have brought in more sold out shows than in recent years. Then came COVID-19, group safety concerns, and the NC State restrictions that put us, along with everyone else, on hold.
Our decision to cancel the remainder of our concert series this year was based on several factors: The inability to plan with artists with the uncertain Governor’s phased roll out schedule, the initial limitation of attendance to 30 or so; the necessary distancing of attendees at the show, the increased risk (perceived and actual) to all attending a show, and the financial shortfall of a sparsely attended event. Given our current stable financial footing and low operating expenses, we felt it best to wait for a time we can schedule and promote live events that will bring back artists and audiences to our shows.
Between now and then we will again be partnering with the North Carolina Folk Festival and Arts in the Arboretum. On our Facebook page we are regularly posting live stream events of artists who have graced our stages in recent years. Please check these out regularly and support these artists.
As a volunteer organization and a community of folk music lovers, we are open to all of you to make Fiddle & Bow a meaningful contributor to live music in the Triad region. We expect that this will be a brave new world for live performance and to be completely honest, we do not even know the questions, let alone have the answers.
If you have a skill set or ideas of what the future of Fiddle & Bow should look like, please reach out to us. We will be reaching out to you as well. As we are learning, community may be one of the most important assets we can nurture and we want you to be part of the volunteer community Fiddle & Bow is proud to support.
Mark Dillon
President
Fiddle & Bow Society
[email protected]
