This past Sunday, the band had its annual Christmas Concert. It was a bittersweet day for me. My manager had allowed me to take the day off to attend the concert, and my supervisor actually attended the concert. We knew we needed a very good showing because we were financially strapped for the year, and needed to get as close as possible to ending up in the black. What actually happened was beyond belief! We sold 710 tickets to the concert, and ended up in the black for the year because of all the tickets sold!
One of the new things we have started doing since being at the church is that we have access to use the screens behind the band to put images on. The youth group has also set up a concessions stand to sell drinks and snacks at, with proceeds helping out the church...of course the band also gets a little part of that as well.
