That's right guys! This year we are going to be throwing another show. Everything is in the very early stages of developement, but once it comes together it will be one of the best ones of the season. Here's a list of various things that we will need to figure out so that we can throw the best show we can.
1) Location location location - if this sucks, then then show will. End of story. This is our #1 concern!
2) Marketing - advertising the show via online, flyers, word of mouth, making tons of calls, VIP invitations, etc
3) Sponsors for trophies - we NEED to find a company or companies who are willing to donate $$$ to purchase trophies for the show. This is the #1 cost involved and can be easily over $1,500 for all of them. The best places to look are dealerships and small businesses as they have something to gain from being able to advertise at such an event.
4) Date and rain date - BOTH need to be set in stone as soon as we have a location so that we can get the word out immediately. The longer we have to do marketing, the more money we can raise and the better our show will be.
5) Classes - a complete list of classes and subclasses, how many places in each and how each will be judged.
6) DJ - we NEED to book a dj for the event. Although there is a cost involved, it is almost a neccessary evil. If we don't have one then we will have to listen to everyone who thinks they have the badest system in springfield...aka every honda.
7) Police - I HIGHLY recommend having the springfield police department involved with the show. Both as a special sponsor with their DARE car, but also to have them on the show field so that anyone who thinks that doing a burnout or getting in a brawl might be a worthwhile idea, decides to for-go it. Thisw will also open more doors for us to get a better location if they know there will be police there, they are less likely to think something bad will come from it.