Re: 2023 US Tour
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 2:35 pm
Unless I missed it (which is totally possible) I didn't see anything from you saying you were coming. I tried to privately message anyone I knew from LDF who was attending in DC so as to invite them to a fan lunch before the show; or at least to connect somehow prior to the performance. So many of us have never actually met one another due to the international nature of the fanbase! Sorry that didn't work out this timealcesalcesobservator wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:50 am">10 months ago</span> Ah yes! I realized when I listened to the album later that I had gotten the songs mixed up. And I totally would have made myself known, had I known who to make myself known to! I don't know what anyone looks like Sadly I can't make it to New York, but those attendees will be lucky, indeed!
I'm not sure it is the case that Sam is needed on the mixing desk so much as it is that Sam enjoys being on the mixing desk and has made that his role in concertsJimmyRiddle wrote: ↑<span title="Wed Jul 26, 2023 3:04 pm">10 months ago</span> Thanks for the reviews, thoughts and photos...lots more on social media in the usual places esp. Patrick(FDL). 30+ boys in full concert repertoire with lots of older voices, sounds like they have already hit their stride with 3 more to go. Steven G was conducting so it appears that Sam C was needed on the mixing/sound desk?
I noticed in the St Ignatius service that someone might have been trying to make Luca laugh during the highest notes on completion to Deep Peace. Didn't seem to bother him, he took it in his stride.
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/64 ... ay-july-28The group will not return to the U.S. for several years due to expense.
JimmyRiddle wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:17 pm">10 months ago</span> ^^Thought that might be the case, Yorkie...and a good job he does to.
Although nothing new, there's a few brief audio clips from some of the boys at the end of this article. It also reminds us that touring the US is expensive for Libera and something they cannot do every year.
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/64 ... ay-july-28The group will not return to the U.S. for several years due to expense.
JimmyRiddle wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:17 pm">10 months ago</span> https://www.einpresswire.com/article/64 ... ay-july-28
The group will not return to the U.S. for several years due to expense.
Who was financing their visits prior to the pandemic? Because they used to visit the US almost every year, alongside trips to the Philippines and Japan.dani wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:26 pm">10 months ago</span>JimmyRiddle wrote: ↑<span title="Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:17 pm">10 months ago</span> ^^Thought that might be the case, Yorkie...and a good job he does to.
Although nothing new, there's a few brief audio clips from some of the boys at the end of this article. It also reminds us that touring the US is expensive for Libera and something they cannot do every year.
https://www.einpresswire.com/article/64 ... ay-july-28The group will not return to the U.S. for several years due to expense.
It’s Such a shame as the boys obviously love touring in the U.S.A so much. It’s also lovely they have taken their entire touring group so nobody missed out even though financially
it must hurt the wallet.
Were they here in 2013?Mercurial909 wrote: ↑<span title="Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:25 pm">10 months ago</span> Who was financing their visits prior to the pandemic? Because they used to visit the US almost every year, alongside trips to the Philippines and Japan.
They certainly had visited the US every year from 2013-2019 (twice in 2014).
They were in the US in late 2013. Did a couple of Christmassy performances there. There’s a video on YouTube of them there.Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:04 pm">10 months ago</span>Were they here in 2013?Mercurial909 wrote: ↑<span title="Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:25 pm">10 months ago</span> Who was financing their visits prior to the pandemic? Because they used to visit the US almost every year, alongside trips to the Philippines and Japan.
They certainly had visited the US every year from 2013-2019 (twice in 2014).
But yes you're right they did have tours in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. But all of those were funded in large part by several big donors who are no longer around, or are unable to contribute the kinds of money they were giving before. I wasn't aware of that fact at first but it came to light over the years.
Not meaning to go all academic on the subject but it's the rule of 80/20, where 80% of the donations to any charity come from just 20% of the donors. Not only that, but it continues on in that 20% of that 20% (that gives the vast majority) also gives 80% of the 80% as well. In other words, and stating it better, 4% of the donors give 64% of the money.
Don't think for a moment that this is isolated to our favorite choir, this is the case with donations to any charity, as well as corporate account books in for-profit companies. It's one of those weird math things that crops up even though we wish it weren't so.
All the same, you can see now that unless they increase their donor base by many many times in the US they're going to be especially subjected to a solo, or perhaps duo, of big donors who could pull out at any time (for perfectly understandable reasons) at which point the tour simply can't happen.
I'm sure you're correct. It would be nice if this current tour persuaded a new generation of major sponsors. Does anyone know anything about the former group of major supporters? How were they inspired before? Maybe whatever inspired them needs to be repeated if possible?Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:04 pm">10 months ago</span>Were they here in 2013?Mercurial909 wrote: ↑<span title="Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:25 pm">10 months ago</span> Who was financing their visits prior to the pandemic? Because they used to visit the US almost every year, alongside trips to the Philippines and Japan.
They certainly had visited the US every year from 2013-2019 (twice in 2014).
But yes you're right they did have tours in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. But all of those were funded in large part by several big donors who are no longer around, or are unable to contribute the kinds of money they were giving before. I wasn't aware of that fact at first but it came to light over the years.
Not meaning to go all academic on the subject but it's the rule of 80/20, where 80% of the donations to any charity come from just 20% of the donors. Not only that, but it continues on in that 20% of that 20% (that gives the vast majority) also gives 80% of the 80% as well. In other words, and stating it better, 4% of the donors give 64% of the money.
Don't think for a moment that this is isolated to our favorite choir, this is the case with donations to any charity, as well as corporate account books in for-profit companies. It's one of those weird math things that crops up even though we wish it weren't so.
All the same, you can see now that unless they increase their donor base by many many times in the US they're going to be especially subjected to a solo, or perhaps duo, of big donors who could pull out at any time (for perfectly understandable reasons) at which point the tour simply can't happen.
That's going to be increasingly difficult if there are several years between visits. People won't be as motivated to contribute to the next visit if it's years away.Surpinto wrote: ↑<span title="Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:04 pm">10 months ago</span> All the same, you can see now that unless they increase their donor base by many many times in the US they're going to be especially subjected to a solo, or perhaps duo, of big donors who could pull out at any time (for perfectly understandable reasons) at which point the tour simply can't happen.