A Little Something Extra

Ben Luttrull is an intern with the ISO this summer and is working on the Symphony's Circle the City for the Symphony event in August. I've turned my blog over to him to talk about this important fundraising event for the ISO.

When I first found out I was going to be an intern with the ISO this summer, I started mentally racing through what my first assignment was going to be. I’d like to say I was prepared for the 35,000-plus people at the Mini-Marathon Expo, but I had sadly focused on more impersonal, computer-centric tasks. I’m a PR student, so it should be expected of me to relate to the public, but I will admit that the Expo served as the largest public I’ve ever had to relate to.

My main charge at the Orchestra booth was to begin the push for the 2010 Circle the City, presented this year by Finish Line. It fit perfectly – many local runners stopped by the booth wondering about that night’s Happy Hour or what the Symphony on the Prairie schedule was (and I am definitely glad I did my homework beforehand). But they also lit up when they learned about a race for the Orchestra!

I’ll be using these posts to show what it takes to orchestrate (Ha!) an event like Circle the City for the Symphony, as well as pass along details and updates as the day closes in. We are precisely two months away from the starting line!
 
Registration is available at the Hilbert Circle Theater Box Office or online here.