A Little Something Extra

ISO intern Ben Luttrell provides an update on the Circle the City for the Symphony walk/run.

Things are beginning to fall in place.

That’s not to say it hasn’t been stressful. I’d liken it to one of those big domino exhibitions: it’s fun and amazing to watch and you can’t help but admire the hard work that goes into it, but it gets more stressful as each element is revealed and open to the public.

**Something I think needs to be overstated before we go any further: this blog is only one example of the resources and options given to me and to the Circle the City planners and brain trust by the Orchestra. I can not thank everyone here enough for all that I’ve been able to do, say and experience as part of my internship.**

The process of setting up and organizing an event is a lot of work, but it can be done with a relative limited amount of people. Between the committee and full-time/part-time/intern staff at the ISO, there are around 15-20 people actively involved in the pre-game phase of the event.

The day of the event itself? That’s a whole new ball game.

They say it takes a village to raise a child. If that is true, then it takes a small army to put on a road race. People are needed to pass out water, take names and register people at the door, distribute R&R food, take chips for timing, clean up and a group of people whose sole job is to stand around and answer questions.

Seeing the amount of help it is going to take, we’re putting out the APB for any and all who would be open to volunteering for Circle the City. Our target is to have 160 people on hand Friday and Saturday to help everything go smoothly and without more incident than necessary.

For signing up and helping, we will give you a volunteer t-shirt to proudly display, and we’ll also give you a free ticket to a Marsh Symphony on the Prairie concert. No cost is involved – we just want your help and attendance at the event.

Information and signup is online at IndianapolisSymphony.org. We would love to see as many of you who can’t run or would rather help out come and have a blast while helping us out with this amazing event.

Circle the City for the Symphony -- Saturday, Aug. 7 at 8 a.m.!