The 2011 Funding Drive was such an enormous success and we’d like to send a huge thanks to everyone who helped out in any way they could.
Volunteers
The lead up to the Funding Drive is a crazy time in our house, the success of which is not without the tireless efforts of many volunteers: new and seasoned. First off, a huge thank you to all the volunteers and captains who came down to the station to answer phones. We would like to give extra thanks to the following volunteers who went over and above the call of duty: Todd G for serving as uber captain every morning of the drive, Dave N for coming in for the late shifts, Zoe P for helping out almost every day and picking up lots of incentives and everyone else who put in their 200% to make sure things ran smoothly. So, thank you Bryson, Spencer, Nathan T, Dave, Reza, Aaron, Dustin, Nevile, Marco, Taryn & Rich, Mark, Aubrey, Kevin, Paula, Richard Freeman and his gal, Paul, Adam, Lucie, Nathan, Kristopher, Baron, Benny and everyone else!
The staff also went over and above the call of duty spending many volunteer hours, on top of their regular duties, making sure things went smoothly: Joe, Marc Kat D. & Hayley pulled out all the stops this year!
We also had a crew of high school students from the Westmount Charter School, so we would like to say thanks to all the students and their teacher, Jaime Good, with a special thanks to Daryl & Dylan Leman for suggesting this idea in the first place.
Finally, a special thank you to the Alumni. We had a number of Alumni come in and host shows during the drive. Not only was this good for nostalgia sake, but the seasoned vets showed the newbies a thing or to about hosting a show during funding drive.
Food
Of course, volunteers need to be fed so we’d like to thank Noel and his crew at Boogie’s Burgers, John & Megan et. al at Tubby Dog, Mhari from Mission Diner, Dan Northfield at Local 510 (especially for delivering to us!!), Spencer and the rest of the Palomino crew, Philip and his lovely staff at Cafe Koi, Dick at The Hop and Brew, Dan Clapson and Dave Hockey from Higher Ground, Lindsey and the gang from Broken City, Jane & Robert Steckle from Fat City Franks, Leslie from Subway in Kensington, again Dan Northfield from the Drum & Monkey, Erin from Vastu Chai & the entire Roasterie staff.
Thank you to the volunteers who picked up and delivered the food: Zoe, Bryson, Spencer, Marco, Nigel, Nathan and Nevile. Finally, a special thanks to the staff who provided many breakfasts: Joe, Kat D., Hayley and Marc. Delish!
Live Drive Shows
If you didn’t notice we put on a ton of shows during Funding Drive and, you know, it takes a lot to make those shows happen. Thanks to all the venues, musicians and artists who made it happen: The Palomino, Market Collective, The Ship & Anchor, BassBuss, James from YYC Food Trucks, Habitat, DJ Double D and The Sublink, Cantos Music Foundation, The Globe Theatre, Calgary Underground Film Festival, Dickens Pub, Broken City, Tubby Dog, Black Phoenix Orchestra, The Moa Moa’s, Rockets and Dinosaurs, Extra Happy Ghost!!!, Lucid 44, the Gooeys, Bemanic, Double D, Danny Diamond, Erwin the Intern, Lodestar and Supernumerary, Bass Charger, Wax Romeo, Audit, Mama Miche, Slim Pickins, Small Town DJs, The Magnetic North, Clinton St. John and the Sacred Chester Marching Band, KOTD Exhibition Battle, Cash Flow and J Thadeus, Deezuz, Sargaent & Comrade, ContraVerse, DJ Swann, Geist, Miesha and The Spanks, Chris Nevile, The Ex-Boyfriends, Pine Tarts, Beaver Squadron.
Artists
Huge thanks to Dirty Donny for the incredible funding drive artwork, Joel Monea for making the CDs look amazing, Tim Huesken for a bad-ass looking board game and Megan Kirk for some awesome gorilla glam t-shirts at the wrap up party.
Grand Prizes
On November 18th we’ll be drawing for a few really great Grand Prizes provided by Fiore’s, Patrick Palardy at Public Lunch Studios, Lifesport, Calgary Folk Music Festival and Magic Tours. Helping out the band challenge is Lorrie Matheson at Arch Audio, Casey Lewis at EchoBase Studios and Patrick Palardy at Public Lunch Studios.
Local Incentives
There were also a bunch of businesses that helped us out with donations of incentives. We’d like to recognize Swizzlesticks, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Red’s Diner, Fat City Franks, Tubby Dog, Trends Fashion, Alberta Views Magazine, The Arusha Center, Goodchild Cartel, Sloth Records, Frilly Lilly, Dick & Jane’s, Shelf Life Books, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, GIRAF, CUFF, Sled Island, Calgary International Blues Festival, Calgary Reggae Festival, Silk Road Spice Merchant, The Roasterie, Calaway Park, Sunnyside Grocery, Sidewalk Citizen Bakery, Janice Beaton Fine Cheese, HOME Tasting Room, Local 510, The Commonwealth, The Hi-Fi, Vox Box Studios, Light and Soul, The Ship & Anchor, Lisa Braun, …
We couldn’t have gotten all the awesome goodies like t-shirts and cooler bags together without the help of Ryan from New Dog, so thank you!
Music And CDs
People across North America helped us out with a bunch of CDs. We’d like to thank Sub Pop Records (Sasha), Bloodshot Records, Planetary (Kelly), Domino Records (Mona), Distribution Select, Nettwerk Records, Urbnet, Team Clermont (Shil), The Neckers, The Magnetic North. There were also a bunch of people helping us with the compilation CD. Big thanks to Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave Mastering), Seth Goldberg (DMA), David Read (Vinyl Record Guru) and all the people who helped put the CD together by engineering live sessions and listening back to them all: Mike Gratton, Kevin Woron, Caitlin Mosher, Cailean David, Jason Tawkin, Hayley Muir and Kat Lord.
City Hall
We would like to thank Mayor Naheed Nenshi and his Communications Advisor Daorcey Le Bray for their help putting together the amazing Funding Drive stingers.
Make sure you tune in for a live on-air performance by the remarkable Carolyn Mark and Geoff Berner on My Allergy To The Fans this Friday. Carolyn Mark is a rowdy country lady capable of kicking up quite a storm and not sticking to any one style, ever. She’s shared the stage and studio with many-a-band including the fabulous Neko Case. Now her and Geoff Berner are in town to raise a little storm of their own. Geoff is a talented songwriter and accordionist with a leaning towards merging klezmer and punk rock. His music is always interesting and lively. If you can’t check them out when they play the Ironwood on February 3rd, then don’t miss them on My Allergy to the Fans between 2 and 4pm.
