(from our volunteer coordinator)
Dear HONK! fans-
HONK! is quickly approaching, bands have their plane tickets, venues are getting set and the only thing missing is you and your friends to help pull this off. Below find a smattering of opportunities that need your touch. Look it over and then contact
participate@honkfest.org. and let us know what you want to do.
Honk! in the neighborhoods 3PM to 5 PM [7 people] Friday Oct 5th:Help get bands to and from their venues in the Boston, Somerville and Cambridge area.
Helping with Friday night dinner [7 people] 4PM to 7 PM Friday Oct 5th:The amazing Bonnie will lead the effort to feed over 600 musicians. Come slice, dice, chop and stir in the presence of some pretty entertaining company. Once the food is made we need help bringing it from The First Church of Somerville to Tufts Administration Building (TAB) and then serving the food and cleaning up the TAB [7 people] from 7PM to 10 PM.
Lighting: [8 people] Saturday Oct 6th:If there are 5 sites to light (7 Hills Park, Statue Park, Kenney Park, Winter St. Behind Connolly's insurance) we could use 4 teams of 2 people each. Winter St and behind Connolly's are pretty simple, one team could do both. It would be great if the lighting is up by noon. Those putting up lighting could meet at Statue Park and finish that job, since the Merchandise booths and the Info booth also need to be lit. Around 9 PM those teams would come back take down the lights, pack 'em up and stash them. Then head to the Saturday night party.
Hat Passers and Wranglers: [36 different slots to fill] 12:15 PM to 9 PM Saturday 10/6 [8 different slots] 2 PM to 6PM Sunday 10/7: This is a huge job and we need a big crew. People usually do 2 hour shifts, but you are right where the bands are, you can listen to the music, dance and pass a bucket, so for the right people it is not an onerous task. On Saturday Oct 5th there are 9 venues in Davis Square and on Sunday Oct 6th, 4 venues in Harvard Square.
Merchandise [15] on Saturday Noon til 9 PM and [9] on Sunday 1PM to 6PM:Selling T-shirts and CD’s in a tent right in the midst of the festival. We need help setting up for the festival on Saturday in Davis Square 9 AM til Noon and taking it down 9PM til done. Sunday Oct 7th 1 PM to 6PM in Harvard Square, we get to do it all again, setup around 11 AM, breakdown 5:30 to 6:30 PM.
Shuttle Van Driving Saturday Oct 6th 8 PM until Sunday morning Oct 7th, 2 AM [ 9 drivers]:You get to drive a 15 passenger van full of HONK! musicians back and forth from the Dilboy in Davis Square to the Saturday night party. Usually a 2 hour slot is a pretty good time.
Sunday Oct 7th Parade Marshals [20 people] 10:30 AM til 2 PM:There is a Marshal meeting at Sprout (339R Summer St.
Somerville, MA 02144) Oct 1st at 7PM. Marshals will help the pace of the parade down Mass Ave.
Sunday night Oct 7th 7:30 PM to Midnight Blow Out Concert [7 band wranglers, 10 ushers]:Come help keep things running smoothly.
Monday, October 8th Sweeping up, the Tufts Administration Building and the Dilboy:This should occur maybe on Monday Oct 8th [3 people]
Many thanks for considering volunteering for HONK!. We couldn't do it without you!
-- Michael Rome, HONK! volunteer coordinator
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