Winter Guard, Indoor Percussion, and Indoor Winds are some of the ensembles that commonly use FansRaise for easier and more effective fundraising.
Regardless if your ensemble is Scholastic or Independent, indoor groups often struggle for funding to meet the needs of advanced design, aggressive travel, and top-box instruction.
Here are (3) reasons that indoor ensembles are finding more success with FansRaise than other conventional (“yawn“) fundraising tactics:
When students are presented with a new concept in class, the question that always follows about 10 minutes into the lesson goes something like, “Will this be on the test/midterm/final exam?”
Vocal ensembles require solid fundraising for concert and performance tours, commissioning of new works, and other overhead expenses that quickly add up…
Disclaimer – In assembling this post, we drew on the input and expertise of dozens of colleagues and current/former high school music educators. We realize that different regions of the United States look at the marching band activity differently, and that what works in one school district will not be a fit in another community.
So now we’re going to “touch” the 3rd rail that we probably shouldn’t mess with – but here we go…
Fundraising is the necessary evil in the performing arts. Most, if not all groups are faced with having to make some form of fundraising a requirement for participation.