Requested Stage Arrangement

(From Audience Perspective)

It takes work -- and faith --

to be a successful Family Band...

Our family band has been performing for the last six years or so, however my wife & I have been involved in music & stage performance for over 20 years together. We perform with the oldest four of our six children, but with the two youngest joining on some specialty songs. We enjoy traveling and sharing our Farnum Family flavored music with folks at churches, fairs, festivals, schools, private engagements and at Silver Dollar City. As a homeschool family we usually have the flexibility to travel whenever and wherever an occasion might warrant.

My current booking procedure involves the following steps… first, I determine a target audience (church, fair or festival, school, etc.) and glean preliminary information simply from an internet search. Most of my bookings are achieved by making a cold-call (however some are referrals from other family bands or past engagements). Next, I determine the proper decision-maker and introduce myself, giving a brief overview of our family & music ministry, entertainment, and/or educational value for the respective venue (i.e. church, fair or festival, school, etc.). If interested, I offer to make an immediate follow-up by sending a ‘get-acquainted’ email, offering it as a means of seeing our smiling faces and learning more about our family & family music. An example follows… 

Hello (Contact Person):

Thank you for taking my call…  We’d like to introduce you to music performance by the Farnum Family. We would be very pleased to share our Bluegrass/Gospel/Irish/Old-Time Western Music Show for your next community or special event in 2010 / 2011. In the last few years we have been pleased to share our family music for a variety of family-oriented events. In fact, it is possible that you or someone you know may have already seen us at Silver Dollar City, a local church or some other venue. We also offer a school assembly program:  American Heritage Music.

For your convenience, we've attached a printable informational sheet, plus a couple pictures for a glimpse of our family. To hear what we sound like, please go to our website and direct your attention to our Products page & click on some of the song titles listed under our Folk Psalms and Come and Rejoice albums. For a taste of our old-time family-style music, be sure to sample our Tomato Pickin’ album. For additional availability, please check our Calendar page.

We’ll look forward to hear from you, or will follow-up with a call in a short time. Thank you.

In His Service & Yours,

Norm & Trish Farnum

417 337-3432

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