Thank you for another great season of the Lake Country Open Air Performances! See you in 2012!
2011 Annual General Meeting Notice
Please join us for our AGM to discuss the past season and look forward to 2012. The AGM will be held Monday, December 12th at 7pm at the District of Lake Country Municipal Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend. There are a few spots left to fill for the 2012 season. See you there!
Our Mandate:
The Lake Country Open Air Performance Society (LCOAPS) is a not-for-profit initiative created and organized by volunteers in the community of Lake Country. The Society was co-founded by Amber Hugo and Grant Lawrence in 2007 and has a Board of Directors overseeing operations. The Lake Country Open Air Performance Society's mandate is to provide free outdoor music concerts for the residents of and visitors to Lake County during the months of July and August every year. Concerts are held throughout the District of Lake Country at community and regional parks. Each concert features talented local musicians in a variety of genres, as well as artisans and vendors. Evening performances run during day light hours and are all ages shows.
Goals of the Society:
The Lake Country Open Air Performance Society is a not-for-profit initiative with the following goals:
- Enhance the quality of life for residents of and visitors to Lake Country;
- Offer musical performances that appeal to the widest audience base to thus encourage the Community to come out and meet their neighbours and enjoy the artists on the stage;
- Provide a venue for local performers to entertain and increase their audience base;
- Provide local entertainers with an opportunity to network and interact with ‘headliner’ out of town performers when applicable;
- Reinvest into the Community of Lake Country by offering a space for suppliers and artists from within Lake Country to display their works; and
- Encourage tourists to visit Lake Country for a positive impact on our local economy.
Did You Know…?
- The average cost of putting on an evening concert is approximately $2,800.00. This includes sound production, performer honorariums, marketing, insurance and licensing fees.
- What do we get for free? Use of the parks and facilities (washrooms, parking, play areas, garbage collection and landscaping maintenance). water for the performers and volunteers and door prizes.
- It takes about 600 volunteer hours to organize the season of performances. A great big Thank You to our dedicated volunteers and Board of Directors!
- We are a non-profit organization. All our fundraising is done locally through corporate sponsors, service clubs, businesses and individuals (see Donate button below).
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