First Annual Butterfield Roadhouse Fundraiser August 21, 2010

First Annual Butterfield Roadhouse Fundraiser
Saturday August 21, 2010

Lineup:
Frank Lindamood, Billy Weeks, Cheap and Easy (Bodega Bob and Sugar Harris) Charles Atkins Blues Band and finale jam.

We hope that you will read this thoroughly as there are
a lot of details and the specific event info is at end of this post.


This is a fundraiser and is intended for our business.
It is a way in these economically tough times to provide a means to continue to develop/evolve and continue to present high caliber events and improve on this forum that directly supports the arts

It is a means to keep our forum alive and growing and our heads above water in these tough times.

As most of you know our continual efforts at The Frog and The Hummingbird Co & Butterfield’s Roadhouse have been filled with community spirit and efforts to make some small positive contribution to our community and region.


In approx 1 ½ years we have orchestrated, supported and/or been actively involved in about 150 plus events.
It is always an undertaking to start a new business under even the best of circumstances, however combine the many factors that our region faces the challenges increase.

We moved and relocating just in time for one of the all time worst economic declines and now impacted by the loss of tourism resulting from the oil disaster. Beginning a new business in a very rural region
is a challenge onto itself…

This really has been and continues to be a leap of faith for us and we do believe very strongly in what we are doing—we are passionate with our endeavors that are multifaceted.

Our efforts are continually striving to support and keep alive all genres of the arts, to enhance business and cultural richness and hopefully we have in some capacity been a contributing asset to the community.

Our Events have helped to provide:
1) New forum for Musicians & Special Events
2) Support of Live Music
3) Cultural Enrichment for the Community
4) Enhanced Business for the community
5) Local & national promotion and coverage for the
community
6) Created a merging of talent & networking
opportunities
7) A Smoke Free and Alcohol Free Atmosphere creating a
family friendly atmosphere
8) Creating a forum for all ages enabling youth to be
exposed to a variety of musical styles & a
variety of arts.
9) Importantly with sponsorship support we can continue to create a forum that support the arts, pays performers and offers free performances and events to the region. Enabling music and art aficionados an opportunity to come out and enjoy events, that in these down fallen economic times they might not otherwise be able to enjoy and attend.
10) Additionally, offering free events or events with nominal fees entices attendees to come from other regions bringing further awareness of what the community has to offer.
11) Providing an up-close, intimate and personal atmosphere experiencing a hands-on blues and music experience.
12) Creating a forum for traveling musicians for fill
in gigs, for canceled evens or gaps between
performances.


We have represented in our eclectic forum up 65 local and regional artisans at one time, and we generally have an average of 45 to 50 artisans in here at one time.
We have offered a broad array of events from book signings, music events, fundraisers & benefits, cheese tastings, music events. “Meet the Artist’s Night” and so on.


We have since May of this year been collecting non-perishable food items for our local food bank and Angel Foods which is now also helping Seafood workers, additionally we are collecting pet needs for CHAT Adoption Center of Wakulla County Crawfordville, Florida. Our first attempt of collecting non-perishable foods helped to feed 18 local families. Our second attempt fed more that that…all said and done we will have contributed to aiding many local families. We are now designated as a permanent drop off site for both of these organizations.

Our concepts and evolution:
The Frog and The Hummingbird Co & Butterfield's Roadhouse “Bringing you a touch of The Tropics and an Eclectic Experience”, is a Music and Art Forum currently representing a broad spectrum of works and an array of local and regional artisans and regularly hosts a variety of music, art, community fundraisers and special events each month. New arrivals of arts and crafts and assorted products that meet the needs of both local residents as well as travelers come in all the time,
We have many exciting special events scheduled for 2010 and many more in the works and planning stages. These events are geared to benefiting the community and region as a whole and are not focused on merely personal gain. This establishment has a passion for supporting all arts and for assisting in whatever capacity possible, as well as jumping aboard to help with a gamut of charitable endeavors.


Butterfield’s Roadhouse which is set within this unique and nostalgic art and music atmosphere, is an old fashioned down to earth family friendly music venue for local and national artists, a special venue for traveling artists and performers, special events and jams, historic films and documentaries and more. It presents a variety of networking opportunities not only for local, regional and national arts of all genres but likewise helps to creatively network local and regional businesses passionately demonstration a genuine sense of community spirit.

Butterfield’s Roadhouse is somewhat like a combined old fashioned juke joint/listening room/coffee and tea house… and because we are an non-alcohol environment this means that folks can come out for a wholesome and enjoyable night and able to fully appreciate the music, art, announcements describing the region and also enjoy our dangerously delicious desserts.

Again, we are a “No Alcohol and No Smoke” Environment enabling young people the opportunity to enjoy time with their family and be exposed to a broad spectrum of musical styles while in a nurturing environment.

Additionally a segment of the Paul Butterfield Fund and Society's (PBFS) Educational Archival Exhibit is permanently housed and displayed at The Frog and The Hummingbird Co and Butterfield’s Roadhouse “The Paul Butterfield Fund and Society" (PBFS) was recently established by Salli Squitieri & Gabriel Butterfield-son of Paul Butterfield, w/the assistance of Dan Aykroyd and his wife Donna Dixon-Aykroyd and still in the developmental stages.

PBFS is dedicated to the preservation and revival of the legacy of Paul Butterfield & to the rich traditions of the Blues styles of music through the support of the arts and those involved with the arts. PBFS strives to assist struggling artists and likewise to preserving the legacies and memory of the musicians of that era and introducing these musicians and musical styles to a new generation.

This past year with the many endeavors we have been involved in we placed focus on developing the educational aspects of the exhibit and carrying on the legacy of Gabriel’s father,

The Frog and The Hummingbird Co & Butterfield’s Roadhouse offers a free on site CD Library, Tabletop games such as checkers, chess, Uno, dominoes and cards set on each table and WI-FI will be set up shortly. These free services are available to youth as well as to adults.

We are gradually working to serve our assorted beverages, light fare and dangerously delicious desserts not only at our special events but during the week as well…enabling folks to sit and relax and sip on a cold beverage or have a cup of tea or coffee, enjoy healthy snacks, browse and shop, do their computer work and listen to some music of their choosing with headsets on. Folks are already enjoying many of these services.

We are also using and working to increase many organic products and eco-friendly products and improving all the time.

We are listening to our patrons and baby step at a time bringing in items of request. We have and are working to bring in a variety of natural insect repellants, natural body care products, camping needs, garden art, teas from around the world, music needs and more…

We are always maintaining the sense of newness and continually bringing in new surprises. Each time folks return they comment how things are changed and new and this keeps the excitement going.

We often send our musicians whom we book at our venue to other area venues, and share our events with other businesses helping to place focus on them as well.


In addition to our varied music events featuring Old-timey music, bluegrass, Irish/Celtic, Blues, Jazz, Americana and Folk and more… we are also presenting a book signing, Annual Meet the Artists Night, cheese tasting Nights and One person art shows among other activities.

We have estimated that we put in an average of 87 plus hours per week into our business. We proudly say that our ongoing diligence and hard work resulted in us being the recipients of the 2010 Wakulla Business Excellence Award and we hope to be able to continue our works on this level
of standards…

Giving ourselves a little pat on the back, as we are so terribly hard on ourselves at times…it really is miraculous that we have come this far in such a short time and particularly under a variety and gamut of challenges…

With this said we wish to hold an annual event
that will raise funds for
1) Our Continued growth
2) Improvements
3) Overhead & Operational costs
4) Help with bringing new events
5) Help with performance fees, accommodations & meals for musicians
6) Help with Event needs & permit fees
7) Help bring in new products
8) Miscellaneous cost factors and bills
9) And ultimately make our patrons more comfortable at events

The event:
First Annual Roadhouse Fundraiser:


To include:
Assorted Music 5 to 10 PM
Exhibiting Resident Artists
Silent Auction Table & Drawings
50/50 drawing
Our regular assorted beverages, light fare and dangerously delicious desserts for sale
Free door prize drawings


We will be holding this event on
Saturday August 21 2010
5 to 11 PM
$15.00 Cover


This is rolling in quickly and
We could use your help in the following ways:
1) We still need musicians who can donate their services for this event
To Date Frank Lindamood, Cheap & Easy (Bodega Bob & Sugar Harris) and Billy Weeks are in the line-up
2) Help with recruiting & collecting of prizes and promotional giveaways (door prizes, silent auction prizes and prizes fr assorted drawings)
3) Promotion & postering
4) People to help with labor at the event
Tend Door
Tend silent auction table
Sell 50/50 tickets at event
Sell drawing tickets (raffle tickets)
Help serve food etc
5) Other ideas to help raise funds
6) Donated Desserts
7) Food and platters for a buffet style table for
Musicians donating their services
8) Printing
9) Folding Tables and/or 6’ and/or 8’


We thank each of you for your ongoing support,
friendship and belief in us and what we are doing….
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for your consideration.


With Special thanks
Salli and Gabriel
Salli Squitieri and Gabriel Butterfield
The Frog and The Hummingbird Co
& Butterfield's Roadhouse
118 Municipal Ave. Corner of Rose St
Sopchoppy Florida 32358
850-962-8222
305-304-2226
butterfieldsociety@yahoo.com
frogandhummingbirdco@yahoo.com