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1 Why CELEBRATING support THE ARTS A N D L I FE I N THE the CATSKI LLS arts? Build market share Reinforce your brand Reach new customers Generate goodwill A thriving arts community helps recruit & retain talent The arts contribute to the local economy & quality of life Arts drive tourism Become a sponsor! Attend events! Tell your friends! Purchase a playbill ad! Make a tax deductible donation!

By way of maple-lined country roads and picturesque dairy farms, road signs guide you to the landmark West Kortright Centre, between Oneonta, Stamford, and Delhi.

World-class Performance Series Myriad Community Events Regional Garden Tour Young Artists Showcases Eclectic Workshops Exhibits Annual West Kortright Fair Young People s Theater Arts Workshops and

2 By way of maple-lined country roads and picturesque dairy farms, road signs guide you to the landmark West Kortright Centre, between Oneonta, Stamford, and Delhi. For more than 40 years, our community has relied on The Centre to deliver excellent programming to our ever-expanding audience. World-class Performance Series Myriad Community Events Regional Garden Tour Young Artists Showcases Eclectic Workshops Exhibits Annual West Kortright Fair Young People s Theater Arts Workshops and Shakespeare Performances The WKC presents an eclectic blend of high quality performances, workshops, and educational programs. By integrating the arts into rural community life, The Centre aims to enrich cultural opportunities and develop the artistic awareness of future audiences as it preserves the legacy of our beautiful setting. Learn more about us at S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 1

3 Sponsorship benefits include recognition on our extensive promotion materials, prominent logo placement, complimentary tickets, a complimentary playbill ad, a Proud Supporter sign for your business, social media shout-outs, and warm fuzzy feelings! We have an extensive media list that covers the Northern Catskills, Southern Tier, Hudson Valley, and Leatherstocking regions, including newspapers, television, radio, online calendars, chambers of commerce, and links on fellow arts organizations websites and blogs. Sponsors are always highlighted in our season brochure, playbill, individual event press releases, full color posters, and targeted blasts to our list of over 2,000 people. Sponsors are frequently mentioned on our Facebook page, which has more than 2,500 followers. (We also maintain active Twitter and Instagram feeds, plus the ever-popular word-of-mouth network!) Sponsors and their logos are prominently displayed on our website Event sponsors receive complimentary tickets to their events. Sponsors receive complimentary playbill ads and are listed in our annual brochure (5,000+ copies). You can feel really good about supporting such a vibrant organization, and our audiences DO notice! For more information about sponsorships and other ways to support The WKC, contact Caitlyn Davey, Marketing & Public Relations Director caitlyn@westkc.org Our government and foundation sponsors The West Kortright Centre is partially funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and has participated in programs with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the Arts and Business Council of New York State, Community Foundation of South Central New York, and Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. Our supporters include the Dewar, A. Lindsay and Olive B. O Connor, Molinari, and Robinson-Broadhurst Foundations, as well as the Bert Santora Trust. The Centre has established an endowment trust fund for ongoing building preservation and improvement. Donations to the fund are matched dollar-for-dollar by the O Connor Foundation S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 2

SPONSORSHIP A vital part of our program funding, and good business for you!

Many thanks to our 2016 sponsors: Boynton Pro Audio & Music Square Brewery Ommegang Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship Clark Companies Community

FrieslandCampina Domo Golden Artists Colors Gordon Roberts Agency New York Central Mutual Insurance Preferred Mutual Price Chopper (Season Print Sponsor) Pure

4 SPONSORSHIP A vital part of our program funding, and good business for you! Della Mae sponsor Cal Courtney of Courtney Funeral Home presents the band with a custom-etched mirror before they play a sold out show! Many thanks to our 2016 sponsors: Boynton Pro Audio & Music Square Brewery Ommegang Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship Clark Companies Community Bank Courtney Funeral Home The Daily Star Edward Jones Five Star Subaru (Season Sponsor) Frank Lumia Real Estate Plus Frazier s Landscapes, Inc. FrieslandCampina Domo Golden Artists Colors Gordon Roberts Agency New York Central Mutual Insurance Preferred Mutual Price Chopper (Season Print Sponsor) Pure Catskills Stewart s Shops Townsquare Media WSKG Public Media PLAYBILL ADVERTISING 2016 program= more than 7,500 attendees! Sponsors receive a complimentary ad in the 2017 Playbill. For Playbill advertising rates for non-sponsors, contact caitlyn@westkc.org (607) S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 3

For more than 40 amazing years, the West Kortright Centre has been fulfilling its mission to provide excellence in arts presentation and community events for all the people in our extensive upstate

) (Right, Jon Cleary opened the 2016 season with his Grammy Award-winning New Orleans funk and blues.

We mail and distribute over 5,000 brochures to households and businesses all across our area.

5 For more than 40 amazing years, the West Kortright Centre has been fulfilling its mission to provide excellence in arts presentation and community events for all the people in our extensive upstate community. Become our exclusive Season Sponsor and have your business logo on all of our posters for the 2017 seaosn! (Plus many more perks see benefit matrix, page 9.) (Right, Jon Cleary opened the 2016 season with his Grammy Award-winning New Orleans funk and blues.) 2017 SPONSOR LEVELS Exclusive Season Sponsor: $3500 Exclusive Season Print Sponsor: $2000 Our Season Brochure and Season Playbill are two of The Centre s most visible marketing tools. We mail and distribute over 5,000 brochures to households and businesses all across our area. Over 1600 Playbills with more than 75 local advertisers are handed out to audiences at performances and other events during the entire season. Become our exclusive Season Print Sponsor and have your business logo on all of our posters for the 2017 seaosn! (Plus many more perks see benefit matrix, page 9.) Exclusive Gala Dance Sponsor: $1500 The annual Gala Dance Under the Stars, held on a summer night under a big tent, brings world-class rhythms and music to our little part of the world. This is one of our most anticipated and well-attended events of the season. In 2016, we featured the rising alt-country stars Girls Guns & Glory, with special guests local honky-tonk country favorities, The Hop City Hellcats (right). (Includes many sponsorship perks see benefit matrix, page 9.) S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 4

Exclusive 2017 Performance Sponsor: $500 Each year, The Centre provides the finest performance programming in our region in either our acoustically excellent auditorium space, or outside under a big

Pick a performer from our 2017 lineup, or tell us which genre is your favorite! (Includes many sponsorship perks see benefit matrix, page 9.

6 Exclusive 2017 Performance Sponsor: $500 Each year, The Centre provides the finest performance programming in our region in either our acoustically excellent auditorium space, or outside under a big tent. We bring in gifted artists and performers from many cultural and ethnic backgrounds from around the world, across the country, and regional talent a little closer to home. Pick a performer from our 2017 lineup, or tell us which genre is your favorite! (Includes many sponsorship perks see benefit matrix, page 9.) Left: at The WKC in 2016, Haitian songstress Emeline Michel & her band are so groovy, these two girls ran up on stage to dance! Right: Local musical celebrity Matt Munisteri sits in with county swing/ gypsy jazz favorites, Hot Club of Cowtown. To give you an idea of the range our performances... this past year we featured: Jon Cleary and the Monster Gentlemen (Grammy-winning New Orleans blues & funk) Della Mae (bluegrass & Americana) Karrin Allyson (jazz) Gala Dance Under the Stars w/ Girls, Guns, & Glory (Americana & country) Emeline Michel (Haitian) Shakespeare s The Taming of the Shrew (Young People s Theater Arts Workshops) Hot Club of Cowtown (western swing) Alash Ensemble (Tuvan throat singing) West Kortright Fair: Sherman Homles & George Kilby Jr. Trio (roots & blues), Professor Louie & the Crowmatix (rock), Blues Maneuver (blues & rock) Darlingside (indie folk rock) Voxare String Quartet meets Man with a Movie Camera (chamber music) Maarja Nuut (Estonian experimental music) Bombay Rickey (operatic surf noir) Bumper Jacksons (roots music & street jazz) S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 5

July 2017 Young People s Theater Arts Workshops and

Co-Sponsorship: $500 (Includes many sponsorship perks

) Among our most rewarding and important programs are

correspondeing two evenings of Shakespeare in the

Students ages 5 to 19, participate in acting,

7 July 2017 Young People s Theater Arts Workshops and Shakespeare in the Valley 30th Anniversary Extravaganza Co-Sponsorship: $500 (Includes many sponsorship perks see benefit matrix, page 9.) Among our most rewarding and important programs are the Young People s Theater Arts Workshops and the correspondeing two evenings of Shakespeare in the Valley productions. Students ages 5 to 19, participate in acting, stage-craft production, costume design, and theater games workshops. The workshops for students ages years old culminate in two fully-staged productions of Shakespeare s A Midsummer s Night Dream S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 6

..... FAIR2017......................................... WEST KORTRIGHT Over 900 people attended the WKC Fair this past year!

the festive atmosphere that celebrates so many of the elements that make the greater West Kortright

Main Event Sponsor ($1000) recognition on promotional materials at the Fair, special mention in

posters, postcards), on social media, in press releases, the season brochure, calendar listings,

a complimentary booth and easel sign a 1/2 page ad in our season playbill plus 20 tickets.

brochure, calendar listings, a complimentary booth at the fair a 1/4 page ad in our season

Children s Activities Sponsors Sound Technology Tent $350 Children s Activity Area: $350 Wacky

8 ..... FAIR WEST KORTRIGHT Over 900 people attended the WKC Fair this past year! Attendees had a wonderful time dancing, picnicking, shopping, playing games, bidding on Silent Auction items, and much more. People look forward to the WKC Fair as a place to gather and meet friends old & new, while enjoying the festive atmosphere that celebrates so many of the elements that make the greater West Kortright Centre community such a special place to live and visit. Main Event Sponsor ($1000) recognition on promotional materials at the Fair, special mention in radio advertising and press interviews, name & logo on all print advertising (print & online ads, posters, postcards), on social media, in press releases, the season brochure, calendar listings, and website. a complimentary booth and easel sign a 1/2 page ad in our season playbill plus 20 tickets. Co-sponsor ($500) recognition on promotional materials at the Fair, on social media, the season brochure, calendar listings, and website. a complimentary booth at the fair a 1/4 page ad in our season playbill plus 10 Fair tickets. Children s Activities Sponsors Sound Technology Tent $350 Children s Activity Area: $350 Wacky Wendy Hats: $350 Magician: $350 recognition on promotional materials at the Fair, in press releases, on social media & our website. a 1/8 page ad in our season playbill plus 6 Fair tickets Contributor ($100) recognition on promotional materials at the Fair, on social media, and our website plus 2 Fair Tickets S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 7

Exclusive Garden Tour Sponsor: $400 (or Garden Tour Co-Sponsors: $200 each) Our very popular annual

The tour moves to a different area each year, featuring special landscape sites with notable annual

In 2016, despite a light drizzle, more than 80 horticultural enthusiasts toured unique landscapes and

(Includes many sponsorship perks see benefit matrix, page 9.

fiction writing, painting, artisan crafts, wild food foraging, stone wall building, & more!

9 Exclusive Garden Tour Sponsor: $400 (or Garden Tour Co-Sponsors: $200 each) Our very popular annual tour of private gardens and landscapes in our region is now in its 25th season! The tour moves to a different area each year, featuring special landscape sites with notable annual and perennial flower, vegetable, fruit, rock, and water gardens. In 2016, despite a light drizzle, more than 80 horticultural enthusiasts toured unique landscapes and gardens in the Bovina/Meredith area. The location of the 2017 is still to be determined. (Includes many sponsorship perks see benefit matrix, page 9.) Adult Workshop Sponsor: $250 per workshop Workshops include yoga, dramatic movement, music-making, fiction writing, painting, artisan crafts, wild food foraging, stone wall building, & more! Sponsors are listed in the brochure & playbill, on our website & social media, in press releases, and on posters. Workshop sponsors also receive a complimentary 1/8 page playbill ad S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T PA G E 8

Banner on Main Street - $500 Garden Tour Sponsor - $400/$200 WKC Workshop Sponsor - $250 WKC Fair Sponsor - $500 (see page 7) YPTAW Sponsor - $500 Performance Sponsor - $500 Gala Sponsor - $1500

10 Banner on Main Street - $500 Garden Tour Sponsor - $400/$200 WKC Workshop Sponsor - $250 WKC Fair Sponsor - $500 (see page 7) YPTAW Sponsor - $500 Performance Sponsor - $500 Gala Sponsor - $1500 Season Print Sponsor - $2000 Season Sponsor - $ Sponsor Levels & Benefits (website) Sponsor Name on Website & Brochure Sponsor Logo on Event Posters Special Listing in Playbill Event Page Recognition in Blasts Full Page Playbill Ad ($375 value) ($400) ($200) 1/4 Page Playbill Ad ($110 value) 1/8 Page Playbill Ad ($90 value) Two Season Tix (~$600 value) Six Season Tix (~$1800 value) Six Special Event Tix (~$150 value) S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T S P O N S O R S H I P PA C K E T Four Performance Tix (~$100 value)

11 2017 Sponsorship Commitment Form Season Sponsor ($3,500) Season Print Sponsor ($2,000) Exclusive Gala Sponsor ($1,500) Banner on Main Street Sponsor ($500) Exclusive Performance Sponsor ($500) Young People s Theater Arts Workshop Co-sponsor ($500) Fair: Main Event Sponsor ($1,000) Fair: Co-sponsor ($500) Fair: Children s Activity Sponsor($350) (specify which) Fair: Contributor ($100) Garden Tour Exclusive Sponsor ($400) Garden Tour Co-sponsor ($200) Adult Workshop Sponsor ($250 per workshop) (optional: specify type) Total $ Name of Company or Organization: Mailing Address: Contact Name: Contact Phone: Contact Name of your organization as it is to appear in the event literature and PR Materials check enclosed credit card If paying by check, mail to: West Kortright Centre 49 West Kortright Church Rd East Meredith, NY If you prefer to pay by credit card via phone, contact Caitlyn Davey (607) Questions? Call or caitlyn@westkc.org Thank you so very much for your support!

THE WEST KORTRIGHT CENTRE

THE WEST KORTRIGHT CENTRE 2018 Sponsorship and Playbill Support Opportunities By way of maple-lined country roads and picturesque dairy farms, you will come to the landmark West Kortright Centre, a 501c(3)