Recently I ran across an ad for a "fundraising event" that caught my eye because - you guessed it - it is trolling for free live music. What made this one stand out is some of the big numbers floating around an event that is posing as so cash poor that they can't pay the musicians. For instance, they are charging $50 at the door. They are expecting 350+ people, and think they can raise $25,000. They are advertising gambling (which made me laugh because they are doing this thing in Provo, Utah).
Anyway, it smelled fishier than even I first thought. So thanks to a supporter of ours at Northern Lights Radio Society, I got on to the website of the organization putting this thing on, called The Great Life Foundation - which from all appearances looked like one of those new agey "life coach" scams. I knew if I dug around I could find what they were actually peddling, and how much they were soaking people for it. Eureka. If you go into the "classes" that they offer, take a gander at the fees. One class was $1685 per person.
Is this passing your sniff test? All this cash they are bringing in (and we have no idea how much of it actually will go to any charity, do we?) and they cannot cough up a few hundred bucks or so for a band?
Anyway, if you are interested:
Living Christmas Benefit
The Great Life Foundation
November 14th 7-11 pm
APX Headquarters 5132 North 300 West, Provo UT.
If you want to give these folks your feeling on asking for free live music, you can contact them at:
801-466-1222 or www.TheGreatLifeFoundation.org
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