Opportunities for Welsh Societies and Individuals!

The 2011 North American Festival of Wales (NAFOW)* will visit Cleveland and the following sponsorship opportunities, large and small, are available for individuals, foundations and corporations to support the event. Co-sponsorships and partial sponsorships are also welcome. Acknowledgement of your support will be recognized in tangible ways during the Festival and on our website. All sponsorship will be recognized in the Festival Program Booklet and orally if the sponsorship is tied to a specific event. Other benefits for the larger donations can be discussed . As you review the following list you will see that the possibilities for co-operation are many and we sincerely hope that you will take advantage of them.

Specific Event Opportunities

-Entire Festival $50,000 (representatives of the two entities would have to negotiate the details of such an arrangement)

-Grand Concert $10,000 (to help defray expenses of a visiting male choir from Wales)

-Opening concert $5,000

- Pub night entertainer s $1,500

- Banquet Soloist $2,500
-Seminars in total $3,000

(single seminar $500; single honorarium $200)
-Cinema Wales $1,000

-Eisteddfod Adjudicators $200 - $2,000 (dependent on whether from outside or already part of Festival)
-Other instructors/entertainers $200 each (folk dance, Welsh language, Ysgol Gan, etc.)

Non Event-Specific Festival Essentials

-Festival Accompanist $2,500 (piano and organ as appropriate throughout the Festival)

-Audio/Visual support for Festival $8,000 (paid to contactor)
-Publicity $400-$1,500 (Ninnau and Local)
-Publishing the Program Book $2,50
-Publishing and mailing expenses for Registration materials $3,000
-4 issues of Hwyl Newsletter Annually $5,200 (one issue $1,300)

-Electronic Advertising $500 (NAFOW Website, Facebook, Americymru, etc.)

-Special flooring for Dance Seminar $250
-Travel for entertainers& presenters $600 (on average each)
- Hotel room-nights $150 ( per night per entertainer, 20+ needed)

-Organ Rental $1,600

-Piano Tuning $400

General Festival Overhead

-Supplemental Office Assistance $1,000

-Office supplies $500 (printer cartridges and paper, copying, etc)

- Shipping $350 (Boxes from HQ to Festival site)

To discuss any aspect of the above or if further information is required, please contact Hywel Davies at 301-654-5832 or at hywelmd@verizon.net .