FPA: A FLORENCE SUCCESS STORY

Back in 1980, a group of Florence folks got together to explore ways to bring first-quality, affordable entertainment to town. Their efforts soon paid off, tickets were sold, and 3 classical musical groups came to Florence.  A sold-out audience enjoyed those first concerts, which were held in a local school auditorium.  Years of more successful concerts followed.  From the original 3 concerts per year, the season grew to 4, then 6, then to the present 8-concert series.  The audience soon outgrew the seating capacity of the school auditorium, so concerts were held at several other venues around town, until the Florence Events Center was built.  The Florence Performing Arts presented its first season at the brand new FEC in 1997.

       Through the years, Florence Performing Arts has produced several hundred concerts in Florence, introducing high quality classical, jazz, ethnic music, dance, comedy, and variety groups to the Florence audience.

        Now celebrating its 27th year, Florence Performing Arts has booked a diverse group of artists who will perform in Florence in the coming 2007-2008 concert season.  Tickets are now available.        

        Florence Performing Arts is a volunteer organization.  Selecting, contracting with, and arranging to bring the performers to Florence involves considerable planning, work and effort, and it is all done by a cadre of enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers--FPA Board Members every one.  

      FPA membership is open to anyone -- a prerequisite is that he or she must be a season ticket subscriber, and each individual membership is subject to approval of the full board.  According to the by-laws, board membership is limited to a maximum of 21 members.

     FPA is seeking active and committed volunteers with skills in the fields of finance, marketing, grant writing, and other areas.  If you would like to bring your skills to the board, please contact any FPA board member.

     Ticket sales income covers less than 60% of the cost of performances. Please consider making a tax- deductible contribution to our Patron Plan with your ticket purchase this year.