Street Team

Today the street team made our first tour of the surrounding neighborhood of the 4100 Club. Overall it was a great success. We split into three groups and I was paired with Ilana and Erin as the other seven individuals were also split into two other groups.

Although we were unable to sell any tickets we did get a lot of interest toward our efforts. We did a bit of walking but forgot to take down the names of the streets that we walked but it was the neighborhood directly across from the club. We made attempts to talk to people who were in their yard and got some not so good responses especially pertaining to the new management. I didn’t actually think that this was really the reason why people held such animosity for the club but found that I was really mistaken after talking to a few community dwellers.

It was fairly easy, for myself, to approach the doors of these houses because I have had experience with this throughout my rec league days when we would have to raise money via selling raffle tickets at a dollar a piece for my football, baseball, basketball, and lacrosse recreation councils. I would travel around our neighborhoods with my brothers which made me more comfortable with this kind of introduction.

We did come across some who didn’t want anything to do with the entire conversation and one in particular who much rather watch the O’s game than hear what we had to say, but it’s understandable. Demographically the neighborhood was fairly diverse but the majority was middle to older Caucasian households. Most of which said they know about 4100 Club but don’t travel there often and one man said he had only been there once and said the food was decent but that he wouldn’t go out of his way to go again.

I would have been happier with having sold at least one or two tix but we did get a lot of enthusiasm from one man who said he would email Erin to get more details and he really wanted the discounted price for him and 5 others as well as 2 children. He also mentioned the accompaniment of a couple newborns which I didn’t know how to respond to so I just said “I’m sure we would be able to work something out” so maybe placing another admission allowance on the ticket of maybe kids under 2 are free or whatnot.

Thanks to Professor King for the beverages and apps she purchased us and being able to see this venue and neighborhood first hand is a big help in grasping the concept of the event and certainly brightens my perception of the event as a whole. I think the only loss we had on the day was Jerard's waisted dollar on the juke box and the fact that we didn't get to enjoy Signs by Ace of Base but other than that Good job everyone!