Event Planning and Marketing Intern Spring 2017
The Downtown Bethlehem Association (DBA) is the branch of the Bethlehem Chamber of Commerce that manages, organizes, and runs all the community events that take place in downtown Bethlehem. These events include Tunes at Twilight, Veg Fest, Summer and Winter Restaurant Week, Christmas City Village, the Holiday Cocktail Trail, the Chocolate Trail, Beth-lum Go Bragh! and Historic District Cleanup.
The first small project I did for the DBA was to write a profile story on a new business on Main St. It featured Evan Robinson, owner of 36e Fitness, a personal training location.
*Read the article about Evan here!*
The biggest project that I organized and managed for this internship was an event I created called Music at the Meadery which involved student musicians on campus to come out and perform at the Colony Meadery in the Moravian Book Shop. I held several meetings with Dave McAdoo, the owner of the Meadery, and communicated with multiple bands and performers to arrange this event. I managed to get a local big-name band called Copper Fields to come and perform. They were nominated for several awards such as the LVMA Best Song 2016 and the Outstanding Fusion Blue Grass and Outstanding Folk. Dave even helped me get the owner of Santoro’s Franks & Chili, a new hot dog joint in Bethlehem, to come out and cater for the event. Music at the Meadery ended up being a huge success.
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