For our final First Friday “Leave your Mark” Question of the
Month (henceforth known as FFLYMQOTM…or not) I asked the question:
If you could add a 13th
day to the 12 Days of Christmas, what would it be?
A few brave souls left some options. As human behavior would
have it, if there are fewer slots to be filled, then fewer people will
participate despite extra boards for more answers. I guess the overflow boards
must equate with being on the children’s table of importance. I am not going to
repeat the first 12 days, we all tend to know the song from #6 on down, and
fake our way through the other 6. Maybe your subconscious will substitute one
of these choices during the church carole sing and everyone will give you a
stink eye of condemnation.
13 painters painting 13
skaters skating
13 strippers (and a question mark) (are you like 12 and can't figure this out?)
13 bees a buzzing 13
chicks a clucking
13 gardeners planting 13
drunks a drinking
13 turtles snapping 13
bakers baking
13 dogs a humping 13
shelters accepting birds
13 horns a playing 13
artists trying!
13 willows weeping 13
hamsters shaking
13 cats a singing 13housekeepers
cleaning
13 reindeer flying 13
ducks a quacking
13 stores a selling 13
orphans finding a home
13 children sweeping 13
Hoovers sweeping (maybe 13 Hoover children sweeping?)
13 beers a brewing 13
AP students crying
13 cats a purring 13
hearts a loving
13 reporters writing 13
Brown’s fans a’crying
And some kid that took up three spaces learing to write…..
Our Memorial tree did very well and is still up in case
anyone wants to add a bulb and some names. The next FF will be February when
the new Journey Studios/ Snarky Art …the studio, reopens as a different type of
destination. There will be a Community Project of some type, I am still working
on that idea but we will definitely expect you to come play as always!
One final note on the promotion that was held last month,
the one where people spend $20 on art and can then turn in the receipt for $10
back in cash. The intent is to get these
folks to then go spend that cash right back in the District. However, I bet
most of those people headed out to the Strip or the mall and spent that cash
someplace else (or just put in the pocket to tip the sitter). Now I am not an
expert on marketing, but I gots me some
good old fashioned common sense…..what if…. Patron A spends $20 on art or whatever as
intended, then turns in the receipt for a voucher or certificate or coupon
worth $10 (of “free” money) that is good at the establishments in the District
only, for perhaps 30 days. When used, the Owner of the biz who is honoring the
coupon keeps them all then turns in all collected coupons after 30 days for the
cash from the organization who is giving it away in the first place. That way
the cash stays in the pockets of the people whom it was intended to help in the
first place and we don’t look like we have to bribe people to come downtown and
shop. This method also serves as a way to keep track of where people are going
in the District. Chances are that if Patron A gives the coupon to a friend,
Patron B, she may come downtown and buy a $50 dollar item for only $40. Then the
artist/owner will get the $10 back therefore making more money than he would
have before. Just seems logical to me.
All those convoluted story problems with doodles in the margins may have paid
off after all! I just don’t like the idea of money donated to support the arts
being handing out in the form of cash to people on the streets.
Have a very Merry Christmas (or whatever PC saying you wish
to insert, but I am sticking with this one for my own post). May there be Peace on Earth.
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