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the spagetti supper was tonight, did anyone go?
looks like a small crowd.
looks like a small crowd.
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Report from Dave Reynolds-
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The report says 300 were present - that has to be the smallest spaghetti supper crowd by "light years"..
They keep changing the format...
for a long time the spaghetti supper was held as a stand-alone event at the ITOO Hall and was an immensely popular event - routinely drew 1200, 1500, 1700 people...
The final year it was held at the ITOO, 2009, it wasn't originally planned but was an added-on event that got very little publicity and was added only when fans voices their objections to the event being retired...
- Nonetheless, I arrived just before 5 PM that night and counted 300 people standing in line outside waiting to get in!!!!!!!
There are photos & videos from the last time it was at ITOO - again - packed
Even Kirk Wessler wrote that he agreed the ITOO supper was immensely popular and should be brought back
There were even sort-of promises that the ITOO event would be brought back - but it never happened
..then starting in 2010 the format was changed and it was held as part of a women's volleyball game followed by basketball scrimmages..
then after a couple of years of combining it with a scrimmage, noiw it's back to just the preseason spaghetti dinner this year...but as we can see, fan interest is down and attendance is way, way down.
I know it'll probably take a couple years of winning a bunch more for the fans to come back - but also consider returning to a time-proven formula that was extremely successful.
One more thing - the old formula always was packed with kids...hundreds of children who became big Bradley fans at an early age --
but ever since moving the spaghetti supper to the late end of a bunch of VB and basketball scrimmages, the number of kids has declined a bunch.
Look at the picture from last night there are few kids there - this is a big loss for the future.
This is and always has been a super event and we need to find whatever it takes to get the fans back.Last edited by tornado; 10-05-2013, 06:27 PM.Comment
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I agree T. It shows the shortsightedness of the present regime. They need to get a better Marketing person in there that thinks of the future part of the program, not just this year. When can you get Dr. Cross on for a chat?Comment
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The players weren't too thrilled about spending an evening at the Itoo Hall. That said, I enjoyed it there.1996 & 2019Comment
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I know Dodie enjoyed it. But of course he seemed to enjoy everything. A real class act and one of my all time favorites.Originally posted by it's boogie time View PostWhat part of illegal don't you understand?Comment
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