The Challenge: Create a colorful brand and spread the word for Lancaster’s Pride Festival
After years of hard work by many individuals, Lancaster had its first Pride Festival in June of 2008 — and it was a huge success. As part of NBD’s pro-bono work we offered our design and marketing skills to help Lancaster PA Pride make 2009 and 2010’s events even more successful.
Beginning in 2009 NBD started working with Lancaster PA Pride to brand their annual Festival. This year we updated the festival logo and created a colorful brand that would represent all the “colors” of Lancaster’s LGBT community. We also worked with Tony Gibble Photography — who did all the fabulous photography — to create the “Celebrate” campaign and spread the word about the annual festival to the community at large. More than two dozen Lancasterians appeared in 16 photos that were featured on an electronic billboard along Manheim Pike. The images were also featured on the group’s Web site along with stories from the individuals featured in the campaign.
Happy Mother’s Day! This week the ladies dominate: Betty White hosts Saturday Night Live, Max’s Grandma-in-law turns 90 and Lena Horne passes away. Also: When will the nightmare in The Gulf end, Facebook is set to rule the world, Happy Birthday Bono and glass blowing with the Creative House of Lancaster.
“The Beggar Folk are Josh and Trista Lamb, a band of folk singer-songwriters from Lancaster, Pa. Their music is mellow and intimate—finger-picking, warm harmonies, thoughtful lyrics, and a fierce love for both man and creator have all lead to The Beggar Folk’s ability to stir their listeners. Their distinct blend of modern folk+old country lends a natural avenue to their strong storytelling and minimalist roots. Classically trained and seasoned instrumentalists, recent additions Taylor Brandt & Meredith Shaub (violins) & Allison Farris (cello) bring new depth to The Beggar Folk’s emotionally driven writings. Their ability to personally connect with each song and translate lyrics to strings is both rare and highly moving.”
“BACKGROUND: Josh has been writing songs since his teens, but it was during Josh and Trista’s recent 7-month internship in Alexandria, Egypt, that his lyrics began to mature. Being so far from friends and family back home, entering a foreign culture, and witnessing the injustices of war and prejudice led to a lot of healthy introspection. As a parting gift, Josh and Trista had one of their songs, “The Rug, The Shovel, and The Gun” translated into Arabic and sang it to their Egyptian neighbors as they shared one last cup of tea. Since moving to Pennsylvania this past June, Josh and Trista have been spending their days writing, performing, networking and enjoying the beauty of all that Lancaster has to offer.”
CW EVENTS
PCA&D Senior Show
We were LIVE at 2:30PM – 3:30PM on Saturday 1 May. See what you missed in the first floor gallery during the month of May, including May First Friday!
May 7th – First Friday -Community First Fund presents Women’s Business Center Entrepreneurial Speaker Series — Friday, May 07, 2010 — Lancaster, PA
Are you a woman interested in Social Media Marketing for your business or the business you work for? YES – well join us on Friday May 7th at the Community First Fund Women’s Business Center for a lively panel discussion on the subject. Joining me will be Kae Kohl of Kiwi Marketing Group andKelly Watson of Wordwise Marketing. See link below to sign up – it’s FREE and you can hit all the 1st Friday events afterwards.
