5 Weeks Out. Meet Annie.

Hi Annie, introduce yourself please

Hi! You know who you are!

Ah for the benefit of those reading this blog entry…

Oh ok. Hi! My name’s Annie and I look after the marketing for the Festival. I like it. It’s fun.

What are you doing at the moment?

Ah interviewing myself.

…and in the broader context of your job?

At the moment, I'm mainly making the website. It's really time consuming however when it's finished...very satisfying.

Our programs have gone to print and will be distributed around Melbourne from next week – exciting.

From now, I will be working with designers to finish all our signage, making up some competitions so you can all win stuff, liaising with our publicists… general promotional business.

Your job sounds quite creative, do you love it?

Yes, marketing for St Kilda Festival is a great job. Where else in world is a suburb closed to traffic for a day so people can come listen to music and experience such amazingness for free?! It means we don’t have to put resources into pushing ticket sales, but can really get behind promoting all the artists and activities that are happening. Actually my favourite and most satisfying part of my job is getting behind the emerging artists and promoting them. It’s a great launch pad for them – to be part of such a well known event with massive audience.

What do you do during Festival Week?

I’ll go to Yalukit Willam Ngargee and loads of Live N Local gigs – as many as I can get to. I’ll be doing a lots of facebooking and twittering, keeping everyone up to date with what’s going on.

On Festival Sunday I’ll be looking after our VIPs and our market researchers and checking in on our charity partners and merchandisers to make sure they’re having a good time and that their events are all running smoothly and according to plan.

I’ll try to catch every band playing, especially those on the New Music Stage – the line up there this year is really strong. AND I will definitely catch Tim Finn so I can sing along badly, loudly and shrilly to the songs I grew up with.

Does that mean you’re going to play your kazoo?

I will have it on me but it will depend on whether Tim invites me to play on stage with him. Not everyone appreciates the kazoo, you know…

It’s my favourite…

Last blog interview we were talking to Dean about Neighbours, are you ridiculously excited about Ten’s involvement?

YES. I LOVE NEIGHBOURS. I’ve invested many years of my life into that show! Neighbours is my specialty subject.

That’s quite impressive (if a touch obsessive)… who is your favourite person on Ramsay Street?

Ooo I don't have favourites. I feel like I know them all too well. They all bring a special something to the street. Although I have always had a soft spot for Stefan Dennis.

Did you always want to marry Scott Robinson?
No, I liked Guy Pearce’s character, Mike, better. Actually Henry was my favourite back in those days.

That’s understandable. Mona was a really good song. I can see the attraction there.

Soooo anyways you were talking about facebook and twitter what’s the most interesting/strange/awesome thing anyone has ever said on facebook or twitter?
Um, it’s mainly just general chit chat and news at the moment. Pretty much every day people ask me the dates of the Festival.

Can you highlight that again for those who may not have come across those daily posts?

Ha. Ok. Here they are:

Yalukit Willam Ngargee – Saturday 5^th February

Live N Local – Sunday 6^th – Saturday 12^th February

Festival Sunday – Sunday 13^th of February.

Don’t forget them!

You are the inventor of this amazing blog. Can you tell who is reading it and where they come from?

We’re getting lots of people reading it. People from Russia and Peru even, but mostly Australia, the UK although actually there are some other interesting ones I can’t remember off the top of my head. Everyone wants to know what we’re up to. It’s highly fascinating.

When are you going to tell us and the punters out there who else is gracing our beachside stages?
All will be revealed next week! WOOHOOOOOOO!

Can you please give us a hint?
No.

Why not?
Because. Be patient please.

Ok then…

Thanks Annie!