Event Entertainment News You Can Use
by Mark Sonder Productions, Inc., booking headline entertainment and production services since 1985.

The purpose of this bi-monthly e-zine is to provide meeting and event planners as well as other talent buyers with high-value content to help make their jobs easier and more productive. Save these e-zines in a special Inbox folder for future reference.

Summer 2009 Issue Features:


Industry News: Book 'Em: Advice for Successful Live Music, by Jenny Adams

This summer, bands will take to the stage and booth to liven up crowds across the country. But if you are a meeting or event planner looking to put a toe into these waters or improve your game in booking talent, it pays to put a bit of thought into how to manage the process, the relationships and the events. Poor management of any element in the equation results in dissatisfied patrons, artists and planners alike. To read Jenny's article please click here.


Featured Act: Alain Nu and Invisible Connections

As seen worldwide on TLC's "The Mysterious World of Alain Nu." Alain Nu "The Man Who Knows." Introducing his new live show "Invisible Connections." Mysterious energy, the power of thoughts, and mid-over-matter has piqued our interest throughout the ages. Alain Nu will show even the most skeptical audiences the awesome powers of the mind with his amazing and spellbinding talents.

"To watch him is to throw out all the rules of psychics." --The Washington Post

"He did things that I had never seen before." --Las Vegas Review Journal

"Alain Nu is seriously mental." --Showbiz Magazine"

For more on Alaine Nu and Invisible Connections click here.



Event Tips: A Personal Connection Between a Single Artist and an Audience Can Be The Best Show in Town by Kathleen B. Nelson. Ph.D, CSEP, CMP & Dan Nelson, CSEP, CMP, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Shows in Las Vegas have become all about amazing effects and acrobatic agility that can take your breath away. Performers are over head, flying by as they twist and flip; stages rise up to become vertical walls covered in gymnasts floating in front of the audience at warp speed and all this is received with luke-warm applause. Why? There is really no emotional connection with the people in the seats. These shows are played “at” the audience not “to” the audience. They are designed to entertain international audiences so they do not need to understand English in order to enjoy the show. To read the complete article click here.



As an award-winning entertainment agency, Mark Sonder Productions, Inc. is the national leader in designing event marketing solutions through headline entertainment and production services for facilities, corporations and associations. Since 1985.

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For booking information on Alaine Nu / Invisible Connections or other headliners, call Mark Sonder Productions, Inc. at 540-636-1640 or visit our website at www.marksonderproductions.com.

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