Hi, my name is Adrienne Palm and I'm the Director of
Corporate Sponsorship for PBS Wisconsin. But more importantly,
I'm an Appleton resident and a huge long-time Mile of Music fan.
So, my role within PBS Wisconsin is to really
fundraise broadly from corporations that are aligned
with our mission to support projects like Mile of Music, but as
it pertains to this weekend, my job is to run around and do all
the extra stuff that's needed whether that's hauling catering
around, letting people in buildings, just kind of a
glorified PA I guess, but it's been really fun and it's nice
to get a change of pace. I am really excited about
fundraising for this project because Mile of Music means so
much to so many people in this community and I expect that the
corporations that understand our mission, understand Mile of
Music's mission for Appleton are going to be really excited
to support this project and it fits really nicely into the
broader work of what PBS Wisconsin does every day. As
we're recording the Mile of Music documentary, I think the
thing I'm most excited about is the opportunity for us to share
the story of Mile of Music and the Appleton community more broadly
with the state. There is so much that this community has to
offer. In fact, Appleton was recently named one of the top
five places to live. I think number five place to live in
the United States, and it's because we have unique assets
like this. It's because we have musicians that love coming here from
L.A. and New York and Nashville. It's because we have a
community that really embraces the people that show up here
and takes care of them. So, it's just a great opportunity
for everyone to learn about the magic that is
Appleton and Mile of Music. I've been attending this
festival since year one and it just continues to develop and
add new and interesting elements that are really fun to
experience and to witness. So, yeah, I'm just really excited
to be any even a small part of this project and also really
excited to see 40 different production people from Madison,
Wisconsin up here in our community and get to host them
and tell them about all of the hidden gems. Um our production
team is immensely cool, far cooler than working probably in
fundraising. So, getting to spend time with them and show
them around and have them learn about our community has been a
real pleasure as well.