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Response 1: <br />Project/Event .. * Description <br />Question 1: Describe the event <br />KEEN is refining and expanding WindFall Ciderfest and Bluegrass. <br />Though our event for 2018 1MJn't have happened by the grant due date, it is well <br />planned and hitting the timeline. Ticket sales are brisk. Additional information can <br />be made available shortly after Oct. 13. <br />As the largest fundraiser for KEEN, this event will continue to showcase central <br />Washington at the height of the fall season. Hard cider is the nation's fastest <br />growing beverage and that industry continues to grow and gain fans around the <br />region. Ciderhouses are now asking Wind Fall if they may attend. Musicians are <br />asking WindFall how they can get a chance on the stage. Community members are <br />asking how they can get involved. <br />Equal parts craft cider tasting and outdoor concert, Wind Fall appeals to a wide , <br />adult audience. Travelers around the state have identified a new destination event <br />where they can "meet in the middle" with friends who live on the opposite end of 1- <br />90. <br />The 2019 weekend will unfold as follows: We will offer a Cider Dinner on Friday, <br />with food created to be paired with cider and/or cooked with cider. Hosted by a chef <br />and a cidermaker, it will be entertaining and educational. One of our Tri-Cities <br />ciderhouses has a chef that has already expressed interest in participating. <br />Saturday morning will offer another educational opportunity, Cider School, with <br />WSVs Master Cidermaker and educator Bri Ewing. This will include history, theory, <br />practice and a guided tasting experience. Beginner home cidermakers will get their <br />start or hone their skills with advice from the west coast's preeminent expert. Then <br />the Wind Fall Cider Fest and Bluegrass portion of the weekend starts. Taps vvill <br />open mid-afternoon, and the concert will start shortly thereafter. We plan six hours <br />of bluegrass bands which vvill draw their fans from far away. Sponsors, volunteers, <br />ciderhouse staff and VIPs vvill be invited to stay for the Golden Apple After party, to <br />netlM)rk, grow connections, build business, and inspire the team for the follovving <br />year. <br />KEEN will provide educational materials at a station focused on central <br />Washington's environment, the Yakima River Scenic Byway, and our programs and <br />events and promote our non-profit. WindFall Ciderfest and Bluegrass is a benefit <br />event vvith funds raised targeted to the capital campaign to build and support the <br />Yakima Canyon Interpretive Center, which vvill, in turn, attract and inform visitors to <br />Kittitas County. <br />2500 character lirrit <br />List of Intended Use of Funds* <br />Advertising out of area: $6000 <br />Chinook Entertainment : $11,700 (proposal <br />attached) <br />Chef/teacher/presenter fees: $1000 <br />Rental equipment (tent, tables etc.) for brunch: <br />$630.00 <br />21 Projections of Increased Tourism <br />Please provide the following estimates of how any money received will result in increases in the number of people <br />traveling for business or pleasure on a trip: <br />1. Away from their place of residence or business and staying overnight in paid accommodations; <br />2. To a place fifty miles or more away from their place of residence or business for the day or staying overnight; <br />3. or from another country or state outside of their place of residence or business.