​Night of Songs and Stories

The third Tuesday of each month, the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild sponsors a Night of Songs and Stories. The evening features original readings (300 words or fewer) by Guild members and music by local musicians, Stuart Vining & Amy Felker.

Each month a theme is posted (previous examples include “escape,” “blue or blues,” and “play as in fun or theater” ) and both the writers and musicians write/perform pieces that in some way connect to this theme. A variation of this is when the featured musicians post the titles of five songs that they will perform, with readers signing up to write a short poem, essay, or story that somehow incorporates the song’s title or lyrics into their piece. 

February Sponsor

​Guild Member Emily Yeager

“Honoring the gifted writers of the
​Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild.”​

Next Night of Songs and Stories

February 21 (Third Tue of the month)
Shrimpy's Bar & Grill, Midway
7-8:15p
Cover charge at door: $5 members; $7 non-members
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Theme:  “Matches” (as in fire; sporting events i.e., tennis matches; and matches as in couples, or complements)

Sign Up to Read
New Process
Readings are stories, poems, memoir excerpts, etc. using the above theme as inspiration; 300-words or less.  

We are now using a separate SignUpGenius link for READERS (rather than emailing Kim). Please click on the link below to sign up to READ. Each reader automatically gets one guest. If you have more than one guest, please click on the Sign up to ATTEND link to add your additional guests. 

If you sign up to be a READER after you already signed up to ATTEND please let Kim Burnett know (email link below) and she will delete your name from the attendee list and use the waitlist to fill the slots. 
Click Here to Sign Up to READ

Sign Up to Attend
New starting this month...please limit your signup to yourself and three guests for a total of four attendees.​
​Click Here to Sign Up to ATTEND

When the sign-up sheet is full...
Please sign up for the waitlist as more often than not spaces do open and if they don't you are guaranteed a spot for the following month. Email Kim Burnett, rbwgevents@gmail.com, to be added to the waitlist. 

​SignUpGenius How To
Click the link above. 

• You do not need to open a SignUpGenius account
• Click the white box that says "Sign Up"
• Click the  white box below that says "Save & Continue"
• Enter your email address
• Enter the total number of attendees including yourself under "Quantity"
• Enter your guests' names in the "Comment" section
• Click on the blue box that says "Sign Up Now"
• You will receive confirmation in your email within a few minutes; please keep this email  so you can delete yourself if you are unable to attend.

Sponsoring
​Night of Songs and Stories

Sponsor a Night of Songs and Stories for $250. This covers most of the costs for the musicians and our sound guy, so it’s enormously helpful and we are very appreciative.
 
In return for the sponsorship, we will put a blurb in our weekly email (sent to more than 700 people), on our website, on Facebook, and on the program the day of the event naming the sponsors as well as what or who they are honoring with the sponsorship. Some have sponsored in honor and support of the Guild, as a way to celebrate a birthday or an anniversary, or promote a business. Others have sponsored as a way to promote a charity or organization that matters. Our only request is that religion and politics not be a part of these events.
 
At the reading, Maribeth will publicly thank the sponsor. Sponsors may place a brochure or flyer or single sheet of information at each place setting.

Sponsors still pay the cover fee at the door for themselves and guests. While we do everything we can to accommodate the sponsor and make them not only feel special but know how grateful we are, we don’t change the reading or the actual show beyond giving the sponsors who are Guild members the opportunity to read at that event and the opportunity to go either first or last in the line-up. Sponsors still need to RSVP for guests and if the event is full, we’ll move those guests to the top of the waitlist, but can’t promise a seat, so it is best to let Maribeth know about your plan to sponsor as far in advance as possible.

Contact Maribeth at fischer.maribeth@gmail.com to sponsor a Night of Songs and Stories. ​

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