PitiquitoRosy
Guest
Kelly Disney, organizer of the so-called Fans of Rocky Point has decided to cancel the upcoming Festival de Musica at the Sonoran Sun scheduled for January 29th. The cancellation should surprise no one, as this same person has cancelled three out of four previous attempts to pull an event together.
Perhaps it’s time for people who want to host events to realize that more is needed than just a Facebook presence and a smattering of followers. There’s nothing wrong with having those, of course, but an event takes WORK and COMMITMENT.
In this latest of her attempts, Ms. Disney had aligned herself with the January Jam event as well as with the Penasco Children’s Foundation. Both of those being successful, credible and noteworthy alliances, this should have helped make her event a shoe-in, yet even with the heavy artillery in her corner, she managed to flub once more.
Proving that the one thing she does know how to do with style is fail, Disney has grasped onto my coattails on her way down in a pathetic attempt to blame me for her failure. Well, Dear Reader, I haven’t lied to you before and I’m not lying to you now…I DIDN’T DO A DAMN THING TO HELP THIS PROJECT MEET ITS DEMISE.
In a Facebook explanation of her decision to cancel the event, Disney claims she was the victim of jealousy and extortion. Let me tell you that for her (or anyone) to be worthy of my jealousy they would first have to be doing something enviable. And if I ever decide to extort anyone, it will be for more than $100.
She claims that I attempted to browbeat her out of $200 to have me serve, with Russ, as emcee of the event. That is a total misrepresentation of the facts, which are as follows:
In early December Ms. Disney visited my office and asked for support for her event. Russ and I had recently emceed the Taste of Peñasco (for free) and she wanted something similar. Our participation would require us to be on scene and emcee between acts from 10am – 6pm…a total of eight hours. In addition, as this was scheduled for a Saturday, we would have to arrange doing the 12pm-2pm time slot on the radio with only one of us there and the other one calling in from the event. The price was decided and agreed upon. Knowing that Disney had said her budget didn’t allow for advertising, I began to promote the event anyway. During that meeting I also agreed to help out (again for free) with any logistical details having to do with getting the musicians across the border and making sure that the event was totally legal in its execution.
Weeks after receiving lots of free publicity and after releasing a graphic featuring my partner and me as part of the lineup, I get an email from Disney rescinding her agreement, saying she cannot pay us. She then asked me to take to the stage anyway, as a means of “promoting the radio program”.
I wrote back and told her that I was disappointed in her lack of commitment and that her approach was unprofessional. I felt that I had been used and duped into giving her lots of free publicity.
I now understood why so many who had worked with her in the past have described it as a negative experience. At that time I reminded her to have someone in her camp look after the legality of the details having to do with the event, to avoid any issues, as I was no longer assuming responsibility. She assured me that the charity and the resort have a “legal team”, so that was the end of it as far as I was concerned. I did, however, make it a point to continue to promote the event and discuss it on the air during our program.
It bothers me that this person has chosen to accuse me of sinking her event, even though I did what I could to promote it. She says she wants to help the community, yet her actions are counter-productive. She says that she knows I “want her out of Rocky Point”…this is ridiculous. I certainly never considered her a force to be concerned with, and I doubt I have the power to banish anyone, anyway.
Personally, I think the event had a good chance of succeeding. I have no idea why she cancelled it, but I’m assuming that she must’ve not had all her ducks in a row. If I were lying about my involvement, I would be running a huge risk by publishing this denial. I’m not, however…because I don’t have a clue about what brought her down. Insecurity and fear are probably part of it, though, and I’m willing to bet that chaos and sloppy planning are in there, too.
That Kelly Disney is done with her organizational endeavors is her business, but that on her way out she has taken a big, sloppy swipe at me…says more about her than it does about me.
Kelly, many people fail, but you’ve done it often enough now to be better at it than this. I suggest you get a dictionary and look up gracious losing.
Perhaps it’s time for people who want to host events to realize that more is needed than just a Facebook presence and a smattering of followers. There’s nothing wrong with having those, of course, but an event takes WORK and COMMITMENT.
In this latest of her attempts, Ms. Disney had aligned herself with the January Jam event as well as with the Penasco Children’s Foundation. Both of those being successful, credible and noteworthy alliances, this should have helped make her event a shoe-in, yet even with the heavy artillery in her corner, she managed to flub once more.
Proving that the one thing she does know how to do with style is fail, Disney has grasped onto my coattails on her way down in a pathetic attempt to blame me for her failure. Well, Dear Reader, I haven’t lied to you before and I’m not lying to you now…I DIDN’T DO A DAMN THING TO HELP THIS PROJECT MEET ITS DEMISE.
In a Facebook explanation of her decision to cancel the event, Disney claims she was the victim of jealousy and extortion. Let me tell you that for her (or anyone) to be worthy of my jealousy they would first have to be doing something enviable. And if I ever decide to extort anyone, it will be for more than $100.
She claims that I attempted to browbeat her out of $200 to have me serve, with Russ, as emcee of the event. That is a total misrepresentation of the facts, which are as follows:
In early December Ms. Disney visited my office and asked for support for her event. Russ and I had recently emceed the Taste of Peñasco (for free) and she wanted something similar. Our participation would require us to be on scene and emcee between acts from 10am – 6pm…a total of eight hours. In addition, as this was scheduled for a Saturday, we would have to arrange doing the 12pm-2pm time slot on the radio with only one of us there and the other one calling in from the event. The price was decided and agreed upon. Knowing that Disney had said her budget didn’t allow for advertising, I began to promote the event anyway. During that meeting I also agreed to help out (again for free) with any logistical details having to do with getting the musicians across the border and making sure that the event was totally legal in its execution.
Weeks after receiving lots of free publicity and after releasing a graphic featuring my partner and me as part of the lineup, I get an email from Disney rescinding her agreement, saying she cannot pay us. She then asked me to take to the stage anyway, as a means of “promoting the radio program”.
I wrote back and told her that I was disappointed in her lack of commitment and that her approach was unprofessional. I felt that I had been used and duped into giving her lots of free publicity.
I now understood why so many who had worked with her in the past have described it as a negative experience. At that time I reminded her to have someone in her camp look after the legality of the details having to do with the event, to avoid any issues, as I was no longer assuming responsibility. She assured me that the charity and the resort have a “legal team”, so that was the end of it as far as I was concerned. I did, however, make it a point to continue to promote the event and discuss it on the air during our program.
It bothers me that this person has chosen to accuse me of sinking her event, even though I did what I could to promote it. She says she wants to help the community, yet her actions are counter-productive. She says that she knows I “want her out of Rocky Point”…this is ridiculous. I certainly never considered her a force to be concerned with, and I doubt I have the power to banish anyone, anyway.
Personally, I think the event had a good chance of succeeding. I have no idea why she cancelled it, but I’m assuming that she must’ve not had all her ducks in a row. If I were lying about my involvement, I would be running a huge risk by publishing this denial. I’m not, however…because I don’t have a clue about what brought her down. Insecurity and fear are probably part of it, though, and I’m willing to bet that chaos and sloppy planning are in there, too.
That Kelly Disney is done with her organizational endeavors is her business, but that on her way out she has taken a big, sloppy swipe at me…says more about her than it does about me.
Kelly, many people fail, but you’ve done it often enough now to be better at it than this. I suggest you get a dictionary and look up gracious losing.
