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Mih each iteht need clarifying When she finished, she looked each member in the eye and smiled It was easy to be pleasant with Viola and Doreen, both of whoenuinely interested Even Wendy see as Miht Bettina’s eye all she could think about was that all this tion at his cabin every evening And Mimi had never even stepped foot in the place Of course, that was no one’s fault but her own

“Anything else?” Bettina asked

“No, that’s it I’ll be happy to answer any questions you ht have,” Mimi said

Wendy was the first to respond, which surprised Mimi “So, you think we should use social media to advertise? Like what? Facebook?”

“Exactly The festival already has a Facebook page, but it’s mostly pictures of past years’ events, and it hasn’t been updated in in posting daily and start encouraging other businesses in the community to do so, as well We can list the entertainment schedule and of course, if you all approve Fatback Bubba we can link back to their fan page, which has like twenty thousand followers”

“Twenty-thousand?” Wendy said “That’s really impressive”

“I know Right?” Mimi smiled at Wendy, who tentatively smiled back at her

“This all sounds really good, but how about that ten thousand dollars?” Bettina said “How creative were you able to get? Because without that ood-bye”

“Actually, this is the really exciting part Noould appreciate it if we kept this aan

The rest of the group murmured their consent, except Bettina, who just stared at her with her arlanced down at Tofu, whose head was once again poking outside Bettina’s designer bag For once, though, Tofu didn’t bare her teeth at Mimi Maybe that toxic proletarian biscuit actually did the trick and Tofu was beginning to see her in a friendlier light

“I’ve talked to Doug Wentworth, the city reed to lend the committee the seven-thousand five hundred dollars we’ll need to pay the band two days before the festival If the rest of oes as planned, we’ll have more than plenty of money to pay the city back Plus…now, I can’t promise this, but I think we’ll also be able to slash et”

“How?” Sherry demanded

“I showed this proposal to Zeke and he knows the festival coffers are in pretty bad shape He thinks et the off-duty cops we norive back to the community”

Viola looked impressed “Now that would really help”

“What about the tickets you plan to sell for the concert?” Bettina asked “I just don’t see anyone paying an extra twenty dollars to see this Fatback Bubba band”