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Provide a brief <br />description of your <br />pre-pandemic core <br />arts-related <br />programming or <br />offerings. <br />Mandolin Orange toured heav ily throughout the US, Canada, and <br />Europe. Tour highlights for 2019 included selling nearly 70,000 tickets <br />at headlining shows across the US and Europe, with ov er 50 dates <br />being sold out (v enues included 9:30 Club, El Rey Theatre, The <br />Fillmore, First Av e, Thalia Hall, and Islington Assembly Hall), and an <br />av erage v enue capacity of ov er 1000. In 2020, prior to COVID <br />cancellations, the band was mov ing into some 2,000 - 3,000+ <br />capacity rooms. <br />Mandolin Orange's immense local popularity allows the band to <br />frequently sell out Triangle v enues, stimulating our economy. This <br />has included numerous sold-out shows from Cat’s Cradle to Durham <br />Performing Arts Center and a nearly sold-out show at Koka Booth <br />Amphitheater in September 2019. <br />Outside of the liv e performance space, Mandolin Orange has <br />released records at a steady pace ov er the last decade. The reach of <br />these records has grown and all except for the band’s Quiet Little <br />Room debut hav e been released in partnership with Yep Roc <br />Records and/or Redeye Distribution, a local label and music <br />distribution company. <br />North Carolina’s <br />“stay at home” order <br />(Executive Order <br />117) had a profound <br />impact on the arts <br />sector. Describe the <br />specific steps your <br />organization took to <br />comply with <br />Executive Order 117. <br />Mandolin Orange cancelled or postponed all tour dates from March <br />15th onward. All company work has taken place from home, in- <br />person meetings hav e been kept to a minimum and trav el has <br />stopped unless absolutely essential. Mandolin Orange has trav elled <br />three times by car to perform two highly organized and outdoor, <br />socially distanced shows, as well as a concert stream. In these <br />cases, ev eryone has been expected to wear masks and maintain <br />social distances, and trav el has only occurred with folks in their own <br />pod (so, for instance, ev eryone has driv en separately to these <br />commitments). <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 667CFF5C-C6FA-47B3-A826-28FF912E5AAA