I have a job at an Alaskan concert venue in Halibut Cove, Alaska. It is a wilderness lodge that is transitioning to an event center. I’ll be living at Quiet Place Lodge and the concert series hosted there is called Halibut Cove Live.
I contacted Pauli & Harmon Hall, who own Quiet Place Lodge, and offered to do any marketing and PR work for free this semester in exchange for summer employment. Boy, did I get lucky. Pauli and Harmon were looking for exactly what I was offering. For the first time in 18 years of owning the lodge they are operating exclusively as a concert venue, and they needed my help creating marketing materials.
Not long after agreeing to hire me for the summer Pauli asked me to write an ad that was going in the Alaska Sports Journal. This is the text of my first published ad.
“Quiet Place Lodge is a family owned wilderness retreat turned concert venue located six miles across the bay from the city of Homer in the beautiful artist community of Halibut Cove, Alaska. This summer, for the first time, the Lodge will operate exclusively as a concert venue hosting Halibut Cove Live.
Halibut Cove Live is a unique musical and dining experience that, from start to finish, exemplifies art amongst nature’s splendor. Patrons are picked up on the Homer Spit and taken on a beautiful, one hour boat ride across Kachemak Bay to Quiet Place Lodge in Halibut Cove. Upon arrival, guests are served a sumptuous seafood meal from a gourmet chef and can begin to soak in the scenery around them from their seats on the Lodge deck. Wildlife abounds in Halibut Cove with commonplace sightings of seals, sea otters and bald eagles, and with the keen observer spotting the occasional whale. Be sure to bring your cameras and binoculars!
The musicians play from Alaska’s only floating stage, which is suspended out in the cove. The Lodge deck provides the perfect vantage point to enjoy the fabulous music, spend time with friends and savor the breathtaking surroundings.
Vistors are encouraged to explore the grounds and the Lodge, which thrive with art and tranquility at every corner. Pauli & Harmon Hall have owned Quiet Place Lodge for eighteen years. They’ve raised their family there and the guests who attend Halibut Cove Live events discover a place that feels as much like a warm and inviting home as it does a musical venue. “
Since writing this I have written a press kit that is being sent to a reporter in Anchorage, who hopefully will do a piece on this Alaskan concert venue. The Halls are extraordinarily nice. They are quite literally fulfilling a dream by employing me this summer, and by letting me do some of their PR and marketing I am building a portfolio of pieces I truly enjoyed to write.
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