September 11, 2007
May as well jump right and say it....We are sorry to say that there will not be a Heathen Crusade 3 Festival (HC3) in January 2008.
As some of you know we have been trying to secure some additional sponsors/investors to make the HC3 a reality. Unfortunately to date we have not been successful in securing the additional financing necessary to put on another Fest. And it is now so late in the year that we would never be able to get the Fest organized to the standard we demand of ourselves, and also, I think, to the standard that the fans have come to expect of the Heathen Crusade.
So we are postponing the HC3 to a yet undetermined date. At the moment we are thinking sometime later in 2008 or early 2009. This will give us time to get better organized and to secure the sponsors/investors we need.
We also want to extend our heart felt thanks to all the people here on the Ultimate Metal – Royal Carnage board for their support and for the pledge drive. It means a lot to us that you all would want to go to such lengths to help the Fest continue. Please do not give up on us. We will do our best to make the HC3 a reality, just a little later than originally planned.
I am sure there will be some people out there who say that we are only concerned about making money with this Fest and that is why we are not doing it. That cannot be further from the truth. As the founder of the Heathen Crusade, I (Kris) personally financed the first 2 Heathen Crusade Fests out of my own pocket. And I ended up using a lot of my own money because neither Fest came close to breaking even. But I did not care because this Fest has never been about making money for me. It started as a desire to bring some friends of mine to the US to play their first ever show in North America. All I ever wanted was to come close to breaking even. And that is all I want now.
I have absolutely NO problem with the fact that I had to use so much of my own money to make the first two Fests what they were. If I could keep doing it I would. And bottom line is that someone has to be financially responsible if the Fest does not make money, and that is me. But I personally do not have the savings anymore to continue to be the sole financial backer of the Fest. If I could, I would! So that is why we started looking for people/companies to help lessen the financial burden. But it is easier said than done, especially when we want to keep the intent and philosophy behind the Fest intact.
We are NOT giving up! We just need more time to get it all together.
It will probably be around March of 2008 before we start thinking seriously again about the HC3. John and I both have other obligations for the rest of this year that need to be dealt with before we can continue with planning for the HC3.
So until next year, thanks for all your continued support!
Sincerely,
Kris & John
May as well jump right and say it....We are sorry to say that there will not be a Heathen Crusade 3 Festival (HC3) in January 2008.
As some of you know we have been trying to secure some additional sponsors/investors to make the HC3 a reality. Unfortunately to date we have not been successful in securing the additional financing necessary to put on another Fest. And it is now so late in the year that we would never be able to get the Fest organized to the standard we demand of ourselves, and also, I think, to the standard that the fans have come to expect of the Heathen Crusade.
So we are postponing the HC3 to a yet undetermined date. At the moment we are thinking sometime later in 2008 or early 2009. This will give us time to get better organized and to secure the sponsors/investors we need.
We also want to extend our heart felt thanks to all the people here on the Ultimate Metal – Royal Carnage board for their support and for the pledge drive. It means a lot to us that you all would want to go to such lengths to help the Fest continue. Please do not give up on us. We will do our best to make the HC3 a reality, just a little later than originally planned.
I am sure there will be some people out there who say that we are only concerned about making money with this Fest and that is why we are not doing it. That cannot be further from the truth. As the founder of the Heathen Crusade, I (Kris) personally financed the first 2 Heathen Crusade Fests out of my own pocket. And I ended up using a lot of my own money because neither Fest came close to breaking even. But I did not care because this Fest has never been about making money for me. It started as a desire to bring some friends of mine to the US to play their first ever show in North America. All I ever wanted was to come close to breaking even. And that is all I want now.
I have absolutely NO problem with the fact that I had to use so much of my own money to make the first two Fests what they were. If I could keep doing it I would. And bottom line is that someone has to be financially responsible if the Fest does not make money, and that is me. But I personally do not have the savings anymore to continue to be the sole financial backer of the Fest. If I could, I would! So that is why we started looking for people/companies to help lessen the financial burden. But it is easier said than done, especially when we want to keep the intent and philosophy behind the Fest intact.
We are NOT giving up! We just need more time to get it all together.
It will probably be around March of 2008 before we start thinking seriously again about the HC3. John and I both have other obligations for the rest of this year that need to be dealt with before we can continue with planning for the HC3.
So until next year, thanks for all your continued support!
Sincerely,
Kris & John
. Anyways keep up the good work! HC1 and 2 were probably some of the best shows I've ever been to.
