PMEA District 1 Orchestra Festival & TRYPO Winter Concert Weekend, January 15-16
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Click here to Register as an exhibitor by Wednesday, January 12.
TRYPO is pleased to host the 2022 PMEA District 1 Orchestra Festival and TRYPO’s Winter Concert both in the same weekend! We expect as many as 1200 attendees that include teachers and music educators and middle through high school age music students and their families. That’s why we picked the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Ballroom as our venue to leave enough space for a socially distanced audience. We welcome the opportunity to invite exhibitors for the weekend events on January 15-16, 2022. We’re sure the attendees would enjoy the opportunity to learn about your institutions’ programs and offerings, and it will be a great chance to reach families and educators all in one location! This year’s festival features over 130 outstanding student musicians representing 49 programs, and the TRYPO Winter Concert features over 200 musicians between the ages of 12-19, representing 56 Pittsburgh area schools.
If you have any questions, please contact the Manager of Institutional Advancement Rachel Howard at rachel@trypo.org.
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An Important Statement Regarding the 2022 PMEA District 1 Orchestra Festival
COVID-19 Audience Safety and Exhibitor Protocols: The TRYPO Board of Directors have established the following protocols for venues where some audience distancing can be observed, like the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
- Maintaining Distancing: Audience chairs and exhibitor tables will be set in a distanced format, and we request that they not be moved. Audience members are asked to maintain distancing in lobby areas, restrooms, and while in ticketing lines. In-person audiences may be limited due to capacity while distanced.
- Masks: Well-fitting masks required at all times (covering nose and mouth and tightly fitted).
- Symptom check reminders before events and symptom check upon arrival.
- TRYPO asks audiences and exhibitors to follow CDC guidance for attendance at the concert:
- Attendees who have any active COVID-19 symptoms should not attend the event, regardless of vaccination status.
- Unvaccinated attendees who had a close contact COVID-19 exposure or who were contact traced should not attend the event even if they are asymptomatic.
- Vaccinated attendees who had a close contact COVID-19 exposure or who were contact traced may attend as long as they are asymptomatic.
Exhibitors are also strongly encouraged to sanitize all instruments, devices, and products handled by attendees between uses. Sanitizing stations will be set up throughout the venue. We greatly appreciate your cooperation as we look forward to meeting and making music together as safely as possible!
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Table Pricing
Tables will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
Single Table
1 day – $300
2 days – $500
Double Table
1 day – $400
2 days – $600
Each table package to include:
8’ Oblong Skirted Table (10’x10’ area)
2-4 Chairs
Wastebasket
Booth ID Sign
Exhibitor name badges for entire staff (Limit of 4 per table to allow for distancing as needed)
Additional Costs:
Electricity
All exhibitors will receive the following advertising:
- Table and Lobby signage
- A link from the TRYPO website to the landing page of your choice
Heighten your institution’s presence by adding on these advertising opportunities:
- $150: Digital Bundle – Click Here to view the Digital Bundle details including a link to your program in our eblasts, social media, and more!
- $100: Program Book Insert Inclusion: (business name, website, email address, logo)
- $225: Digital Bundle + Program Book Insert Inclusion – get 10% off when you add on both!
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VENDOR SET-UP & EXHIBIT HOURS:
If your set-up can be hand-carried: Vendors will be required to carry in their own materials without the use of carts or dollys due to union regulations.
If your set-up needs a dolly or cannot be hand-carried: You may drop off your materials either at the TRYPO office on or before Wednesday, January 12 or at the Convention Center loading dock on Thursday, January 13 between the hours of 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Load-out is Tuesday morning from 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Anything not picked up will be brought to the TRYPO office for pick up another time. Check out all the schedule details below.
Keeping to this schedule will help us keep our costs down, but please do not hesitate to reach out to discuss other accommodations.
Wednesday, January 12
5:00 PM Last Call to Drop off materials at TRYPO office for transfer to Convention Center
Thursday, January 13
9:30 – 1:00 PM Vendor Load-In at the Convention Center Loading Dock
Friday, January 14
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Vendor Registration and Set-Up Opens
Saturday, January 15
9:30 AM Vendor Registration and Set-Up Opens
9:30 – 6:30 PM Exhibiting
3:00 PM Booths must be set up by this time prior to the house opening
5:00 PM PMEA Concert Starts
6:00 PM Concert Ends
6:30 – 7:00 PM Close down for the night
Sunday, January 16
11:30 AM Vendor Registration and Set-Up Opens
11:30 – 8:15 PM Exhibiting
3:00 PM Booths must be set up by this time prior to the house opening
5:00 PM TRYPO Concert Starts
7:45 PM Concert Ends
8:15 – 8:45 PM Close down for the night – Materials that can be hand-carried may be removed at this time.
Monday, January 17
Venue closed for MLK Day
Tuesday, January 18
9:30 – 1:30 PM Load-Out at Convention Center Loading Dock
Anything not picked up will be brought to the TRYPO office for pick up another time.