Entertainment Coordinating
Valina has 16 years experience contacting, booking, and scheduling entertainment for festivals. She started out as a volunteer helping the Houston Liederkranz put together their Ethnic Fest in the mid 1990's. By 1997, she expanded to helping the Houston Saengerbung put together Oktoberfest for the Garden In The Heights, and also assisting the GITH managers with other folk events, like the Houston Saint Patrick's Festival. Her knowledge grew with her network of German and International performers. In 2005, she approached the Tomball German Heritage Festival about helping them with their entertainment schedule, and stage logistics. In 2006, she got the job. Some of the suggestions and changes she made helped the festival springboard from 2000 people visiting in 2005 to nearly 10,000 in 2006.
The years of volunteer work, and her own on stage background gave her the knowledge and maturity she needed to do what she does today. Now she works for Tomball's German festivals as their entertainment coordinator and emcee, handling 4 stages for them at their spring event, and Christmas event. She also coordinated and emceed for the Woodlands Oktoberfest in 2009 and 2010.
Because of her years volunteering and hands on learning, Valina has experience no school or college can teach when dealing with entertainers. She also has an extensive network with German and other cultural performers that spans back nearly 30 years. Her husband Ross has also been networking with these entertainers for nearly 30 years. If you need a good line-up of German, Dutch, Czech, or other European entertainers you can count on, Valina can do the job for you.
For price and availability, call or e-mail: (area code 713) 598-8317 or valinapolka(at)yahoo.com
