Canadian Agent to Chair “Doing Business With Canada” Panels At Major American Arts Presenters Conventions

Robert Baird of BAM! Baird Artists Management in Toronto will be chairing a Panel entitled “Doing Business With Canada at four major American Arts Presenters conventions:
Western Arts Alliance, Long Beach, CA, September 8, 2006
Arts Midwest, Little Rock, AR, September 16, 2006
Arts Northwest, Boise, ID, October 24, 2006
Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), New York, NY, January, 2007

The panel description is as follows: Managers, artists and presenters alike will delight in this informative panel about "that land to the north!" This panel will provide a mountain of information on the arts scene in Canada, information on the possibilities for American Presenters presenting Canadian performers in the United States and Canadian Presenters presenting American performers in Canada, dealing with the border either way, what works and what doesn't, useful tips, woeful sagas and heroic deeds!

Mr. Baird is well-known to national and international arts presenters as the principal agent/manager of the Toronto artists management agency BAM! Baird Artists Management, based in Toronto. He is famous for his innovative marketing ideas and known for fostering the increasing notoriety of Ebony & Ivory, Canada’s phenomenal instrumental fusion group. In addition, his agency represents a number of American artists in Canada, including PBS star Frank Ferrante (An Evening with Groucho) and Chapter 6, America’s current pre-eminent a cappella group.