Richard R. Green High School of Teaching is ready for the kick-off concert tomorrow. Are you?

All roads point to 7 Beaver St. New York, NY 10004 (4/5 train to Bowling Green). 6PM - 8PM. $5 entry fee for adults and children over 5. Giveaways from the Hall Pass Tour, Zinch, Sprayground, vitaminTHICK and more. 

This concert marks the beginning of our nationwide expansion. SEE. YOU. THERE!

I’m writing to you on my 28th birthday, grateful to be devoting this year’s celebration to a cause a million times greater than myself. Ladies and gents of TumblrLand, our Kickstarter project has officially launched! 

So far, we’re really happy with the pledges that have been coming in. Our goal? 20,000 by October 20. We’re calling it the 20:20 campaign (#20BY20 on Twitter). It’s an ambitious goal but with the funds, we’ll be able to reach the 16 schools that are on board for the kick-off of the tour this fall. This time, we’re expanding — that’s right, this will be the start of our NATIONWIDE tour. Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts and New York.

The cool thing about Kickstarter is, it’s a community that allows you to get rewards for projects that you back. For example, Nickey-Ann Leon (thank you, Nickey-Ann!) pledged $100 today and her rewards package includes a Hall Pass Tour t-shirt, custom 512MB USB drive (which looks like this) pre-loaded with a 1-of-1 Sing-O-Gram or Rap-O-Gram and a blooper video, an honorary Hall Pass, two free concert tickets and more.

It’s pretty awesome and scary at the same time because Kickstarter is ALL or NOTHING. So if we don’t reach the $20,000 goal, we walk away with $0.

Check out the project here: hallpasstour.com/kickstarter

If you’re compelled enough by it, join the #20BY20 movement by liking it (via Facebook), tweeting it (via Twitter), blogging it (on your personal site), telling a friend or pledging a dollar or two. The choice is yours but whatever you decide, we’re honored to have you on board.

Thank you for being here, right now, in this space. Let’s get this mountain moved!

<3,

Holley 

We’re just TWO days away from launching our Kickstarter project and we’re really excited about the cool rewards we’ll be giving away to supporters and the events we have planned around the city to raise awareness about the tour (and give away more free stuff).

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of working with the incredibly talented Alexis Casson to finish up our promo video. Here’s a shot of j. and I on set: 

(I even dabbed on a little make-up to wow you guys, *wink*)

Again, thank you SO much to everyone who’s supported us thus far. Whether you’ve attended a concert, told a friend or colleague about the tour of watched one of our videos, we appreciate you.

In the past two weeks, I’ve had five people either ask me when we’re coming to their state or if we can come to their school. Even greater that that, one of the students from the pilot tour texted me the other night to let me know that he got his diploma! That text made my evening. These are the moments that we live for and we’re ready for a whole lot more of them.

Look out for more tour updates in the coming weeks (including a date for our nationwide tour kick-off concert) and join us on Tuesday, 9/20 as we take the next step in kickstarting the Hall Pass Tour.

Enjoy your Sunday night!

Holley Monelle
(Co-Creator, Tour Manager & Host)