| About Us |
Dec. 1994: Katrina Walker, Angela Moore, Sherri Wagner and Cindy Ward form Face the Music Fan Club. The four friends discussed the idea while vacationing in Boston in the summer of that same year. The women were uncertain if they wanted to take on the task of managing a fan organization, but after months of deliberation they decided to make the effort. The original concept was to offer memberships to Ohio fans only. This model did not last long as word of the club spread among the fan community and inquiries for membership started coming in from other states. After much consideration, the staff decided to open its doors to fans all over the U.S. 1995: Requests came in from Canada, Australia and Finland taking FTM global. After the group's official club closed, a large void was left in the fan community. The ladies felt the need to step up and help fill that void as well as become a major support system to help promote the guys once they started their solo careers. In order to keep its members abreast of what Jordan, Joe, Danny, Jonathan and Donnie were doing, the club created two publications. The first was a newsletter that was delivered to members every three months. The second was an update that would go out in between newsletters if any major news needed to be reported. In those days, before the Internet, news was not always easy to come by. It took a lot of resourcefulness, patience, research, dedication and pen pals to find news. Fortunately the NKOTB fan base can be incredibly gracious about sharing any information they came upon and were an invaluable source and continue to be to this day. The clubs first major news story was Jordan's plan to work on his freshman solo album, which the ladies learned about from a confirmed source during a trip to Boston in the summer of 1994. In those early days, the club also offered a membership package which included the newsletter, updates, membership card, and personalized mailing labels with a photo of their favorite "Kid" (this of course coming in handy since it was before the email era). This was continued for many years until the Internet boom hit the fan club industry. The way clubs were run seemed to have changed overnight and of course FTM couldn't escape the massive sway to run clubs online. Late 1990's: The club was run entirely online. Printed newsletters were replaced with email and message boards. Information on the guys was exchanged with the click of a mouse. It was the era of instant information and fans took to it quickly. The club's membership numbers were also on the incline. With an online club, it was incredibly easy for fans from every corner of the world to join. It was also a great way to help promote projects the guys were working on. FTM has plugged the guys solo CD's, concerts, movies, television shows and appearances. Maintained contact with some of the their managers, assisted concert promoters by helping spread the word about their shows and personally received promo posters from one of the guys for local music stores in the L.A. area. 1999: Our first website http://www.geocities.com/hollywood.guild/4088/mynkotbpage.html May 2, 1999: FTMfanclub is on Yahoo Groups Aug. 30, 2000: FTMfanclubOnline is on MSN Communities/Groups Dec. 20, 2000: FaceTheMusicFanClub.com is born 2005: FTM revises MSN Groups and hits the 500 online member mark (not counting offline members) 2006: The club's management was satisfied with the way things were going, but couldn't help feeling that something was missing. That something was the fans without Internet access. In the race to the Internet, those fans were unfortuately left behind. So, in an effort to bring them back into the fold and to recreate the feeling of traditional clubs, plans were made to revise the entire Club and website. Dec. 09, 2007: FTM is on MySpace, Bebo, YouTube, and the Community Dec. 16, 2007: FTM moves to a new web host Feb. 09, 2008: FTM went back to its roots by offering a complete membership package for fans online and offline. The new membership package included items such as newsletters, pens, personal email addresses, and magnets just for starters. It also retired the 14-year old logo replacing it with the "microphone and 5 stars" look. What does the future hold for FTM? Who knows, but as long as there are fans and love for the men of NKOTB, this club will always be around! |
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| Thank You's |
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Face the Music Fan Club would like to take this time to thank a few people who have played a role in this fan club. We appreciate everything you have done and we thank you!!!
Our Staff: To our former staff we want to thank you for the work you have done. It has been a joy working with all of you. You are very special people and wonderful fans!! You're the best :) To our current staff, we appreciate EVERYTHING you do! Thank you for your time, patience and talent....you guys ROCK! Angela Moore, Katrina Walker, Sherri Wagner, and Cindy Ward: You ladies know how much you mean to this fan club. You were the original founders and members. Without the hard work and dedication you all put into this organization we would not be here today. So we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! You will always be a part of this fan club!! Crystal Roberts: We struck gold when you joined the fan club in 1996! We can't even begin to thank you for EVERYTHING you have done! We could not have continued this fan club without you. Thank you for the flash intro and having served as Vice-President of this organization. Ana Verity: Thank you so much for EVERYTHING you have done with the club! Your friendship, dedication, talent and ideas have helped make this club bigger and better than we dreamed we could be! We are so blessed that you found us....you're the greatest! Jerry Jaffe: We thank you for the kindess you showed us over the years. It was wonderful working with you in regards to promoting Joe! Thank you for keeping us up to date on what he is doing and for making us a part of the family! We wish you the very best always! Chad Zimmerman: Thank you for being so great with the fans as well. We appreciate ALL that you do!! Our Members: We can't thank you all enough for your love and support all of these years! Some of you have been with us since our offline days (you know who you are). We have had so much fun running this fan club for you. We appreciate you being here and thank you for joining our family! NK Fans: We want to thank all of the fans who have shared information on the guys with everyone on the net...especially those of you with individual groups. You all rock, keep up the great work...we appreciate you! Linda Kay: Even though the National Associate of Fan Clubs is not around anymore, we still have to thank you for the advice and support you have given to us for many years. You are still a very dear person to us and always will be! Rick Dees: Many years ago you read news on the guys from our newsletter and gave us a HUGE plug on your Top 40 Countdown radio show. That is something we will never ever forget and it is with great pleasure that we continue to say thank you. You are a class act and welcome back to radio!! Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Danny Wood, and Donnie Wahlberg: We LOVE you and we thank you for being such incredible people and entertainers. You have given so much to us as people and fans. This fan club was created because of you and it will continue because of you!
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| Mission Statement |
| Since 1994, Face the Music Fan Club's commitment to its members, fellow fans and NKOTB has never wavered. This organization was created to support and promote the careers of Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg, and Jonathan Knight. Our focus is to provide a service for the fans in a safe, friendly and comfortable environment to the best of our ability. Being part of a fan community for many years, we pride ourselves in understanding what the members want to see and know about. This fan club is nothing without its staff, members, and of course NKOTB. It is because of them that Face The Music even exists! |
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President Katrina Walker [Oversees entire organization] us@facethemusicfanclub.com Vice-President Ana Verity [Assists President with organization, promotions, and designs and maintains the club website] ana@facethemusicfanclub.com Executive Assistant Tammy Rivers [Membership, user accounts, birthdays, emails, and MySpace] admin@facethemusicfanclub.com Chat Coordinator Kuisma Lappalainen [Chat room moderator] chat@facethemusicfanclub.com Fan Club Assistants (Offline Only) Angela Moore & Jennifer Boswell [Assists with offline club activites] Face The Music Magazine Katrina Walker [Editor In Chief] mag@facethemusicfanclub.com Ana Verity [Creative Director] Kuisma Lappalainen, Jessica Bunnik, Angela Moore, Vanessa Palmer [Writers/Translators] |
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| NAFC |
| Face the Music (FTM) Fan Club has been proudly registered with the National Association of Fan Clubs from 1994-2002. The NAFC decided to close down in the fall of 2002. We want to thank Linda Kay (our fan club guru) for all of her incredible advice and leadership for the past 8 years. Thank you for everything Linda... you are the best! |
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