Dear Steemit community,
I could not attend last year's Steemfest but made a promise to myself that I would make the next Steemfest come hell or high water.

You may know me as the host of Steemit Open Mic, a weekly, live music venue contest in its 38th week now and sponsored by @pfunk. We give 300 steem each week to Steemit musicians who enter the contest and it is growing bigger each week.

So why should you choose to send me to Steemfest?

1. I will pay it forward and if selected I will help send one musician from Open Mic to Steemfest too. I'll match the offer made in this post to help someone else go to Steemfrst this year.

2. If possible and the organizers allow, we, meaning me and the other selected musician, will play some songs at Steemfest.

3. I will post about the whole experience and make sure everyone knows the story of how we got to Steemfest.

4. I will be forever grateful.

So, if you select me you're really sending 2 people to Steemfest. If your $1000 SBD contribution became $2000 that would have more of an impact and makes for a great story for the Steemit community.

Please consider choosing to help send me to Steemfest this year and let's get this party started!