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Latest Updates from Our Project:
Books Are Here! Finalize Your Order, Save on Additional Purchases
over 2 years ago
– Wed, Nov 01, 2023 at 05:54:02 PM
Showdown Symphony in the House!
Hello team! The big day has finally come...
Now that the books are here, we're ready to deliver them and the plushies, posters, and stickers you purchased.
Order More and Save!
With Christmas around the corner, some of you might be thinking of buying additional Showdown Symphony items as gifts for friends and family. To say thanks for your support, we'll take$10 offfor every additional $50 of products you add to your cart during the next three days.
YourCart Closes this Saturday 11/4
On Saturday Nov 4th at noon we'll lock all orders, which will initiate your payment of any applicable taxes and postage. We'll begin delivery and shipping next week.
Thanks again for your wonderful encouragement and patience since our campaign launched in March!
Kevin & Leah
Update: Showdown Symphony hardcover books about to land in the US!
over 2 years ago
– Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 07:48:51 PM
Hello fantastic Showdown Symphony backers! We've just heard from our printer that our books will reach the US from China on Saturday, October 14th. It should take 2-3 weeks after that for them to arrive at our house in Utah. Once they get here, we'll ship them and your other items to you as soon as possible.
Our printer also just sent us some pics and a video of the book before it shipped out from the press - see below. We're thrilled with how it looks!
As always, thanks so much for your support! If you have friends or family who are interested in the book and accessories, they can still order at this link.
Sneak Peek: The Test Print Book!
almost 3 years ago
– Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 12:00:34 PM
Hello supporters of Showdown Symphony! We got our test print book back from the printer and wanted to show it to you. As I explain in this video, it was printed digitally rather than offset and also hand-assembled rather than smyth-sewn, just so they could get it out to us as quickly as possible. We went through it, made a few tweaks, and sent back the files. Now all that's left is to wait until the books arrive in October. Very exciting!
As most of you know, I've been processing your orders through BackerKit. If you have any questions, especially about the digital downloads and pickup vs shipping, please let me know. We'll start mailing plushies, posters, and stickers this week. Books will still be October.
Showdown: Everything's now available except for the book!
almost 3 years ago
– Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 08:34:59 PM
Here come the goods!
Hello wonderful Showdown Supporters! Starting about three weeks ago I launched our fulfillment app, Backerkit, to deliver the digital downloads and collect any applicable taxes/shipping through a survey email. Please let me know if you haven't received this email. Once you complete the survey, you'll be able to download all the digital rewards.
This week we received the stickers and mouse plushies, and in a few days we should get our hardcover complete print sample. Hooray! Here's an Instagram reel I just posted of all the plushies. And here's a little family portrait of the poster, stickers, and plushie.
Because each item is such a different shape, our plan is to deliver/ship them by item: books together by media mail rate, stickers in a small flat mailer (they can't be shipped with the books), posters in a tube, and plushies in a padded bag or box. If you'd rather wait until the book arrives (we're still planning on October) and receive all the items at once, please let me know. Otherwise we'll start shipping and setting up delivery/pickup in the next couple weeks.
Share the love!
We can't wait for you and your loved ones to enjoy and learn from this story! For any of your friends or family who might Showdown Symphony for themselves, you can share the order page link with them:
Getting the Goods! Showdown Symphony Reward Items Update
about 3 years ago
– Mon, May 08, 2023 at 06:32:56 PM
Hello fabulous backers of Showdown Symphony! Just a note and some pics to give you an update on our rewards. Thanks again for your support and don't hesitate to respond with any questions!
Kevin & Leah
If seeing these makes you want to order more or tell a friend, you're in luck! We've created a Kickstarter follow-on pre-order store. You can click the link or copy and paste it to share:
Our 18x24" Instrument Families poster, featuring the major characters and their representative instruments, is printed and looking good.
One of the 500 posters in the boxes beneath it
We've got 1 of 3 sticker sets done!
Beautiful and durable.
The mouse plushie is on its way!
Here are some pics sent to us by our plushie manufacturer in China. They should be here in another month.
We're refining the print color for each book spread
Because this book has so many amazing full-spread illustrations, we want to make sure we get the printed colors right. We're running print tests on each spread to get the right saturation, brightness, and contrast before we send the book to the printer.
The Digital Rewards are ready to send!
The Digital Bundle (music/narration audio), eBook, and coloring pages) are ready to send, as are the assets for the Super Digital Bundle (Digital Bundle + five other book audio/video formats).
***The lesson plan bundle is about halfway done. We've completed the online and print music lesson activities and will be completing the ELA and science resources in the next few weeks.
