The book is a prime illustration of the difficulties and trials of putting on a festival. Often, what can go wrong does go wrong, so one needs to be aware of all the eventualities in Festival Planning, both planned and unplanned. The authors have spent many hours developing and inserting Gant charts (step by step tasks in pull out sections) to assist future festival planners should you "volunteer" to chair a festival for your church, school, or civic organization. The goal of the book is to make your efforts financially successful, the children happy, and end on target which should ultimately please your pastor, minister, or civic head.