LYNN – Community Development Director James Marsh said ticket sales are going strong as the Lynn Auditorium moves into the second half of its performance season before its summer hiatus.No shows are sold out yet, but Marsh said he has high hopes that all tickets will be purchased for the Peter Frampton performance on Feb. 3 and the newly-announced Pat Benatar performance on April 19.?Pat Benatar first-day sales were over 400 tickets,” he said. “It was the strongest first on-sale date since we had the grand reopening with the Boston Pops in October 2006.”Ticket sales are not as high for the other auditorium shows this season, like the Charlie Daniels Band on March 22. Marsh attributed that to “soft on-sale dates,” which means the on-sale date is not promoted and the advertising for the show is done closer to the performance date.?We went into the greater Boston new year [announcing] Frampton and Benatar,” he said. “With the others, it was a local, word-of-mouth thing, but we?ll do a specific advertising blitz with Charlie [Daniels] in mid-February.”To line up acts for the 2012-2013 concert season, Marsh said Henry Ryan, who is in charge of production and promotion for the auditorium, will travel to New York City on Monday for the 2012 Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference. Agents for a variety of performers attend the conference and negotiate with venue representatives.Marsh also said that he is very close to securing a “big-name” comedy act that will most likely be taking the auditorium stage in April.Anyone interested in purchasing tickets to a Lynn Auditorium show can visit lynnauditorium.com or the box office in Room 311 at City Hall, or call 781-581-2971 or 1-800-594-8499.Sarah Mupo can be reached at [email protected].