The
Great Dickens Christmas Fair Missive
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Dickens Christmas Fair 2009 ~ October
Missive #2
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Notes from your Missive Maven:
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The great workshop missive should be going out at the beginning of next
week, so stay tuned!
Please remember to contact the folks referenced in each notice, rather
than hitting "reply". Thanks.
Past missives can be viewed at http://www.cattaylor.com/missives.html
Cat Taylor
Entertainment Director and Missive Maven
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This Missive |
| From the Dickens Fair Publicist:
Traveling to the Dickens Fair? |
| Dickens Fair Travel Specials! |
| Postcards Auditions - Cast &
Crew |
| Ebenezer Scrooge Seeks
Performance Opportunities |
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| From
the Dickens Fair Publicist: Traveling to the Dickens Fair?
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(from Adrienne Biggs)
From the Dickens Fair publicist: I seek contact information for anyone
who has
a friend or family member, or who knows of someone, who has or will
take a
Christmas-themed vacation trip to attend the Dickens Fair. This is for
a Christmas
themed vacation story on 1001-vacation-ideas.com. Please be in touch
with me
directly at adrienne@biggspublicity.com with your contact
info, experience,
activities, and focus of your/their Fair trip (religious, secular or
both)
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And
speaking of travel, here's something new on www.dickensfair.com
and going out to the advance sales mailing list:
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Dickens
Fair
Travel Specials!
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(from Kevin
Patterson)
Plan a whole
weekend of time travel!! visit http://www.queenvictoriatravel.com
Purchase
your time travel tickets now and save!
Then book a
stay at one of our preferred hotels... at a Dickens of a good price!
http://www.dickensfair.com/accommodations.htm
Experience
The Naughty And The Nice!
Father
Christmas is making his list and checking it twice! At the Great
Dickens
Christmas Fair, you can be both naughty and nice!
From hand-made
sweets to the charmingly flirtations Chimney Sweeps.
From Gilbert
and Sullivan's Mikado to Mad Sal's racy music hall sing-along.
From the
Father Christmas parade to the Victorian fascination with Corsetry.
From learning
to Waltz at Mr. Fezziwiggs warehouse to the shocking display at the
Saucy
French Postcard Review.
And from
fresh baked cookies to Hot Buttered Rum!
Feel true
holiday magic when you stumble upon a candlelight reading by Mr.
Charles
Dickens himself, or blush unabashedly when one of Sal's Girls winks at
you, "down by the docks".
How many
naughty and nice moments will you experience!
Visit dickensfair.com for your time
travel planning, including free BART shuttles all
day, every day!
Fun things
to do now to get ready for your day in Dickens London:
Order
official Dickens Fair favorites: http://www.cafepress.com/dickensfair
Join us on
Twitter and Facebook to stay in touch:
http://twitter.com/DickensFair
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=70573503536
Learn about Dickens London: http://www.dickensfair.com/history.htm
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Postcards
Auditions - Cast & Crew
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(from the Agony Aunts, Diana & Sarah)
CAST:
Saucy French Postcards is casting for Greek Gods. Could you be
Poseidon? Maybe Zeus?
How about the Great God Pan?
Okay, maybe a faun or a satyr?
We're looking for their feminine counterparts, as well. Fancy
yourself as Demeter or Cybele? Or even Venus
... or Great Isis, Mistress of Magic. Perhaps one of the Graces, or a
wild nymph or maenad?
CREW:
The show needs a number of unseen heroes, as well as the visible
cast. These are the people who really make the
thing happen. If you are interested in
working the backstage crew, come see us.
We are looking in particular for dressers to assist the cast.
Don't laugh, you! You might be surprised how many costumes are
involved, and how much changing into and out of goes on. And how
much quick movement of props and
fluffing of drapery. Seriously, it's hard work putting on
this
show!
COME SEE US
at DCF Workshops on November 7, at the beginning of Postcards' Audition
(exact
time & location will be in the workshop schedule) Any
Questions?
Contact the Directrix, Diana Young-Peak at dgbyoung@aol.com
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Ebenezer
Scrooge Seeks Performance Opportunities
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(from Martin Harris)
Martin Harris, our own Ebenezer Scrooge, is looking to make himself
available
to spirited recipients who will take advantage of this rare opportunity
to hear
a quintessential English thespian from the Heart of Dickens Country
give his
dramatic reading of A Christmas Carol encouraging Q&A and sales of
his
reading on CD. So if you have contacts with any schools,
libraries, old
folks homes, bookshops or corporate Christmas functions who would like
to set a
diamond in their Crown of Christmas Celebrations, please contact Martin
at martinharrisusuk@hotmail.com
God Bless Us, Everyone!
Martin
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| Contact Information
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For specific questions
regarding performing at the Fair or to submit a show proposal please
email Cat
Taylor
If your group would like to perform at the Fair for just one day
(school
caroling groups, etc., please email Robert
Young
For specific questions regarding vending at the Fair please email Vendors
For specific questions the beverage department please email Beverage
To learn what you can do to help save the Cow Palace, please visit
http://www.savethecowpalace.com
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