The
Great Dickens Christmas Fair Missive
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Dickens Christmas Fair 2009 October Missive #5
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Notes from your Missive Maven:
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There are updated workshop schedules, descriptions and maps on the
missive site.
Please
read all the information carefully and save and/or print it for further
reference.
Please remember to contact the folks referenced in each notice, rather
than hitting "reply".
Past missives can be viewed at http://www.cattaylor.com/missives.html
Thanks!
Cat Taylor
Entertainment Director and Missive Maven
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This Missive |
| Dickens Fair Ride Share Group on
Facebook |
| Dickens Character Audition Time
& Location |
| Hoops (uh-oh) and Hair (aha)! |
| Three Musketeers Needs a Cellist!
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| The Front Gate Needs You |
| The Dickens Family Parlor is
Looking for Sons of Dickens |
| Reminder: Workshop Schedule
& Descriptions |
| Reminder: Changes Happen |
| Reminder: Directions to Sunset
Ridge School, Pacifica |
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Dickens Fair Ride Share Group on
Facebook
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Offering ride to The Great Dickens Fair or workshops?
Looking for a ride to The Great Dickens Fair or workshops?
Go to http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=312272385509&ref=ts
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Dickens Character Audition Time &
Location
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If you
are interested in auditioning for a specific character please come
prepared to
do so on Saturday, November 7 at 2:30PM in Room B. There
will be sign-up forms at
"Area 51."
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Hoops (uh-oh) and Hair (aha)!
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(from Annie Lore)
My hoop lady seems to have vanished, and we're
fearing the worst, so as far as anyone knows at this point you'll have
to get 'em somewhere else. eBay is always an
option. But the wig company is hot to trot! However, I'll be out of the
country
November 4th to 14th, which makes ordering and pickup trickier. I'll
still do
email and can put in orders, plus I can have someone host the samples
and color
ring at workshops. The pieces may have to come down with someone else
on the
15th, depending on what shape I'm in as to jet lag and general
exhaustion... write me at
ImminentIdea@aol.com.
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Three
Musketeers Needs a Cellist!
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No, you're
not going to play it with a sword and no you don't get to buckle
swashes. What
you do get to do is work with other string players (and a
percussionist) to
create lovely and exciting French Baroque music for the Dickens Fair
production
of The Three Musketeers, directed by Michael Cawelti and
appearing twice daily on the new Odyssey
stage (which will be taking the place of the Sugar Plum stage).
We are also willing to consider other
instrumentalists. Must be at least
intermediate quality player, have own instrument and read music (or at
least
chord charts).
If
interested, please contact Cat Taylor cat@redbarnproductions.org
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The Front Gate
Needs You!
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As a member
of the Front Gate Auxiliary Volunteer Corps, you are uniquely
responsible for
one of the first impressions made on our guests when entering
London. Yes, it is important to properly receive the
ticket, ensuring it is the correct ticket, answering questions,
stamping hands
for re-entry, distributing maps & schedules, and taking surveys
from
exiting guests. But that is not
all! You are an ambassador of sorts, a
time travel employee, who sits astride the past and the present, while
representing both.
Most of our
volunteers work with other groups, and find time to give generously at
the
gate. The benefits are legion... The
smile of a child, the familiar pat on the back, a wink from a
friend. The satisfaction of knowing that you are singularly
responsible for the happiness of our guests, and the knowledge that The
Operations Manager can sleep...just a bit easier knowing the front gate
is all
right.
See Mark Solum
or Steve Johnson at the first weekend of workshops to inquire about
scheduling.
Cheers!
Mark Solum
Operations Manager
Extraordinaire
(Note from Cat: Mark will be onstage at the morning meeting.)
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The Dickens
Family Parlor is Looking for Sons of Dickens
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Are you a
young man about town who is looking to ride the tailcoats of Victorian
fame and
celebrity?
Then we want you! The Dickens Family Parlor is searching for young men
to
portray four of Dickens sons:
Francis
Jeffrey Dickens - Francis considered many careers including medicine,
farming
and journalism. He ended up joining the
Bengal Mounted Police. Later he joined
Canada's Northwest Mounted Police. In 1886 he resigned his commission
and
passed away within the year.
Alfred
D'Orsay Tennyson Dickens - When he was 20 Alfred left England, as well
as many
unpaid bills, and went to Australia.
There he married the "Belle of Melbourne", Jessie Devlin. Sadly
she died in a carriage accident four
years later leaving Alfred alone with their two girls. After his
father's death
Alfred gave lectures on his father's life and work.
Sydney Smith
Haldimand Dickens - Charles Dickens was very proud of Sydney's naval
career. However later he was very
displeased about Sydney's financial troubles.
Sydney passed away when he was only twenty five. He died while
trying to return home for sick
leave.
Henry
Fielding Dickens - Henry was nicknamed Harry and is often called the
most
successful of Dickens' children. He was
a sportsman and had a very successful career in law. In 1922 he
was knighted.
We're
looking for men who are not afraid to engage the customers, have improv
experience, and have a strong stage presence. While Dickens was hard
working
and successful, his sons were not so fortunate in their luck but full
of great
ideas and enthusiasm.
We will be
holding auditions at workshops (12:30pm - Sat/Sun-Nov 7th/8th) - Please
come
prepared with why you want to portray one of Dickens' sons and based
off the
small biography above, what you feel you can bring to the character
that will
make it memorable. For Francis and Alfred, we are flexible on age for
the right
actor.
Questions
can be directed to Claudia Laughter at claudia.laughter@gmail.com
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Reminder: Workshop Schedule &
Descriptions
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Workshops
start
Saturday morning, November 7th 10:00AM
at Sunset Ridge Elementary School,
in Pacifica. (see below for more info) The third weekend (aka dress
rehearsal
weekend) will be at the Cow Palace. Please do not go to the Cow Palace
on
these first two weekends. Stakeout
for the vendors isn't until the 14th, so it will not be available
the first weekend of workshops.
Please do not go to the Cow Palace until
dress rehearsal weekend unless you are building a booth or
environmental area,
as we have limited build time and there will be much construction
equipment,
power tools, etc. The Green Room areas will be available on dress
rehearsal
weekend.
The workshop/rehearsal schedule and the workshop descriptions for the
first two
weekends can now be downloaded from http://www.cattaylor.com/missives.html
as .pdf ("portable document format") files, which can be opened with
the free and downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader. Remember to chose
"landscape" if you print the schedule. The printed copies handed out
at workshops will be black and white as color printing is much more
expensive
when doing hundreds of copies.
The schedule for the third weekend at the Cow
Palace will be forthcoming.
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Reminder: Changes Happen...
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Important
Note: Since life often happens without consulting us, there may be
changes between now and November 7th. I will update the files on the
website as the changes are given to me, so please re-download the files
later
in the week to make sure you have the most recent information. I will
also send
out a missive if there are any major changes. Please also check in at
the office (see below) for posted changes or special notices.
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Reminder: Directions to Sunset Ridge
School, Pacifica
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(from Steve Johnson. Thanks Steve.)
From the East Bay:
Take the Bay Bridge to San Francisco and stay on Interstate 80, then
follow
directions from San Francisco
From San Francisco:
Take 280 South
Exit at Highway 1 Southbound/Pacifica
As you go up the hill merge toward the right lanes
Take the Highway 35 Southbound/Skyline Blvd. exit
At the first traffic light (Hickey Blvd.) turn right. At the third stop
sign
turn left onto Inverness Drive. The school is on the right.
From the South:
Take 280 North.
Take the Highway 1 Southbound/Pacifica exit.
As you go up the hill merge toward the right lanes
Take the Highway 35 Southbound/Skyline Blvd. exit
At the first traffic light (Hickey Blvd.) turn right. At the third stop
sign
turn left onto Inverness Drive. The school is on the right.
From Half Moon Bay:
Take Highway 1 North.
Exit on Skyline Blvd./Highway 35 Southbound
At the first traffic light (Hickey Blvd.) turn right. At the third stop
sign
turn left onto Inverness Drive. The school is on the right.
NOTE: Parking is on paved areas only.
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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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