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Christmas Fair 2006 November Missive #1- Thanks & Oops
(sent November 9th, 2006)
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
(and if you don't know what that's from, read more Dickens.
<grin>)
First of all, thanks so much to all the people at workshops who worked
hard, laughed hard, cheered hard and were careful with the classrooms,
putting chairs and desks away properly, sweeping, etc. Second, some of
us were not as helpful and some of the students projects were moved and
damaged, desks were not put away, etc. The upshot? With some careful
negotiations by Stephen Johnson (thanks Steve!) we can use the school
this weekend, but not in the future. They have also given us a list of
rules for this coming weekend:
1) No food or drink in the classrooms
2) No sitting on counters
3) No sitting at or using teacher's desk/materials
4) No moving of student work/projects
5) No moving of furniture (if movement is needed, please go outside)
6) A recycling bin will be placed in the courtyard area; please have
folks empty liquids in drain before putting bottles/cans in recycling
bin.
The rooms that we will be using will probably not be the same as they
were last week, so
please arrive early
to see where the new rooms will be. Please be very careful to not move
anything and if you see something moved, put it back in it's place.
Thanks very much.
Special Missive Notes: (Please
remember to contact the posters of individual notices, rather than
replying to me. For the Timegames notice, please reply to
Phyllis, her email address is at the bottom of that missive)
All previous missives (and downloadable files such as schedules) can be
found at http://www.cattaylor.com/missives.html
In This Missive:
Area 51 Hours
Entr'Acte Auditions Postponed
Costume Approval Reminder
Cheap Ribbon
Great Race of London Sign-Ups!
"Who's Your Daddy" T-Shirts - Taking Orders Again!
The Old Bailey Online
Notes From The Elite Printing Company
Photo Parlour Needs Printing Clerk & Desk Clerk
Hallelujah Chorus Learning Aids
Area 51 Hours
The hours of the registration table at Area 51 are from 9:30Am to
4:00PM. Apologies to those of you who came after 4:00 last weekend.
Entr'Acte Auditions Postponed
Entr'Acte auditions scheduled for this weekend have been postponed
until dress rehearsal weekend. Watch the missive for more information.
Costume Approval Reminder
(from Kathy)
Don’t forget everyone! Get your costume approved this weekend to avoid
the long lines next weekend!
Come to approval fully dressed- or if you are building your booth,
please bring a recent photo of you I your clothes AND your director or
booth owner along to vouch for you.
Thank you!
Cheap Ribbon
(Peg Healy forwards the following)
Michael's in Pinole (off Richmond Parkway between Fitzgerald and Appian
Way exits) is selling 9-foot rolls of cloth ribbon in nonmetallic
plaids and bright colors for 99 cents each through Saturday. The
regular price is $1.99 a roll, which is not too bad. They vary from
narrow red or green grosgrain ribbon to one-inch-wide plaids. The
seasonal ribbon display is towards the back of the store, to the left
of the front door.
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/home
Great Race of London Sign-Ups!
(from Peter Overstreet)
The Great Race of London is looking for cast/crew! I've managed to fill
SOME spots...but I still need some of the following:
1. Betting Agents / Prize Distributors
2. Villainous henchmen.
3. Chicken tossers.
4. CROWD CONTROL
5. Christmas Ghosts
This weekend at workshops, I will be setting up a sign-up station for
people who want to help. Please come see me sometime during the weekend.
"Who's Your Daddy" T-Shirts -
Taking Orders Again!
(from Peter Overstreet)
I will be taking orders for Who's Your Daddy t-shirts again. Shirts are
still $20 a piece, and come in any size you'd like.
HOWEVER, there is a catch. I must have a minimum order of 20 shirts in
order to make this happen. SO...if we've got 20+ orders, we'll place
the order. Again, come and see me during workshops. I accept checks or
cash. IF we do not reach our order goal, I will refund your money to
you.Proceeds still benefit the Great Race of London, and this round of
shirts will help us with the props and sets we still need to buy.
Thanks!
Sincerely,
Peter Overstreet
petethecreeper@yahoo.com
The Old Bailey Online
(from Teri Pope - the old Bailey is discussed in Peter's "Cruel
Brittania" workshop)
The Old Bailey Online site is a full online compendium of the Old
Bailey Proceedings from 1674 to 1834. As
you may know The Old Bailey is the main court in London. Besides
the transcripts, the site has several wonderful articles on criminal
and civil matters in England, such as women and crime, and minorities,
etc.
The site is at http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.
Notes From The Elite Printing
Company
(from Don Cox)
-- Calling Card orders for your character will again be taken by
Sully. The deadline for cards is end of dress rehearsal weekend,
so get your orders in quickly! Email Sully at:
sully@roaringdragonpress.com
-- Sully needs help moving press equipment on and off the
trailers. He will be unable to do much physical labor, so is
looking for a few people to help who can follow his directions
closely.
-- The Bulletin Newspaper has its traditional home at Sully's print
shop. Thanks again for the offers of alternate
accommodations. The paper will again be published each Dickens'
Fair weekend. As before, non-commercial articles are free and
Dickens' Fair vendor ads are $10/sq-in (2 x 1/2 in increments) to help
offset printing costs. Email historical articles, characters
activities, and gossipy tidbits to: doncox@earthlink.net
-- Web page is at
http://home.earthlink.net/~doncox/bulletin/bulletin.html
Photo Parlour Needs Printing
Clerk & Desk Clerk
(from Alwyn L'hoir)
My long time crew for the photo parlour had some family stuff come up
at the last minute. I desperately need a computer (Mac) literate
printing clerk, and a desk/sales clerk for the photo parlour. Pay
is excellent, with bonuses based on booth gross. Contact :
alwyn@mcn.org
Hallelujah Chorus Learning
Aids
(from Neassa)
I went looking for sheet music and midi/mp3 files of the separate parts
for the Hallelujah Chorus. I hit the jackpot.
http://www.rehearsalarts.com/hear_samples.htm
This site is trying to sell their system - but the free samples happen
to be the parts for the Chorus emphasized individually, with the entire
choir behind. (wmp and mp3 files)
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Hallelujah_Chorus_%28from_Messiah%29_%28George_Frederic_Handel%29
Several different sources for free sheet music so you can follow along
with the singers on the first link. (pdf files)
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