[Usittne] Flying rigging workshop

[Crystal Tiala]

Dear USITT NE members and interested people,

St. Michael's college in Vermont is looking to rig some flying people for their upcoming production of Peter Pan. 
They are asking USITT to help fund it.  In return, they would create a flying workshop "see details below".  As discussed at the meeting at KCACTF, we thought that anyone from outside of St. Michael's college could attend the workshop if they paid a fee to USITT New England of 50 dollars. In return, USITT would donate that money plus an extra 30 dollars for each person that signs up through us.  These people would also become members of USITT NE if they are not already members.   So St. Michaels would get 80 dollars for each attendee from us - BUT - they need to know right away. 
Who would committ to this offer?  USITT NE does not have the funds to outright give them money, so this seems like a good solution.

If you will committ to paying the 50 dollars and attending, please email me at tiala at mindspring.com by Friday of this week. We will take the first 12 people who apply. 

Thanks,
Crystal


>From St. Michael's college:  

So we decided to use ZFX for Peter Pan and we brought our budget in front of the drama club eboard tonight. We were asking for $5,750 but we dont have that in our budget so we were granted $3,500 and its up to us to fund raise the rest. We will be asking for $1,500 from our student association but we are hoping you still might be able to give us the $1,000. You asked us for a quick blurb so this is what we came with:
 
Saint Michael's College will be offering a flying workshop with ZFX in conjunction with our production of Peter Pan. The workshop would take place between April 22nd and April 25th and will most likely be an educational session on the logistics of flying and the how the process of flying an individual works. It will probably run around an hour. This workshop would be open to any USITT New England member (any non-members wishing to attend may do so after paying the small fee for joining USITT New England.). 
  
Please let me know asap how all this sounds to you as we need to continue to tell our drama club e-board whether we can fundraise this money sucessfully within the next couple weeks.
 
Cheers,
~Tina