And the winner is.....

"Chance to Fly Like Peter Winner" ..... This little girl was so quiet - it was hard to believe she was having any fun. At least until you looked at her face ... she was one large beaming smile - grin ear-to-ear!

Another article by the Royal Purple about Peter Pan.....

Peter Pan set to soar onto stage - Arts & Entertainment

Today is the first official performance of Peter Pan. There are over 1300 students from schools in the area attending. SOLD OUT! This weekend's performances for the public are selling extremely well!!! Sunday is SOLD OUT, and Saturday only has about 100 seats left!! Over 2600 tickets gone ... woo-hoo!! We very well could sell out Saturday's performance too!

I now have to wrap up the project with a report/paper that discusses what I did, what I would do differently, what I learned, etc. My goal is to have this report finished by March 5th so I can meet with the Theatre/Dance Department to "discuss" my project before the 15th. YAY!!

On to the job hunt .......I've started to systematically look for arts/theatre management jobs - created a list of places to check three times a week. Don't want to freak just yet, but there are only 77 days left until graduation!! Also need to update my resume' ... haven't included my last stint as maternity leave replacement for Director of Public Events, or my senior project yet. I have a lead on a position at the Overture Center in Madison so that means this weekend will be filled with Peter Pan performances, senior project paper, reading five chapters in HR Management (mid-term on Monday - procrastination!!), and resume' brush up!! Lots to do....but life is good!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Latest news on Peter Pan ...

As of 1:30 today, only $500 away from making my goal in ticket sales with the opening a little over two weeks away!!!

A couple of links from newspapers about Peter Pan:

• Royal Purple (school newspaper): http://media.www.royalpurplenews.com/media/storage/paper1225/news/2008/01/30/ArtsEntertainment/Peter.Pan.Contest.Will.Allow.Winner.To.Fly.Across.Stage-3174809.shtml?refsource=collegeheadlines
• the Week - Walworth County (free entertainmnet newspaper): http://www.theweekextra.com/news/2008/02/behind-scenes-of-stage-performance.html

Things are progressing nicely with the publicity and marketing of the show. I'm waiting to hear back from the group that won the flying session. It's a local school group and they need to figure out how they will determine the ultimate winner since they purchased 109 tickets. Flying rehearsals are next weekend Feb. 22-24 -- one last publicity opportunity!

Checking In.......

It's been a very, very long time since I've posted. YIKES!!! I missed a complete semester - a semester that was definitely my worst/busiest. Working 35-50 hours a week while the Director of Public Events was on maternity leave and bartending 8-10 hours a weeks was absolutely nuts!!! But I survived .... and I managed to stay on the Dean's List.

Directing I - A
Dramaturg Practicum - A
Independent Study (Public Events Assistant) - A
Mass Media Writing - A-
Foundations of Advertising - A-

October - The dramaturg practicum for Terra Nova was a kick to work on. I scanned lots of photos and created a slide show that played in the lobby before and after the show, and during the intermission. The music in the slideshow was the same music that was used during the production - "Symphonia Antartica." Of course, I had the usual handouts and display board with timelines, maps, and photos. The coolest thing I researched was for the set designer/props person. He wanted to know what an odometer looked like on a sledge during that time period. I had scanned so many photos that I only took me an hour to find a a pic of one. Very cool --- Here's the slideshow - be warned it's 10 minutes long ....



December -- My directing scene went extremely well. I followed the suggestion of choosing a play with a small cast so I had minimal schedules to coordinate. Plus, I couldn't have asked for more committed actors - they were part of the Acting I class and definitely were dependable and met deadlines. Other directors in my class were not so lucky. I chose two scenes from "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking" (Thanks for the play suggestion Jim). This meant I had a scene change, along with a costume change for each character ... tough to pull off in a short 10-13 minutes production. It went well, in spite off only having a 20 minute tech rehearsal -- two hours before my directing debut! Classes were cancelled because of weather the day tech rehearsal was scheduled - UGH!

As far as this semester goes, I'm expecting to eventually 'coast' -- LOL My classes include:

• My Senior Project - Marketing & Publlicity for Peter Pan - finished the middle of March (a huge topic for another post)
• Human Resources Management (Monday night class)
• Public Relations Tactics I - (this covers press releases, brochures, fact sheets, etc -- information that goes to the media - stuff I've already been doing - heehee)
• Script Analysis (probably should have taken this class before Directing - LOL)

On top of this "cushy" schedule, I gave notice at the bar -- no more slinging beers. My last day is Feb 10th -- WOOHOO!! Weekends off?? What?? Crazy - I know ....