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Sunday, September 4, 2011

Fall Events!

Raising Money. Let's talk about that for just a second.  I'm a horrible sales person. I've tried. I love people. I love talking, but I hate asking people to buy something.  In this business of the show, I'd much rather give people something fun to do and ask them to give a few extra of their dollars to help us continue to grow.

Fundraising in this business is tricky.  We have had almost 50 children attend our camps and workshops for free or reduced rates.  The economy is hard pressed for fun money right now.  But we feel that no child-if she or he desires to partcipate-should be turned away.  However, we still have to "pay the man" (You know the one who is the keeper of the construction paper, stickers, glue, facepaint, and other elements of the drama).

With that being said we have two upcoming events:

September 24th at 6:30p.m. at the Harbor Pier on Blount Ave in Guntersville, we will host
PICKIN' AT DUSK
The FBC Pickers will be one of our groups playing. They are so awesome!
(sorry for the grainy photo)



We will also have a very special gues band, but I'm waiting to reveal that one! It's going to be awesome!
There will be food and item vendors there and we are hoping to raise money to help support our scholarship efforts for the coming year!


The other event is geared more towards our children in general. HOWEVER, don't be mistaken, there will be fun things for mom and dad too!!
HALOWEEN CARNIVAL
October 29th 2011, 10AM-1PM at the Whole Backstage Theatre
See RECESS for a special reduced rate at 2PM!

this fundraiser will be designated for the Spotlight Kids trip to Jacksonville State University to compete in the Alabama Conference of Theatre's Community Theatre Festival in October.  They will already have competed, but again..the man and all..(this time he owns a hotel we will be sleeping in and the van we need to rent to ride down there in)

You can check out both of these events at www.facebook.com/wbschildrenstheatre All in all there are two more chances for you to COME PLAY WITH US!

See you there??


Friday, September 2, 2011

Well...Hello!

Long time no see dear blog.  This is WAY harder than I seem to remember. I'll master you. I will.
Now..onto much more fun things! WELCOME to our fun little place to post articles and upcoming things about our beloved Children's Theatre.

So to welcome myself back to the world of the blog...I give you a few definitions.

*in my best fanfare voice: Bum bah bah bah....

Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance.

Actor (usually actress for female) is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, radio, or theatre in that capacity.  The ancient Green word for an "actor," ὑποκριτής (hypokrites), means literally "one who interprets"; in this sense, an actor is one who interprets a dramatic character.

Student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution.

Desire is a sense of longing or object or hoping for an outcome. The same sense is expressed by emotions such as "craving" or "hankering". When a person desires something, their sense of longing is excited by the enjoyment, and they want to take actions to obtain their goal. Hobbes (1588–1679) asserted that human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action.

Play is a term employed in used to describe to a range of voluntary activities normally associated with pleasure and enjoyment.  Play is commonly associated with children, but positive psychology has stressed that play is imperative for all higher-functioning animals, even adult humans.

ALSO

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed or read. The term "play" can refer to both the written works of playwrights and to their complete theatrical performance

Today, me, myself, I am all these things.  And my one desire is to share and create a love of all these ...yes, even desire, in all those who seek to know about the craft of the theatre.

So. Whole Backstage Children's Theatre. Come PLAY with us!