June 2009 1791 Letter - Berwick Academy
June 2009 1791 Letter - Berwick Academy
June 2009 1791 Letter - Berwick Academy
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you gotta have Arts<br />
ARTS BOOSTERS<br />
Looking for Volunteers<br />
The <strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Arts<br />
Boosters is looking to increase volunteer<br />
involvement during the <strong>2009</strong>- 2010<br />
school year. This group was established<br />
a few years ago to sponsor fine arts<br />
events at <strong>Berwick</strong> along with creating<br />
events with the goal of generating<br />
funding to help support artists in<br />
residence and/or capital equipment<br />
items for the visual and performing<br />
arts. The two major events approved<br />
by the Development Committee are<br />
the Arts Boosters Variety Show in<br />
October and the Silent Art Auction in<br />
May. This year, these two events and<br />
proceeds from the Arts Boosters Snack<br />
Shack grossed over $2000.<br />
Arts Boosters Variety Show<br />
This annual event will take<br />
place Friday, October 16, at 7:00 p.m.<br />
Please mark your calendars and plan to<br />
join us on this one-of-a-kind evening.<br />
We would love to perform to a full<br />
house with standing room only. Watch<br />
for more information in the August and<br />
September <strong>1791</strong> <strong>Letter</strong>s and have a<br />
great summer.<br />
DANCE<br />
Shaping the Future<br />
The dancers’ spring<br />
performances of Shaping the Future and<br />
AMPED made for an exciting artistic<br />
weekend on the Hilltop in May. There<br />
are many amazing images posted on the<br />
<strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> online media gallery<br />
where you can view and download<br />
them to your own image library. If you<br />
are interested in purchasing a DVD<br />
of either performance you can do so<br />
through Video Creations’ online store<br />
at www.videocreations.tv. Previously ordered DVDs are complete and are in the<br />
process of being packaged and mailed. Please feel free to contact Sasha Randall<br />
at srandall@berwickacademy.org with any questions pertaining to the dance<br />
program.<br />
MUSIC<br />
Festival Information<br />
Upper School students who are interested in auditioning for the Maine<br />
Allstate Music Festival next year can go to this site to check the audition requirements<br />
for their instruments:<br />
http://allstateauditions.com/mmea/auditions/InstrumentRequirements.pdf<br />
We recommend that they start working on the music during the summer. Auditions<br />
will be November 13 and 14. The district and jazz festival audition information<br />
for the fall has not been published yet. Please remember that you must be enrolled<br />
in a music class in order to audition or participate in a music festival in the Upper<br />
School.<br />
Off the Hilltop<br />
Congratulations to Freddy Diengott for his participation in the Maine<br />
Allstate Chorus, and to Dan Kleinmann for his role as Hamlet in the NH Theater<br />
project and for his upcoming lead in “Grease” at Prescott Park. Please let us know<br />
about additional summer performance experiences so that we may recognize those<br />
performers in August or September.<br />
THE <strong>1791</strong> <strong>Letter</strong> IS<br />
GOING PAPERLESS<br />
In an effort to save money while going green,<br />
<strong>Berwick</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> is pleased to announce that<br />
the <strong>1791</strong> <strong>Letter</strong> will be paperless beginning in<br />
September of this year. If you wish to continue<br />
to receive a hard copy, please contact Sondra<br />
Farrell in the main offi ce of BD.<br />
The electronic version will be sent via email<br />
to you each month, and will also be available on the School Portal of<br />
the BA website. It will be in pdf format and easily printable from your<br />
home or offi ce.<br />
Happy reading!<br />
8 <strong>1791</strong> <strong>Letter</strong> ~ <strong>June</strong> <strong>2009</strong>