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  • From: Laura Williams <lw100 AT earthlink.net>
  • To: Josh Rosenstein <josh.rosenstein AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: chpac-staff AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Chpac-staff] Report Back on Meetings Regarding Youth Open Mic- request for feedback if you have any.
  • Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:37:20 -0400

Hi Josh,
This sounds great to me! 

Laura


On Aug 3, 2016, at 3:48 PM, Josh Rosenstein <josh.rosenstein AT gmail.com> wrote:

Hey All,

 

Hope everyone is doing well!

 

I wanted to reach out and give a report back on a series of meetings I have had regarding partnering with the student group/non profit theater company One Song Productions to start up a Youth Open Mic. As you may remember from the June meeting- One Song is an entirely student run group that operates outside of the school theater programs and all the board members are students.

 

I first met with a few of the board members about a week and a half ago to hammer out some details regarding the basic vision of the project- which is to create a space for high-school age folks to perform whatever sort of performance art they wish (music of any kind, dance, dramatic/comedic monologue, standup, improv, scenes from theater pieces, puppetry, magic, WHATEVER, etc).

 

By the fact that it is an Open Mic, we are signifying two things:

 

1. That all are welcome and that there is open access to perform

2. That these are works in progress. Open Mic is about work-shopping material to be showcased in the future, or just to build up the nerve to get on stage for the first time

 

After that meeting, Maddie Weiner from One Song and myself met with potential venues this week to see where we think would be the best fit. On Monday we met with Samathryn Witham from the Street Scene Teen Center (run by the Town of Chapel Hill/Parks and Rec) and today we met with Brad Porter and Dan Mayer from the Arts Center in Carrboro.

 

The meetings were very productive and everyone we met with had lots of good advice and insight into our project. Maddie and I after debriefing both meetings feel like the Teen Center makes a little more sense for the goals of our project. The Arts Center (as you all know) has so much going for it and could definitely help us connect with other organizations and people involved in the local scene and would help with marketing and messaging, though with the Arts Center we would need to pay for the space (they would definitely charge us a lower rate than normal and will be sending us a quote soon) and they strongly recommend charging a cover for non-student attendees. The Teen Center on the other hand as a Town property would not charge for the space or staffing and we could keep the event completely free for attendees. Also, one of our goals from the beginning was to create performance space for the young people who are already utilizing the Teen Center and it seems to be a natural fit (for example folks working on projects through Blackspace (the Beat Lab) would be able to perform their compositions for their friends and family right there in the Teen Center.

 

I have been wanting to partner with both the Teen Center and the Arts Center for a long time and for this particular program I feel that the Teen Center is the best fit and Samathryn has a really good vision for this that lines up with what we are trying to do.

 
 

Before moving forward and sending out budget proposals and what not (which I am working on) I wanted to see if anyone on the Commission had any issues with this, ideas to add or any thoughts at all. I am going to be out of town for almost three weeks (returning 8/23) and would like to set up a meeting for sometime in late August regarding this. Please let me know if you’d be interested in joining this meeting- I think it would be great to get at least one other member of the special events committee involved.

 

SORRY THAT WAS SO LONG!!!

 

Thanks!

 

-Josh


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have a most excellent day,

-Josh Rosenstein
404-556-5160

Comedian & Musician
@pholksinger

Cultural Arts Commissioner, 
Town of Chapel Hill, NC



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