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City, State: Verona, NJ Website: www.pushcartplayers.org Comments: Dear Richard— Naomi Miller, a friend of mine for many years, forwarded your article to me (“What Are We Fighting For If We Aren’t Fighting For The Arts?”) which I read with great interest. We at Pushcart Players (see our website: www.pushcartplayers.org ) have been on this uphill, downhill and uphill again journey of promoting the arts for kids in schools for the past 35 years. We’ve seen funding come and go many times over the course of the years – but never has it been in a more perilous state than now, when foundations and corporations are floundering as a result of the economy. At a time when imagination, creativity and new pathways to learning through the arts are needed more than ever, the arts are being put on “hold” and losing significant amounts of funding needed to support its presence in schools and other places where kids gather and grow. We are part of a larger organization for professional theatres in NJ that has a strong collective voice for the importance of the arts in our lives. It is the New Jersey Theatre Alliance – and all of us are also a part of ArtPride – another organization that rallies for support of the arts. You may want to know about these two fine organizations as well. Ruth Fost Pushcart Players'
City, State: Astoria, Queens Website: http://www.lionheartedplayers.com/ Comments: Hi Richard, We met briefly some time ago at a TRU seminar. You were a panelist and you invited attendees to sign your mailing list. I am a great fan of Carol Channing by way of being a fan of Hello Dolly. (As a kid I was in a community theater production of Hello Dolly and danced in the chorus! And what fun to see a clip from the movie Hello Dolly in the animated film Wall*e! So, in a tangential way, I'm quite a fan!) There's something about the exuberant optimism of Dolly Levi. Carol Channing IS Fabulous and so are you! Thanks for channeling Channing! ~ Best Regards Miss Ella Powella Productions http://www.LionHeartedPlayers.com
City, State: Seminole, FL Website: www.sunburstconvention.com Comments: "Hey Richard. It is so wonderful that you are getting involved...timely too. Florida is in a huge mess. In eduaction, we are already 50th in the nation in dollars spent per child vs personal income. In our county alone, we have been hearing that an upcoming cut of $102,000,000 would require the cut of the arts, including music and most sports as well as guidance and social workers and media specialists (that's new school for librarian) from our schools. We have been writing letters, sending emails, making calls, signing petitions and holding rallies. Then in a huge blow, yesterday, we found out that the cut is actually going to be more like $240,000,000. That is JUST IN OUR COUNTY. We had a meeting last night and our principal was starting to sound fairly hopeless, which is not at all like her. If you have any ideas, I am sure we would welcome them. I am going to refer my PTA board to your site too. Thank you so much for caring not only for the future of the arts but also the future of our children."
City, State: North Caldwell, NJ Website: www.stewartschneck.com Comments: Richard, You inspire me to action. Thanks you!
City, State: Hollywood, CA Website: http://myspace.com/divaworks Comments: HERE! HERE! Richard! I read your website and it really moved me. thanks for putting arts BACK in the schools. It's needed MORE than EVER in these times! Chuck just had a children's musical mounted in New Hampshire and one of the theme is how VITAL art is to kids. Thanks so much for putting this notion out there. ART is MORE than TV and the NET. love Stephen Foster, DIVA WORKS |
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