Thank you to everyone who made it out to the parent meeting tonight! Here is a link to the slide show with all of the information we went over in the meeting tonight.

Parent Meeting Presentation

December LoftPac Minutes

~ Abby Feuer

• Play In A Day: Kick-off party is Friday, December 15^th at 6pm (movie afterward) All participants must be there. Bring a costume piece, prop, or set piece to use/inspire plawrights. Public performance is Saturday, December 16^th at 7pm

• Little Shop of Horrors: December 15^th in the Loft Stage 7pm-10pm, Snacks will be provided. Kicks off play-in-a-day. Wear your jammies!

• Backstage Day (techie tour): Date to be determined, but will be before One Act goes to competition. Learn how to hang lights, coil cables, run sound / light boards and more!

• Loftie Holiday Party: It will be December 30^th 8-11pm at Merrill Arts Community Center. White Elephant gift exchange.

• Thespian Conference: It will be Presidents Day weekend, Sunday February 18^th and Monday, February 19^th all day. National Individual Event Showcase will take place as well as workshops. Cost is $80 per person until Saturday, December 16^th.

• Thespian Points : Online submission http://bit.ly/erhsthespian, minimum of 10 points for induction, graduation tassels, spring induction @ banquet (5/18), overview of Thespian point System can be found here: https//drive.google.com/file/d/OB6nD2uZ85HSAVDdaT2JvZGptZzg/view?usp=sharing

• MN Scholars of Distinction: This is for Juniors and Seniors Application is due December 16, 2017. Portfolio Submission is due February 23, 2018. Artistic Showcase is April 23^rd and 28^th, 2018. Awards Ceremony is May 12^th, 2018

• One Act Festival: January 19^th at 7pm. Cast and crew register on feepay. Parent meeting is Wednesday, December 13^th More details to come.

• Winter Community Outreach: Service project benefiting women veterans, Grace After Fire- “To help women veterans help themselves” It helps women transition back to civilian life and deal with PTSD, depression and more. Possibility would be to interviw/honor women veterans in Lofties’ lives, show in display case

• Coat Drive Results: We collected 99 coats, almost 20 snowpants, a couple of pair of boots and a few bags of hats and mittens.

• 2017-2018 Spotlight Education Honors for East Ridge High School’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are posted on the Loft Stage website!

Thank you to everyone that expressed interest in being part of the performance tech crew for the one-act. As there are a limited number of slots and we need to complete registration by Friday, please find the list of crew members below.

Please remember that all performance crew members (minus Alli) must put in at least 20 hours in to set/props construction.