Open Auditions for "A Journey Through Christmas"

Actors? Singers? This is your chance!!!!!

Open Auditions for Acting and Choir Parts for
A Journey Through Christmas

(children and adults needed!)

on Wednesday, October 21 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM

at the Pine Valley Community Clubhouse
on Old Highway 80 in Pine Valley

Performance will be Saturday, December 12 at 7:00 PM

For questions, contact Dianne Holly at 473-8760

Rehearsal Schedule for A Journey Through Christmas:
(All rehearsals from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM)
Monday, October 26
Thursday, October 29
Friday, November 6
Monday, November 9
Thursday, November 12
Monday, November 16
Thursday, November 19
Monday, November 23
Monday, November 30

Technical Rehearsals (times will vary)
Sunday, December 6, 2:00-6:00 PM (putting up sets, lights, sound)
Monday, December 7, 3:00-6:00 PM (putting up sets, lights, sound)
Tuesday, December 8, 2:00-9:00 PM (finish lights and sound; Tech Rehearsal 6:00 PM)
Wednesday, December 9, 6:00-10:00 (Tech Rehearsal)
Thursday, December 10, 6:00-10:00 (Tech Rehearsal)
Friday, December 11, 6:00-10:00 (Tech Rehearsal)
Saturday, December 12, 6:00-11:00 (Performance; strike sets, lights, sound)

Sacred Rocks Reserve

(Photo by Susanne Barrett)

On Thursday, August 6, the MECAC Board of Directors Judith Dupree, Dianne Holly, Tony Nash, Marshall Chapman, and Susanne Barrett held their monthly meeting at Sacred Rocks Reserve in Boulevard. An RV park and campground currently, the owners of Sacred Rocks are planning to shift the reserve to an Artists Colony as the mainstay of their 160-acre property with only 20-some acres developed. Beautiful rock formations, 400-500 year-old oak trees, wildlife, a 100-foot diameter labyrinth, and a salt water pool and hot tub are currently on the property, as well as eight "green" vacation cabins for rental or purchase. Sharon Courmousis, one of the owners, gave us MECAC'ers the "grand tour" of the grounds which are simply incredible, and her vision of an Artists Colony is spectacular and much-needed.

Feel free to contact Sacred Rocks for a day retreat or for a more lengthy stay in gorgeous and inspirational surroundings that will release the artist in YOU!

Keep your eye on the Sacred Rocks blog as well as the website for some exciting artistic opportunities coming up this fall, most of which will be posted to this blog as well.

Artistic Opportunities at The Latent Print

The Latent Print is a website for San Diego artists to submit their work for possible publication. I ran across their site when perusing the San Diego Writers Online website, and The Latent Print looks quite promising. You can view their stunning website here: The Latent Print.

They are currently reviewing submissions in the following categories:

SHORT FICTION

SERIAL FICTION

POETRY

TWITTER POETRY

NONFICTION ESSAYS

STAGE/SCREEN PLAYS

EXPERIMENTAL WRITING

VISUAL ART

GRAPHIC NARRATIVE (COMICS)

PHOTOGRAPHY

VIDEO

Their submissions page will give you all the criteria necessary to publish there. Plus, all submissions remain the intellectual property of the artist, so we may submit the same works for publication elsewhere. It's a great place to start publishing!