HHS Drama EnsembleAmerican High School Theater Festival AUGUST 2011

Payment Schedule July 9 $150 deposit due per participant September 10 $500 due per participant October 29 $750 due per participant January 14 $1000 due per participant March 4 $1000 due per participant April 22 $1000 due per participant June 17 Balance due ,

ALL PROFITS GENERATED BY OUR SEASON WILL GO TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT

Preliminary ItineraryDay 1 – Depart from HopkintonDay 2 – Arrive in London – tour of the West End.Day 3 – Free Day. Theater performance at nightDay 4 – Board train for Edinburgh – sightseeingDay 5 -12 – rehearsals, performances,

sightseeing. Our group will perform twice and we have free admission to all shows

Day 13 – Free time and Farewell closing ceremonyDay 14 – Breakfast and then head home

LONDONTrafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament,Big Ben,

Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace

Sightseeing in Scotland

In addition to walking the streets of Edinburgh,students will visit Stirling Castle, the Troussachs Region,and attend the Edinburgh Military Tattoo andfireworks display on the Castle Esplanade.

A Once in a Lifetime

Opportunity

FUNDRAISING IDEASJoseph and the Amazing

Technicolor Dream CoatRaffle – I never ask the

local businesses for any kind of support for the program this would be a good time!

50/50 raffles at local eventsEbay Fundraiser – Bring in

something Ebay worthy. All proceeds go to support trip.

Any other suggestions?

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the most

prestigious arts festival in the world.

To have the opportunity, as a

student, to be a part of it, is something that only comes

around once. The amount of work

required by all of us to make this work will

be monumental.

Who gets to go?Basically anyone who is involved in the theater program here at school and makes the commitment to work towards getting us there. They must be fully involved with one of our school productions either on or off stage.

WHAT NOW?

• SCHOOL COMMITTEE APPROVAL – they are concerned that this venture will cost the town money. I am going there tonight to explain that we will be working together to raise as much money as we can, to be split between thosestudents who are committed to going and that family contribution will take care of the balance.

• ARE YOU COMMITTED OR INTERESTED? - I need to present a list ofStudents who are interested in going. Some of you may already be committed.That is great! Sign the sheet and indicate your status. I will have to have $150,Made out to Hopkinton High School Drama (Scotland in the memo area) before July 1. I have to send a deposit in by July 15. I will take however many kids want to go and make it work.

•WHAT SHOW WILL WE DO? – My intention is to create a piece of theater, with the students, that caters to the individual strengths of the individuals involved.

I look forward to creating a unique

experience for your children!

It can only happen if we all work together.