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Officers for 2002 June 2017 In this month’s Spotlight Greetings from MTNZ President Lesley Carthew ................................................................... 2 Latest news from iTICKET ..................................................................................................... 4 Registrations are now open for the NextGen Boot Camp – 18 – 20 August ........................ 5 Congratulations to our 2017 Merit Award Recipients............................................................. 6 Zone One News and Reports with Emma Bishop ................................................................. 16 Remembering John Antony QSM ........................................................................................... 18 Zone Two News and Agenda for the Zone Two Meeting – 1 July with Tracy Holmes ....... 19 Zone Three News with Sharron Pardoe ................................................................................. 23 Les Misérables Director Announced for New Plymouth ..................................................... 24 New Plymouth Operatic Show Rental Catalogue ................................................................. 26 Zone Four News and Zone Meeting Agenda – Ashburton 1 July with Ross Benbow ....... 29 Zone Five News and Reports with Helen Horsnell .............................................................. 32 ETNZ Conference and Trade Show Info ............................................................................. 37 QSC and Shure Sound Gear – ML Consultants .................................................................... 38 International Junior Theatre Celebration Coming to NZ in October ................................. 39 Want to audition for NASDA???? ........................................................................................ 41 MTI now representing Lerner and Loewe ............................................................................ 42 Strictly Ballroom – Origin Theatrical ................................................................................... 44 Play Bureau and Devon Williamson ..................................................................................... 46 Shrek the Musical now available for licencing in NZ ......................................................... 47 Some great tips from the Knowledge Café session from the Zone Four Meeting in Timaru August 2016 ............................................................................................................................. 48 1 Greetings from President Lesley Carthew .. Hi everyone, and welcome to this issue of Spotlight. Hard to believe that as I write this we are in the last week in May, and four years since I was travelling around Europe. Some of you may not know that I have spent the last three weeks at home recovering from hip replacement surgery, and have to say I feel a new, but slightly frustrated woman! But in the time I have spent at home, it has made me realise why I love doing what I do. I love my job and the people I work with, so I’m not retiring just yet, and I love music and most importantly being President of Musical Theatre New Zealand. So whilst I have been unable to travel, I have had plenty of time to sit back and watch what others have been doing. The first thing I did was read all the feedback we received from our Conference 2017 in New Plymouth. I was heartened to see that in most cases people were happy and I was also very glad that in most cases people appreciated our efforts to deliver an Annual General Meeting and Training Weekend that ticked most of the boxes. Sure, your Executive is not perfect and when organising a very large conference of 250 – 300 people and trying to keep the costs right down for attendees which is why we need our corporates and sponsors otherwise the registration fee would be a few hundred dollars more than it is now, you will never please everyone, but we do try, and are always happy to look at your suggestions for future conferences. What did disturb me though (hence my quote about “backbone”), is the criticism from a nameless person, who questioned why your Executive spent a lot of time in “secret” meetings over the course of the weekend. To my knowledge the only meeting the Executive had over the weekend, was our normal meeting – Thursday afternoon, and Friday until mid afternoon, which of course does not encroach on Conference at all, and if we did not have this meeting, the Conference would not run as smoothly as it does. So obviously we can’t please everyone, but I am very happy to talk personally to this person, if he/she would like to discuss. The first weekend in May, I had to put off my trip to Levin to the first Zone meeting of the year – Zone Three. I was disappointed to be unable to go, but heartened to hear that there were some 40 odd attendees, who all had a great day. Thank you Sharron for organising, the workshop presenters and Levin for your hospitality, for what I understand was an excellent day. Thanks also to those who travelled to present, the Executive really appreciate your efforts. Last weekend, I had to forego my trip to Balclutha to the Zone Five meeting. I believe the weather was pretty atrocious, and with many roads closed, a lot of people were unable to make the venue, but those who were able to travel, had an excellent day. Thank you Helen, and South Otago Theatrical for your hospitality, Kate for presenting workshops on Strategic Planning and Facebook, David Bosworth from the Light Site for facilitating a two hour techie talk and James, for your work at both Zone Five and Three meetings. Thanks also to Taieri Musical and Doug Kamo, in hosting the Executive to Mary Poppins, I was very disappointed not to have been able to attend. I know that for those of you in Zone Five who were unable to attend on the day, Kate has done a great job of putting all the presentations into Dropbox, so you haven’t missed out all together. Emma in her new role has held her first Zone One meeting, and she had the added bonus of having Vice President Dan attend, I know you will have all had an excellent day. Zones Two & Four are having their meetings soon, and I’m thrilled to be able to travel to Morrinsville to Tracy’s first meeting as Zone Rep. I look forward to meeting all my Zone Two friends on that day, and particularly looking forward to going to see Hamilton’s Les Mis and of course “Next Gen Gwen”! 2 Interest is building for Conference 2018, Nelson and the Monaco brings back fantastic memories, I can only encourage you to start planning now! Your Executive are having their first meeting there in a few weeks to finalise the conference programme and site visit the Founders and Monaco. We have also opened the registrations for the NextGen Workshop Weekend to be held in Cambridge 18 – 20 August. This is a wonderful and fantastic opportunity (only $50 for the whole weekend and thank you to our amazing sponsors, Morrinsville Theatre and personal donors that have assisted us in keeping the costs right down) for all our NextGenners from around NZ and you will be working with some amazing tutors. Societies – I can only encourage you to please send your NextGenners (18 – 35) and look to the future and get these young people upskilled and networking with each other which is what the whole weekend is about. Stay warm, enjoy this wonderful thing called the “disease” – Musical Theatre, and I look forward to seeing many of you soon. Fond Regards - Lesley MTNZ Calendar 2017 Date Event 15/16 June Executive Meeting - Nelson 1 July Zone Four Meeting - Ashburton 1 July Zone Two Meeting – Morrinsville 4 – 5 July ETNZ Conference – Wellington 18 – 20 August NextGen Boot Camp – Zone Two – Epworth Retreat, Cambridge 28 October ZONYs – Whakatane 28 October Combined South Island Meeting – Oamaru 4 November Executive Meeting - Auckland 20 – 22 EVANZ Conference – Wellington November 16 – 18 March 58th National Conference, AGM and Volunteer Training Weekend Nelson The MTNZ Facebook community page – you should be on it Do have a prop you are after, some random wardrobe piece, want some advice – this is the page ☺ This is our community page – it’s a closed group so no spammers can be annoying and this is YOUR page to network and find info etc. instead of emailing me – post your request here …. This is our member community page – it is closed so just ask to join – this is becoming quite popular for lots of info that is relevant to our members, and noticeboard items https://www.facebook.com/groups/mtnzcommunity/ New NextGen Community Page https://www.facebook.com/groups/1147356508627657/ This is a page for the NextGenners (16 - 29) in the Musical Theatre New Zealand Community. On here you can share photos, experiences, ideas and connect. If you're moving towns and want to be involved in the society in your new town, or are after singing lessons, or if you know of auditions happening for a show, or you have a show you want others to come along to, or anything along those lines, post on here and we can help each other out!! We should even have our own hashtag!! #mtnznextgen - have fun sharing your experiences with everyone!! 3 4 MTNZ would like to thank the following, most sincerely, for their support of the NextGen Boot Camp 2: MTNZ Major Sponsors Huge thanks for all assistance and support to: The Holmes Team – Tracy, Ngaire, Gary, Rochelle Morrinsville Theatre for hosting the Technical Workshop ETNZ for their support of the Technical Workshop Aaron Chesham – ACLX Limited Jennifer Ward-Lealand Dale Henderson Teesh Szabo David Adkins Epworth
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