Newsletter Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Mexico April 2014 Are you ready to bump, set, spike? Based on the huge Its Not too late to join us at the participation and success of last year's Volleyball Tournament, we're back with round 2. Join your peers next month at the IAVM Region 6 Meeting! IAEE DFW Chapter Volleyball Tournament & Happy Hour for April 14-16 Fort Worth Convention Center - Fort competitive spirit, networking and overall fun. Worth, TX As we learned last year, the competition is fierce and these teams come to win. Is your team ready to take on last year's Register in person at the Fort Worth Convention champion and claim the title? Sign up now and prepare to find Center: out. We will have a 6-on-6 single elimination tournament, with Monday, 4/14 - 2:00pm – 6:30pm each team playing the best of 3 games to advance. The event Tuesday, 4/15 - 7:30am – 9:00am starts at 2pm, but games won't begin until 3pm. 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Beltline Road, Coppell, TX 75019 972.536.6387 or [email protected] Member Non-Member Happy Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau Hour $40 $50 wins COMMUNITY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AWARD at Arkansas Volley- ball Governor’s Conference on Tourism Team of $200 $300 6 The Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) was selected as the winner of the COMMUNITY TOURISM Single DEVELOPMENT AWARD at the annual Henry Awards $40 $50 Banquet, at the conclusion of the 40th annual Arkansas Player Governor’s Conference on Tourism on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (Continued, Next Column…) (Continued, Page 2, Column 1…) Page 1 The COMMUNITY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT As Fort Smith’s official destination marketing organization, AWARD is presented to a community or organization which the Bureau is proud to be honored for the community’s has achieved substantial success toward the enhancement of contributions to Arkansas’ tourism industry with the Henry its local resources through imaginative and innovative Award. The recognition is the result of decades of many development efforts. The national publication “TRUE WEST” volunteers embracing the City’s history and of preservation magazine ranked Fort Smith #1 on its list of True Western and sharing it’s Western roots. Towns of 2013. Fort Smith competed against over 200 cities including such Wild West legends as Dodge City, KS; The Henry Awards honor Henri de Tonti, the 17th century Scottsdale, AZ and Durango, CO for the prestigious title. explorer considered one of the first “Arkansas Travelers.” The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism recognizes The designation is “given to towns that have made an outstanding efforts in eight categories each year. important contribution to preserving their Old West heritage,” thanks to the largely unpaid and often anonymous army of Oklahoma City Community College preservationists and historical society members who identify maintain and restore the buildings and artifacts and (OCCC) Visual and Performing Arts irreplaceable relics of the fabled old west. Center Theater Completes Second Phase The Fort Smith CVB captured the top spot based on its Expansion extensive application detailing the town’s landmarks, restoration efforts, history, events and contributions to its The new Oklahoma City Community College (OCCC) Visual preservation of western heritage and culture. The and Performing Arts Center Theater recently completed its application’s success was achieved through the remarkable second phase of expansion and will have its first performance resolve of a dedicated group of people who worked with the on March 12, 2014, featuring Flipside: The Patti Page Story. Fort Smith CVB on a very short deadline to gather pertinent Schuler Shook provided theatre planning services. Triad information for True West magazine’s ‘Top True Western Design Group, an OKC-based firm, was the architect. Jaffe Town of 2013’ application. Holden provided acoustic and AV services. The theater seats about 1,040 and is designed for academic and community use. The center will host touring shows through the college’s Cultural Programs office. Left to right: Miss Arkansas Amy Crain; Claude Legris; Kellie McDaniel; Carolyn Joyce, Debra Cossey and Sherry Scorby, Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau; Richard Davies, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Fort Smith didn’t stop with just the recognition by True West. The venue includes an orchestra pit with pit filler system, The award heightened enthusiasm for our town’s old western orchestra shell, counterweight rigging system, and variable heritage and Fort Smith incorporated the 2013 recognition acoustic curtains. The stage lighting system is a Strand system into most elements of its annual marketing campaign. A few with 384 dimmers (including architectural lighting) and examples include: news conferences and press releases to network distributed throughout. Another important function is announce designation, request to True West magazine to the ability to screen films; OCCC has a well-regarded film design a specific logo for Fort Smith, redesign of all program, and Phase 1 of the project (completed in 2008) marketing elements (print, web, and outdoor media) to reflect included design of the film and video studio. The venue the designation of Fort Smith as “Top True Western Town,” includes an installed surround sound system and a large, numerous radio talk shows, creation and distribution of point stretched screen on one of the linesets. Rounding out the arts of purchase freestanding plaques, metal logo signs were center is an art gallery located adjacent to the expansive new created and erected at all street entrances to the city. lobby area. True West has again named Fort Smith to their list of Top Ten True Western Towns for the year 2014. Additionally, due to Three at Schuler Shook Attain New Roles Fort Smith’s integration of the 2013 recognition into most in ASTC elements of its annual marketing campaign True West has recognized the Fort CVB with their “Best Promotion of a Three theatre planners at Schuler Shook were promoted to Historic Place” award for the year 2014. new roles within the American Society of Theatre Consultants at the organization’s Annual Business Meeting held March (Continued, Next Column…) 29th Fort Worth, TX. (Continued, Page 3, Column 1…) Page 2 Christopher Sprague, a Project Theatre Consultant with Schuler Jack Hagler was re-elected to the ASTC Board of Directors. Shook, was promoted to full membership with the American Jack is the Partner in charge of Schuler Shook’s Dallas Society of Theatre Consultants Christopher was promoted from office and has been a member of ASTC since 1994. Associate to full member status after exhibiting to his peers a broad range of capability and experience in theatre consulting. Jack Hagler The ASTC is chartered to improve the programming, Christopher Sprague planning and construction of performance venues, to further the interests of owners, users and audiences of theatre, and A practicing theatre consultant for 7.5 years, Christopher has to promote high standards of practice among its members. numerous projects to his credit. He also remains active in designing production lighting, recently designing the lighting for Schuler Shook is an internationally recognized theatre the 20th Anniversary of Dance at Ohio Northern University. His consulting firm with extensive experience in the planning of background includes positions at Houston Grand Opera as performing arts facilities. Schuler Shook provides theatre Associate Technical Director, Safety Manager and Associate planning, consulting and technical systems design services Lighting Designer, as well as theatrical lighting design work for for professional theatres, opera houses, concert halls, dance Boston Lyric Opera, Skylight Opera Theatre, Houston Grand theatres, ballrooms, worship spaces, and performance Opera, and New York City Opera. venues for universities and high schools. Christopher is based in the Chicago office of Schuler Shook where his current theatre consulting work includes the Sarasota FAIR PARK WELCOMES OSCAR Opera Pavilion Building, Sarasota, FL; Earlham College, CARMONA Richmond, IN; University of Manitoba – Tache Hall Renovations & Additions, Winnipeg, Canada; and Northwestern The City of Dallas is proud to announce the appointment of University – Bienen School of Music New Building, Evanston, Oscar Carmona as the Senior Park Manager at Fair Park, a IL national historic landmark under the management and operation of the City of Dallas Park and Recreation At the same meeting, Joshua Grossman, ASTC, was elected Department. Oscar brings over 17 years experience in park President of the American Society of Theatre Consultants and recreation, facility management, special events, park (ASTC). maintenance services, and program management. Mr. Carmona has a Bachelor of Science degree in Park and A Principal in Schuler Shook’s Chicago office, Joshua has Recreation Administration from Southwest Texas State served on the Board of Directors for the ASTC since 2009 and University and a Masters Degree in Public Administration works to promote the field of theatre planning through from the University of Texas at Arlington.