Getting ready for the National Performing Arts Convention - I leave for Denver tomorrow, bright and early! I've received a scholarship from Dance USA to attend. Yay for me! Thirty-five hundred people in the performing arts field will be spilling into the Colorado Convention Center tomorrow to "find ways to communicate the importance of the arts to national life and to identify new ways to convey the value of the arts in America to a wider audience." Cool.
I've volunteered to be a 'table facilitator' for the 21st Century Town Meeting Caucuses. For four days, I will facilitate table discussions for a group of 9 on creating a blueprint for action for our emerging performing arts community. There will be 300 other tables with ten people each, doing the same thing. Each participant's voice will be heard as concrete ideas and actions are compiled and woven into the next day's discussion. The whole thing culminates on Saturday with a big action plan to implement on the local, state and national levels. Whew!
Glad I've got my business cards....
