Debbie Ackerman, Greg Bernard, Roy Bobbitt, Dana Brawley, Trace Crawford (with little Jack), Anita Hesser, Chris Heisler, Cheril Lee, Jeff Meyers Jr. (Drama Club V.P.), Jill and Tim Reed, Beth Schaeffer, Beth Tosko, Diana Vance, Pam Van Horn, Anne Weiant, Marion Zambrotta, Jeff Meyers Sr., President presiding.

Minutes from the June 6, 2005 meeting were read and approved.

Hilliard Arts Council summer musical
Attendance - around 300 each evening (July 8,9 and 10)
Concessions - $160.98
Stage Floor donations - $72

Has a cast of about 24 (incl. goblins, trolls, and a wizard.) Liz Meyers (parent of a prince/troll), Joni Wright and Kaye Boiarski (parents of Davidson graduates) are making costumes, incl. that of a dragon.  It is hard to predict what kind of attendance there might be; anywhere from 150 - 500/performance.

• Coloring Contest - All entries will be displayed in the lobby during performances.
• Concessions - There will be no intermission to allow for snack sales.  Souvenirs such as magic wands or rings (B. Tosko) can be sold as at last year’s Cinderella.  Also, raffle (of a stuffed dragon or sorcerer’s hat?) (J. Reed) and pictures taken with cast members (B. Schaeffer) can be done before/after the show.
• Advertising - Drama Club students were given door hangers to distribute in addition to the usual posters for display at local businesses. D. Vance has table placards for restaurants or business counter tops.

A volunteer is needed to sell flowers at some of the Davidson shows this year
(Margo Baker can be consulted for advice, since she has done this the past few years.)

Nov. 11 and 12 at 8 pm.
Will have a cast of 10, with auditions Sept. 28 and 29.  A slap-stick farce to be done in period costumes.  There is an intermission.  An in-school performance will be on Fri., Nov. 11. Creative Writing Contest for students of all three Hilliard Middle Schools.

Oct. 20 to Otterbein College
D. Vance and T. Crawford are asking for parent volunteers for this school day trip, which will be on a Thurs. from 9:15am to 1:30pm.  An adult chaperone for each of 5 buses is required.  9th and 10th-grade Honors English and theatre class students are going.

Parent volunteers in Hilliard Schools are reminded that they will now need to go through a criminal background check (cost is $9) like all district employees.  They can do this at the School District offices weekdays 9-11am or 1-3pm (or by appt. at other times.) They will be issued a photo ID.

hosted by HDvHS, Oct.22 (Sat.)
Leadership workshops, College auditions/workshops.  Auditions (actors, tech. and musicians) for the March 2006 All Ohio Musical Violet.  Middle school Thespians will also be there.

Drama/Tech Club had its first meeting of the school year, with 106 attending (79 have joined as members so far.) Their Halloween movie this year will be “The Birds.” Also, they will join Darby HS drama students to collect for the “Trick-or-Treat so Kids Can Eat” fundraiser, with a party afterwards on Oct. 31.

Dec. 3 (Sat)
$10 to register (incl. lunch).  Usu. has around 400 students attending. Held at Westerville Central HS.

Dec. 21 and 22 (Wed. and Thurs.)
Usu. about $4000 is raised by this popular program for children grades K-5.

stimates of a cost of $8000-12,000 obtained by D. Vance more than year ago are now probably low.  The school district would provide half of the cost (with passage of a bond levy); Boosters has already set aside over $4000 for this project.  The Drama Club has created two mascots (Woodrow and Tim Burr) for general theater improvement fund-raising efforts.  (The mascots are on this year’s Club t-shirts.) A wish list of projects besides the stage floor can incl. scholarships, stage equipment, and rental of school buses for travel to the State Thespian Conference in the spring.

There was no Treasurer’s Report.  However, D. Vance submitted the following:

• Funny Girl Spaghetti Dinner check - $490
• Hilliard Tharp PTO check - $300

Both checks will be applied to the fundraising for stage floor repairs.  The Tharp check is an annual donation they make to Davidson Drama, a thank you for inviting Tharp students to a dress rehearsal/performance each year. Dave Bible has offered to organize another spaghetti dinner this year for the stage floor fund.  We appreciate his being willing to do so even after his and Kay’s son Ryan graduated last spring.

Monday, Oct. 3, 2005 at 7pm.
Nov. 7, Dec. 5, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr. 3, May 8, and June 5 (typically first Monday of each month) are the scheduled meetings for the rest of 2005-06.

Submitted by D. Brawley