Provided by the Ohio Educational Theatre Association

Bob Vance began his love of technical theatre in high school. After a stint in the Air Force during the Vietnam War and several years as an Ohio Highway Patrol trooper, he returned to his true interest.

During the twenty-seven years he has been at Brite Lites Inc. in Columbus, Bob has been a true supporter of local theatre teachers - answering questions, offering advice, lending a helping hand, and keeping rental charges down. He has included Thespian literature and flyers in his business mailings and always has some sort of blurb on all of his customer's invoices about supporting high school theatre.

Bob has loaned equipment to Ohio Thespians for conferences over the years. Last year he trucked the All-Ohio set, which was built in Columbus, to the conference site in Cincinnati. This year, he is providing some equipment to the conference at nominal charge and other equipment at no charge. He also did this for the 1991 and 1994 conferences. He has also taught workshops at several area conferences.

Finally, Bob is the supportive spouse of an active theatre teacher whose involvement in Ohio Educational Theatre Association and Ohio Alliance for Arts Education as a board member would not have been possible over the past 15 years without his loving and tolerant demeanor.