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Legends Rehearsal Starts in ONE WEEK

You read that correctly. Rehearsals for Matawan Legends 2010 start next week! Come one, come all. ALL Matawan Theater Alumni are invited to participate - even those that just became alumni on Monday. ;) You don't even have to be signed up for numbers yet - we'll take care of it.

Here's the schedule:

Tuesday, June 29, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Thursday, July 1, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Wednesday, July 7, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Friday, July 9, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (Dress Rehearsal)

Saturday, July 10, 5:00 PM - 11:00 PM (Final stage time & show at 8:00 PM)

*All at MRHS Anne Hannah Auditorium

PLEASE come out and join us. Truly, everyone is welcome. Legends was a blast last year, and we want to make it even more awesome this year.

If you have any questions, email us at legends@matawantheateralumni.org. Otherwise, we'll see you on Tuesday!

The Performing Arts Picnic Returns

Celebrate another great year for Matawan Performing Arts
* Dance * Theater * Chorus * Band *

Food & Fun all afternoon!

Games & activities, with prizes including tickets to Legends!
Arts & crafts for kids - bring the family!

Suggested Donation $5, Or contact us about bringing something.

Alums, Teachers, Families, & Other Adults - If you're willing to talk to students about jobs, internships, colleges, etc., please let us know!

Students, Recent Alums, & Other Curious People - We want to make this as useful as it is fun. If there's a college, theater, profession, major, anything at all, that you want to find out more about, let us know and we'll try to find an alum for you to talk to!

Here's Tony!

The Tony Awards are this Sunday night!! (CBS 8pm) Are you excited?

You know, growing up in Central Jersey, we were pretty lucky. I mean, let's face it - we were in Broadway's back yard! I can remember at least one trip to The City every year of middle school and high school to see a show. For us, it was standard, even expected. The subways, the TKTS booth, rush tickets, lines, waiting at the stage door... all rather common place.

But there are people all over the country and the world that will never take a trip to New York City, let alone see a Broadway show. But that doesn't stop them from loving the theater.

The Tony Awards broadcast is the only nationally televised celebration of the theatre community.

Think about that for a second. Until I read that earlier this week, it had never crossed my mind. In some ways, it's amazing that we have a national broadcast that celebrates theatre. But in another way, it's sad that there aren't more. The Tonys bring Broadway into the homes and lives of people who would never experience it otherwise, here in the US and in over 45 countries around the world. They can picture themselves in a darkening theatre waiting for the curtain to rise, see the very best that Broadway has to offer, and share the rush of the performance without ever leaving home.

So, celebrate this Sunday night. Celebrate the winners, the nominees, and the theatre community.

Memorial Day

On a day that fills our social consciousness with sales and BBQs, we'd like to remind you to take a moment for remembrance of our fallen heroes, both from the Matawan Theater community and all over the country. They gave their lives for our country and our freedom.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
— Joseph Campbell

Thank you.

Team MTAA Wins at the AIDS Walk

Top: Dan, Sam, Amy, Sue, Matt; Bottom: Emma, Mel, Steph, Stef, Kate

The AIDS Walk was a WIN. Team MTAA had 10 walkers who each completed the 10K walk this past Sunday. We're grateful for excellent weather, as well as for all of you who donated to our team. Donations are still trickling in, and to date, we have raised over $2,100 to help the battle against AIDS. Congratulations Team MTAA!!!

So far, AIDS Walk NY 2010 has raised over 5.7 MILLION dollars. Over 3000 teams registered (Team MTAA was in the top 10% in fundraising), and 45,000 walkers were present on Sunday.

Donations will be accepted through June 4th. To donate, please visit our team fundraising page.

To see the live tweets from the AIDS Walk, search #teamMTAA on twitter for updates, locations, musings, and photos. And there are some video blogs from the walk in the works.

Again, a huge "thank you" to everyone who supported us on the Walk, and an even huger "congratulations" to the Walk participants.

And stay tuned - a June MTAA event will be announced soon!

2010-11 School Budget Results

The 2010-2011 School Budget in Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District was defeated by 544 votes.

Yes Votes = 1,645
No Votes = 2,189
Total Votes = 3,834

The following individuals have been elected to the Board of Education:
Aberdeen:
Patricia Demarest
Dr. John Delaney (Incumbent)

Matawan:
Anissa Esposito