July Newsletter

Thank you for your support of Romeo and Juliet - our performances at the Free Church and St. Ivo School produced a profit of £300 which will help fund Vision at the Edinburgh Fringe. More importantly, the production recieved great reviews in the local press and a heap of praise from the general public. All members of the company and crew can be rightly proud of their achievements - many thanks to all of you who supported the production.

Bag Packing - Tesco Extra, Hartford Sunday 28th June

This is fund-raiser for Edinburgh raised £435 - many thanks to all the SIYT members that turned out, especially those not taking part in Edinburgh.

Charity Barn Dance

If you weren't stripping the willow on Saturday night then you missed out ! The fundraiser for Edinburgh was a great evening and gave a number of SIYT members a taster of Barn Dancing for Tom Sawyer.

Treasurer Needed

Our Treasurer, Helen Mitcham, is standing down in the Autumn after 3 years sterling service and we need to recruit another talented and enthusiastic individual willing to help keep our finances in good shape. If you're interested, please drop us a mail at info@siyt.co.uk

Edinburgh Fringe

Some important dates -

Thursday 24th July - 7pm - Information Meeting for Parents and Members at Westfield School. Tim Drye will brief everyone taking part on our arrangements for Edinburgh this will include travel and accomodation. All members taking part in Edinburgh must attend with at leats one parent. An early reminder - to take part in the Fringe with SIYT you must have a fully completed and signed consent form and completed payment of the subsided fees of £295.

Saturday 18th July - 10am - Child Protection Training at Burgess Hall. All Adults taking part in the Fringe must attend.

A final reminder - all members and adults taking part in the Fringe need to have paid the balance of the £295 a head fee by Tuesday 30th June. There is still time to apply for a Bursary but be quick!

Rehearsals - Tom Sawyer

Rehearsals - Vision @ The Fringe

Fundraising

Good News - SIYT is more financially secure than Lehmann Brothers, but that's still not a great position! We need people that can help us with fundraising - we're not talking about the odd jumble sale, we desparately need some new ideas that can radically change our finacial position and spread the net on which we draw. Have contacts, have Ideas - Get Involved! Please drop us a line if you can make a difference.

Volunteers

Although SIYT is a limited company and a registered charity, it does not pay salaries or fees to anyone that helps to run the group - that includes Jonathan and Brian. The mad fools that you will see tearing their hair out during production week, do it all for free. Any help that anyone can offer is gratefully received - that might be in taking an ad in our programme, helping with front of house at a performance or dismantling the set after a show. All parents are welcome to help in any way they can - it's not a closed shop.

You’ve got our number – Why don’t you use it ?

07773 885609 - This is the dedicated telephone number for you to contact SIYT on Thursday Nights or Rehearsal Days to advise us of any delay in getting there or non attendance ~  please use this number.

Dates for the Diary

Summer Production 2009 - Tom Sawyer (15th - 18th July 2009) - Burgess Hall, St. Ives

Fringe Preview - Vision (24th July 2009)

Edinburgh Fringe 2009 - Vision (8th - 15th August 2009)

Finally…… Thanks for your support for our members and SIYT.