| UPSTAGE ARTS NEWS! |
| Upstage Arts would like to thank Aldous Politte, the Spickards and the Franks for the wonderful time we all had at the lock in!! Aldous arranged the most awsome entertainment!!!! The Spickards donated all the pizza, and Jenny Frank was there to help Aldous. Vanessa sat back and enjoyed the fun, which of course was a great performance!! Call your fellow theater goers to make sure they don't miss the fun next time. The cost is $20 donation, you will be entertained by students who have been in Right now, we are arranging our fund-raiser gala on 15th of December at 7pm. productions or events; directed or produced by Vanessa Beyers or co directed by Vanessa Beyers and Pat Croft. Fuzion Dance Company will be guest performers, we hope to work with them in the future. There will be an abbreviated version of the gala entertainment featuring only our current Upstage Arts performers on 16th December at 1pm. The cost for this is only $3 donation. If you are interested in buying or selling tickets to either of these events, please call Vanessa - 832 771 4563. All donations received will go toward our aim of keeping our doors open and offering better quality productions and classes at the lowest rates we can afford. We are also planning our spring and summer classes, any suggestions or assistance from you would be greatly appreciated! Again call Vanessa - 832 771 4563. If you are interested in being, treasurer, publicity person, fund-raiser or theater organiser please let me know! Yes, the same number. 11 December '07 We are excited about our progress on our fund-raiser. On the 9th of Dec Fuzion Dance performed "The Fuzed Nut" at Upstage Arts. It was a joy to work with them and their show was fantastic. Sadly, we are going to cancel our holiday performance camp due to the severe illness of the mother of our director. Our director will be abroad untill Dec 27. We are sorry for the inconvenience!! 10 January '08 On Saturday 15th of December, Upstage Arts held it's "First Annual Fundraiser Gala". It was a great success and Vanessa would like to thank all of the people who helped make it into the wonderful evening it turned out to be. You all know who you are and how much you are appreciated, performers, parents, organisers and tech. 10 March '08 |

| The cast and crew are hard at work on Suessical The Musical. We now have the summer class schedule, any ideas or suggestions on that will be welcomed too! We are also looking for new people to direct shows, if you know any likely candidates; please send them our way again call Vanessa 832 771 4563 |