STANDING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Old Colony Players is Burke County, North Carolina's oldest community theater

company. Why not get into the "Acting Mode" for 2008. New actors and

actresses are always welcome, as well as back stage help, office volunteers, and front

of house volunteers. For more information call the OCP office at 874-0176.

If you are interested in being a part of Old Colony Players feel free to contact the Old Rock School Office and leave a message for the President of the Board of Directors, Mike Hefner or talk with Barbara Hefner, Town of Valdese Director of Community Affairs.

We look forward to the 2008 main stage season and especially the 41st Season of the Outdoor Drama "From This Day Forward." OCP encourages anyone who has an interest in theater, either on stage, backstage, front of house volunteer or in some other capacity to contact the Old Rock School office. Telephone 828-879-2129.

The Production Committee is always looking for directors and show ideas. If you are interested contact John Hogan at john.hogan@charter.net.

Thank you for your patronage during the 2007 Season. And also, thank you in advance for the 2008 season, we hope you enjoy the shows.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHECK OUT THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT BOARDS WHILE YOUR HERE!

FTDF ("From This Day Forward") Auditions went great ... The cast is set, we are sorry, but we could not cast all that came. We want to thank all those that showed up. There may be vaciences to fill after the intial casting. And we are currently looking for 2 techies.

A Huge THANK YOU !!!! To Boy Scout Troop 192, in Valdese. These Young men came down to the Ampitheater and Worked all morning on Saturday, mowing grass, and cleaning up. They did a great Job all around. So thanks.....Alex Norton, Matt Cook, Henry Johnson, Riker Warlick, Zachary Brown, Zeb Lingafelt, Christian Bonner, Dillon Lingafelt, Dillon's friend (never found out his name), and Tyler Johnson and Scott Master Aaron Cook. We really appreciate your help.

"See How They Run" Was a great show... and for Benny Smith's directorial debute ... He did an awsome job!!

The Contact form is up and working!!! ... So drop us a line.

In an effort to keep things easy, we will be entering new announcements with a different color so you will know that they are new and using a larger font

We are currently working on adding bio's and photos of board members and casts to the appropriate places... click on their names. We have added some, so check them out.

Occassionally we will be adding links to other sites.... as this happens there may be some that are just as a trial to be informative.. others that people may find helpful with theater. So keep a check on the links. If you have a site that is local, theater related or just interesting send an email to "webmaster2@oldcolonyplayers.com"

The Production Committee is always looking for suggestions for plays for Old

Colony Players to perform. If you have a suggestion for a play you would like to see

performed, email the production committee by way of john.hogan@charter.net

(we know these are not professional photos, most were taken by cast members or families of cast members, their content is not so much artistic as it is heartfelt memories .....coming soon "In Production" photos... a behind the scenes sneak peak)

Please feel free to send in other FTDF photo's you my have from past years. We will be adding and removing some as we go to try to cover all the 41 years.

We will also be trying to add small ones as we go for other shows.

Send photos to webmaster2@oldcolonyplayers.com

We are always looking for people to join us on or off stage

Want to just take part in community theater?

Want to give your company a little extra boost in advertising? Why not sponsor a show?

Why not make a tax deductible contribution to Old Colony Players? Money

is always great, but donations can also be made in the form of props, costumes,

furniture, etc. All can be a tax deduction at the value of the gift. Maybe you

would consider being a volunteer in some capacity, such as sewing costumes,

building sets, selling or taking tickets, selling refreshments, or serving on the

Board of Directors. Call the office or email us to volunteer.

The actors on stage depend