Submission #368 by Temple Israel Center Brotherhood - White Plains, NY (1810)
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Interregional Club Collaboration
FJMC - other
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We wanted to attract members to the synagogue for an evening of fun and community building. Our first annual talent show featured musicians, singers, dancers, and comedians from ages 5 to 93. Over 60 members attended and we had a fun-filled evening.
At the Quad Regional Retreat in June 2012 one of our members spoke about two of our programs one of which we had done and one of which we were planning. Forest Hills Jewish Center in the NY Metro Region, a club in a different region told us that they had run a Talent Show for many years, offering help in planning and running the show. We met several times during the winter, which resulted in two successful programs – a dinner/presentation at their club and a successful show at ours. From what I believe this may be the first time that 2 regions jointly collaborated on a series of programs.
At the Quad Regional Retreat in June 2012 one of our members spoke about two of our programs one of which we had done and one of which we were planning. Forest Hills Jewish Center in the NY Metro Region, a club in a different region told us that they had run a Talent Show for many years, offering help in planning and running the show. We met several times during the winter, which resulted in two successful programs – a dinner/presentation at their club and a successful show at ours. From what I believe this may be the first time that 2 regions jointly collaborated on a series of programs.
We implemented many of the ideas shared with us by FHJC as we had no experience with running a talent show. Those included event logistics (lighting and sound) which a few committee members had knowledge in, establishing auditions and rehearsals (final run through), and establishing time limits on acts.
We held open auditions 2 months prior to the event which was heavily promoted within the Synagogue via blast emails, Shabbat announcements (both written and from the bimah), and bi monthly Brotherhood emails. We had several acts not attending open auditions which we included after auditioning them at a later date.
The show itself featured a wide variety of acts and ages as outlined above and ran for over 2 hours (it was after the clock change so we had to start at 8:30 PM). Our friends from FHJC joined us as we did their show and performed before the cheering audience.
We held open auditions 2 months prior to the event which was heavily promoted within the Synagogue via blast emails, Shabbat announcements (both written and from the bimah), and bi monthly Brotherhood emails. We had several acts not attending open auditions which we included after auditioning them at a later date.
The show itself featured a wide variety of acts and ages as outlined above and ran for over 2 hours (it was after the clock change so we had to start at 8:30 PM). Our friends from FHJC joined us as we did their show and performed before the cheering audience.
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Original Program