Colorado ACTS : Newsletter

Colorado ACTS Newsletter

Volume 13 Issue 3 Summer 2010

Board News April 2010

To all of you that make Colorado ACTS possible,

A great deal has happened since the last letter to all of you, and we want to thank everyone for their gifts of heart, time, talent, and money.

Programs
Class attendance is up, we have had very successful shows, and the young adults have been busy creating new innovative ways to reach new ACTS participants. Our summer schedule has been mailed out and is posted on our website, www.coloradoacts.org.

We have started an Aurora extension composed of Stacey Kasper, Luke and Shea Porter, and the Buterbaughs. They will begin offering classes this summer. Stay tuned for more information on those classes.

Marketing
Marketing efforts are beginning to pay off. We have had contacts with homeschool groups who are interested in what we have to offer and are looking into classes in the fall.

Joe Mondragon and Luke Porter have formed a production company called Anchor Productions. They advertise for bands to come and perform in the ACTS theater on non-show weekends. The audiences continue to grow, and money from these concerts is going directly to marketing.

Finances
Donations and back bill payments continue to trickle in. We have received nearly $5,000 at this point, but we really need families that have outstanding bills to pay them off, or pay on a monthly basis if possible.

Sharon has started a Flower Power fundraiser for spring, and she and her daughter Alyssa are putting together an ACTS cookbook for the near future.

Rachel Irvin is organizing a silent auction to run in conjunction with the opening weekend of our family and friends summer show, Kilroy Was Here.

Cindy and Erin have put together an interactive murder mystery dinner theater show April 16th, 17th and 23rd. Check out the details at www.coloradoacts.org.

We are renewed and excited about all that is happening and we look forward to all that is ahead of us.

Thank you for your continued support, hard work, and passion for Colorado ACTS,

Brian Tinker and the Colorado ACTS Board Members

ALUMNI NEWS

Sarah N. was recently accepted into a PhD program at the University of Michigan, in the Nuclear Engineering Department. Sarah graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a BS in physics in December 2009. She will be working with a professor who is researching how to make clean drinking water using high-energy-density-plasmas.

Havilah D. after continuing her training at the Film School in Hawaii is leading a YWAM Film/Acting team in Bollywood India.

Sarah M. is marrying Dustin R. in July and a week later Daniel H. is marrying Elizabeth R.. Congratulations to both of these couples and best wishes from the theatre school.

Anchorage Concerts formed by Joe M. and Luke P. are sponsoring local high school bands that perform at ACTS 3-5 times a month. These concerts have brought in more than a thousand dollars to the theatre school during the spring. Check out the web page for upcoming concerts during the summer. Active Colorado ACTS students are always admitted free.

Andrew L. has been admitted to The New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. He was one of 180 students accepted out of the 4500 who auditioned. Yowza!

Graduates

Sarah B. will work this summer at Girl Scout Camp and then go to Carroll College in Montana to study Elementary Education.

Mary D. will go to Arapahoe Community College to study Business Administration and then pursue a career as an Author.

Lyndsey E. will attend Red Rocks for 2 years as she pursues a future in Sports and Exercise Science with a Minor in Dance.

Kayla F. is hoping to be accepted to the American Music and Dramatic Academy in California to pursue a future in Musical Theatre.

Pilo M. will decide how best to pursue his interest in sports business.

Becky M. plans to continue performing as a professional Harpist and looking at acting opportunities.

Gracie S. wants to go to Culinary School looking to open a Bakery with a coffee shop corner for her to sing in.

KJ T. will to Mexico to work as a Missionary outreach support in an orphanage.

Mike W. plans to get an EMT certification and go on to firefighting.

We wish them all the best success in the future and will miss each and every one.

We are standing out
in the wide open spaces
of God’s grace and glory
Romans 5