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Celebrate Halloween a day later! Enjoy Food drink and
lively entertainment to benefit PYT. Costumes
encouraged! Your hosts JoAnn Buchanan and Mary
O'Byrne plan to scare up a fabulous time at this
evening for PYT moms, dads, grandmas and
grandpas! Join us for this day of the dead (or all souls
day) party Sat Nov 1 at 7pm at the Buchanan-Smith
home in Los Altos. Tickets are $25 per person.
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| Construction Update |
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If you've been at PYT for rehearsals or classes, you'll
be seeing the transformation of our studios in
process! If everything goes to schedule everything will
be finished by the time The Sound of Music
loads into the theater in November.
This week our contractor began work on legally
required upgrades to our parking lot to make it
compliant with the American's with Disabilities Act.
The lot nearest the lobby door is impacted, so parking
may be more challenging this week - please allow a
little extra time if you're parking and staying at PYT
during your classes.
Our new costume shop space is being finished this
week as well.
Look forward to these and other improvements as the
work is completed. We'll be holding a grand re-
opening party on December 5 to celebrate - so save
the date!
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| Dream Dinners PYT Benefit |
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Raise money for PYT while making delicious meals
for your family!
Dream Dinners provides everything you need to
assemble delicious dinners for your family, store in
your freezer and serve in the weeks ahead. They
supply all of the essentials, from easy-to-follow
instructions to fresh, pre-cut ingredients.
Sign up for a session at the San Jose Market Center
Dream Dinners between Oct. 17 and Nov. 16 and they
will donate It's $10 for a 36 serving order & $20 for a
72 serving order to PYT. Simply type "PYT" into the
special instructions
box when you place the order.
Join several PYT moms at the fundraiser kick-off
session on Friday, Oct. 17 at 4pm.
For more information about Dream Dinners or how to
join our regular PYT group contact board member
Susie Lew at susielewster@yahoo.com.
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| Tony and Techie Awards 2008 |
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The Youth Advisory Board 2007-08 season PYT Tony
and Techie awards were held on Oct. 4 in Los Altos.
PYT performers and their families laughed along with
Master of Ceremonies Dexter Fidler as
awards were presented to performers and volunteers
as voted by the PYT community.
Big winners of the evening were:
- Best Show: "All Shook Up"
- Best Stories on Stage Show: "Tales of a 4th Grade
Nothing"
- Best Director: "Miss G" for High School Musical
- Best Choreographer: Alex Acevedo for "All Shook
Up"
- Best Music Director: Christine Nielsen for "Peter
Pan"
Big thanks to JoAnn Buchanan for chairing the
event, and to Lyn Wyman and Dana
Bolognini for making the evening go off splendidly!
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PYT kicks off the 2008-09 season with the world
premiere of Pecos Bill and the Ghost
Skeletons, written and directed by PYT artistic
director Dexter Fidler.
"While I've woven in much of the folklore of Pecos Bill -
his horse Widowmaker, Slue-Foot Sue, the terrible
Wouser - the story is very much an original show,"
Fidler shares. " I've tried to use the idea behind Pecos
Bill -- the "Tall Tale" -- as a jumping off point for our
production. Most of the characters were invented not
just for our show, but the specific actors playing them.
It's a huge benefit to a writer, to be able to write for
actors that you know. I've been asked about the Ghost
Skeletons a few times. Don't go looking for them in a
Pecos Bill book - they're my own tall tale."
Pecos Bill, that fictional cowboy of American folklore,
is the doggone most powerful fellow in the wild west.
After falling out of his folks' covered wagon and being
raised by coyotes, there ain't no critter Bill can't
whoop. But when the folks of Gray Gulch find
themselves haunted by a nasty gang of ghost
skeletons, has Pecos Bill finally met his match?
Pecos Bill and the Ghost Skeletons plays
Friday, Oct. 15 at 9:30am & 11am and Saturday, Oct.
16 at 11:30am & 1:30pm at the Mountain View Center
for the Performing Arts.
Click HERE to order tickets!
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