2003/12/17 Council Agenda Packet

3 TOTAL EST. PROJECT AMOUNT COMMISSION APPLICANT ATTEND. COST REQUESTED RECOMMEN. • Everett Chorale 700 $15,640 $1,000 $500 A Classic Spring Concert. The Everett Chorale will present "A Classical Spring Concert" as the second subscription program in their three-concert 2003/2004 "Back to Basics" choral season. The program will feature sacred works from the classical period, as well as secular works representative of the same era. Ending the program will be a medley of songs from the popular Broadway show "Les Miserables." The Everett Chorale's goal is to encourage, develop and promote music, particularly choral singing, and to further generate interest in the arts in Snohomish and surrounding counties. Funds will assist in the payment of performer fees. Everett Parks & Recreation 21,000 $73,360 $8,500 $7,500 Music in the Parks. Each year, the Everett Parks and Recreation Department invites residents and visitors to enjoy free musical entertainment staged against a backdrop of beautiful park and civic settings. Through its promotion of the performing artc "MI sic in the Parks" serves as a major source of cultural enrichment for Everett and the surrounding area. It is an integral part of building a healthy community by bonding citizens with their neighborhoods and by providing them with the opportunity to spend quality time together. Funds will assist in the payment of performer fees. Everett Theatre Society 1,300 $17,605 $2,000 $1,500 The Laramie Project. "The Laramie Project" is a live performance play that presents the feelings, opinions and reactions of the residents of Laramie Wyoming to the kidnapping and beating of Mathew Shepard in October 1998. This play is the result of over 200 interviews with people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case while others were citizens of Laramie. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink, and the heights of compassion we are also capable of. Funds will assist in payment of production costs (royalties, PR, & set construction) Everett Theatre Society 1,400 j $16,330 $2,000 $400 Silents, Please! "Silents, Please!" is the Everett Theatre Society's on-going silent movie program. The series of films to be screened during the month of April and into the first week of May will be stories about romance. Members of the community will experience what it was like to watch a silent movie back in the 1920s when silent movies were the major form of entertainment. In addition, they will hear how each movie was made and what was happening in the lives of the actors, directors and studios at the time the movie was made. Both entertaining and educational, "Silents, Please!" brings silent movie historian Dennis James to the program to lend his expertise. Funds will assist in paying for the films in the series. I