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NATHAN & ELISA BOND FUNDRAISING EVENT WRAP
UP The Heights Players would like to thank everyone who contributed to our May 26 benefit for Nathan & Elisa Bond. Donations of time, money, talent, expertise and support made the evening a success. Patrons of the theater, newcomers, local businesses -- and many not so local businesses -- members and artists all came together and raised over $12,600 for the Elisa and Nathan Bond Family Trust. The spirit of the evening was one of kindness and generosity and we are honored to celebrate the courage of the Bonds. Our prayers and love go out to Elisa, Nathan, Sadie, Eileen and the entire “Team Bond”. We are inspired by your courage and stamina.
If you are interested in making a future donation to the
Bonds, please visit
http://friendsofnathanandelisa.blogspot.com/p/donate.html
or mail donations, made payable to Elisa and Nathan Bond Family Trust, to: Lara
Bianchi, PO Box
394 , Brooklyn , NY 11209 THANKS After 17 years as co-editor of the monthly newsletter, I will be retiring. I wish to thank the members for their support and input. Also thanks to the subscribers, whose kind comments about the Players and the neighborhood history were greatly appreciated. They say when you grow old you remember the distant past more than the present, and I think that well has run dry. My special thanks goes to my co-editor, Jan VanderPutten, who made my articles more readable. John Bourne THE 2011-2012 BOARD IS ELECTED The Nominating Committee chose to present the sitting Board of Directors for the 2011-2012 season, and at the General Meeting on Monday, March 14th, the Membership agreed. For those of you who may have been sleeping, the Board of Directors is as follows:
President – Ed Healy CELEBRATION It was our thirteenth season, March 1969, when the director of the musical The Boy Friend, served champagne in the dressing room to celebrate not only the end of the production, but the end of the indebtedness of the Heights Players. We started the season with only $70.00 in the bank and over $3,000.00 in debt to A.T. White, the production companies, and two members of the Heights Players. The two members, Dorothy Ott, a member of the cast, and Roland Morel, the set designer, were handed checks for their donations, which kept the Players going. On this day we were a company in the black, had money in the bank for the next season, and extra for a few necessary improvements. IN MEMORIAM: DANIELE DOCTOROW In November, we mourned the passing of our good friend and fellow Heights Player, Daniele Doctorow. Daniele left us after battling cancer for several years. Daniele first joined us in 2006, making her debut as Mrs. Squires, one of the Pick-a-Little Ladies in The Music Man. She followed this with Heights appearances as Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (a role she repeated elsewhere this past summer); Jenny in Death of a Salesman; Lucille in Gemini; Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes in Murder on the Nile, ad the Heavenly Friend in Carousel. For the latter, she also played cello in our orchestra, adding a deep richness to the show's glorious score. Her experience as an orchestra member also extended to several Broadway shows and VLOP. In the real world, she worked as a party planner. Daniele should be remembered and admired for her great strength and courage. We extend our sympathies to her family and her dear friend, Dan Hermann. HEIGHTS PLAYERS FEATURED ON BROOKLYN INDEPENDENT TELEVISION "From the humble beginnings with their first production Hasty Heart to today's critically acclaimed Take Me Out, the Heights Players have been producing high quality theater for 54 years," begins the feature on BIT's program, Neighborhood Beat. View the video below, courtesy of Brooklyn Independent Television, a community media program of BRIC Arts | Media | Brklyn. If you have trouble viewing the video below, you can also visit the BIT website.
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