Walterdale AGM - Sat, September 28th

As noted in the July newsletter, the Annual General Meeting for Walterdale Theatre Associates will take place on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 6:00pm at Walterdale Theatre (10322 83 Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB, T6E 5C3). Materials have been emailed out to members, if you have not received them and would like to, please contact the theatre office.

Administrator:
Phone: (780) 439-3058
Email: walterph@telus.net

Walterdale Fun Awards - Celebrating Our Membership!

One of the things that we do each year at the Walterdale AGM is celebrate our membership with awards.  We deal with the business portion of the meeting first and then follow that with a more informal program of events where the Fun Awards, Outstanding Season Contribution Award, and Jack Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award are given out. We also take a bit of time to introduce the upcoming season to the membership. This year's Jack Wilson Award went to Geri Dittrich.  We had been trying to give this award to her for a number of years and finally we could.  Those of you who know Walterdale know that we would not have the phenomenal costume department without her contributions over the years.  This also dove-tailed nicely with the Outstanding Season Contribution Award which was given to Wardrobe Coordinator Elaina Bolton.  We are fortunate to have the Wardrobe Department that we do have and these two women are certainly a large part of the reason we have what we have.

One of the things I have a lot of fun doing each year is coordinating the Walterdale Fun Awards.  Nominations can be made by anyone for anyone in our membership.  They are often silly but also help to recognize the great work that our members do.

Here are this year's Fun Award recipients:

Erika Noot - Raising the Bar Award -  by singing a high "C" while hanging upside down from a pole and Best Troll Hairdo Award for her upside down do. (Nine)

The cast and crew of Nine - Most Supportive and Loving Group Award. A number of the cast, crew and team were dealing with major life issues outside of the show, and this group was caring, kind, supportive, and created a safe environment where we could literally leave our troubles at the door and do the work, without the show suffering. (Nine)

Sarah van Tassel - Got Yer Back, Jack Award; outstanding support of directorship in the face of adversity. (Wyrd Sisters)

Beth Day - Second Fiddle Virtuoso Award: delicately sculpting micro while Primo Uomo cobbled together macro. (Wyrd Sisters)

David Rumer for Best Death scene (Wyrd Sisters)

Stan Woo for Best Supporting Death scene (Wyrd Sisters)

John Trehart – Testosterone amidst the Estrogen Award for being the only man among many women sewing on the show. He also sewed on many other shows in the season. John is especially recognized for his sewing of the burlap bags. (From Cradle to Stage)

Justin Deveau – The Hardened Male Award for having to deal with so many ‘difficult’ women in one season (reasons to be pretty, Wyrd Sisters, and Love of the Nightingale).

Darrell Portz – Ministry of Silly Walks Award for his Bent Knees playing Hwel the dwarf in Wyrd Sisters.

Mandy Stewart – Tangled Award – for threatening to wash her hair more often than anyone ever in a show, but with the most distressing results – Magrat in Wyrd Sisters.

Lindsey Walker – Potty Mouth Award – for the most curse words in an opening scene (reasons to be pretty).

Amelia Maciejewski – Enraged Award – for playing Raging Characters three seasons in a row (Albertine in Five Times, Rabbit Hole and Beautiful Thing) – she’s worried she’s getting type cast!

Kristin Johnston Snelgrove – Hiding her Inner Clown Award – For playing the serious character Luisa in Nine, despite being one of the biggest clowns in the cast. You should see the out-takes. Also Best Warm-Up Award (Nine)

Jeffrey Swanson – Older than his Years Award – For being the most mature member of the cast of Nine despite being the youngest – never missed an entrance, never missed a line, never late for rehearsal, you could always count on Jeffrey!

Parazanda Valois – A Rose Among Thorns Award – for playing the ever patient waitress dealing with the grumpy old men of Apocalypse Saskatchewan. Knowing those guys, she probably had to be just as patient offstage and she did onstage!

Kat Evans - The Biggest Poof Award - for having the highest hair poof in Nine.

Kristen Finlay and Nathan Stasiewich  - The Snuggies Wuggie Award - for their snuggies during Pyjama Sitz Probe (Nine).

Adam Mazzerole-Kuss – The GLORIOUS Award – for the fabulous choreography in Nine and for pushing the cast to always kick higher, and do it faster, and always with a smile!

Megan Lindmark – Grace Under Pressure Award – for keeping things running incredibly smoothly despite losing our ASM the day before Final Dress rehearsal and a myriad of hiccups. (Nine)

May Kharaghani – Best Smile Award - Not only does she smile with her mouth, she smiles with her whole face, even with her hair. May, in my humble opinion, is the epitome of Walterdale Volunteers. She takes on a task, works it hard and works it to the end.

Marliss Weber – A Thousand Voices Award - For exemplary work helping cultivate a multitude of accents on our stage, this season and in many seasons in the past.

Janine Hodder – Shutterbug Award – for her outstanding work photographing the cast of Nine for the Callboard – coming in to play for light levels and then coming back and working hard to make them all look gorgeous. (Nine)

Sally Hunt – Harmonious Sounds Award – For her dedication to making everything pitch perfect. (Nine)

We are truly fortunate to have so many wonderful members.  Remember - anyone can nominate anyone else for a Fun Award.  Just email walterdalefun@yahoo.ca and let us know!

Come By and See Us this Saturday, Sept 29th - Open House and AGM

Walterdale Open House, Dedication Ceremony and AGM

On Saturday, September 29 Walterdale Playhouse opens its doors to the new, recognizes the past and moves forward into the future.

Open House tours will run during the day from noon to 4 p.m.  Come by and take a tour through the space.  Check out the shows on deck this season and maybe sign up to get involved with one (or two, or three...). Ring the bell, check out the booth and get a look at all the behind the scenes spaces!

At 6 p.m. we will be holding a small ceremony to dedicate the rehearsal hall in memory of Frank Glenfield, one of Walterdale's founding members and a gentleman who provided support and leadership to many in Edmonton's theatre community.

The Annual General Meeting will proceed directly afterward, with a reception after the meeting. The business portion of the meeting will be first, followed by a little entertainment as we celebrate our membership with awards and introduce the season.

 

Hope to see you there!

It's Official!

Yesterday was the 2010 AGM for Walterdale Theatre Associates. The business portion was amazingly quick. We started it at about 6:15 p.m. and finished it by 6:35 p.m. I like to think that it went so fast because people are happy with how things are going. I could be wrong, but the atmosphere was very positive, so I am going to run with that! Then we took a short break and had the fun portion of the evening where we presented awards, both fun and official. Congratulations to Viven Bosley who received the Jack Wilson Award for her Life time contributions to Walterdale. Vivien was presented the award by last year's recipient Pat Eyford and Vivien's speech upon receiving it was both funny and inspiring. Congratulations also to Joan Hawkins, painter extraordinaire, who received the Season's Outstanding Contribution Award for her amazing work this past season. We are truly blessed to have people in our membership like Vivien and Joan. We can all learn from them!

AGM and Open House

This September 18th, 2010, in conjunction with Alberta Art's Day, we will be having an Open House and AGM. Come out and check out the shows we are doing this season and sign up for something if you are interested in being a part of one of the teams. Come to the AGM and meet the new Board. We'd love to see you!

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Celebrating Alberta Arts Days and Walterdale Theatre!

This past Saturday we held an Open House and our AGM. Both events were well-attended and went very well. The combination of the Farmer's Market (Art's Barns) and Earth Day Celebrations (Gazebo Park) created a lot of foot traffic through our community. As well, we had several dedicated members in costume going out with fliers to bring people into the building and then leading tours through our backstage areas. We estimated 100-200 people through the building, asking questions, finding out what we are all about and signing up for shows.

The AGM was also well attended. We had over 50 members in attendance. I am excited to announce the new Board of Directors:
President - Eric Rice
Vice President - Justen Bennett
Treasurer - Dave Wolkowski
Secretary - Prudence Olenik
Artistic Director - Kristen M. Finlay
Director of Public Relations - Marissa Loewen
Director of Productions - Kimberlee Stadelmann and Jim Draginda
Membership Director - Ruby Swekla
Building Director - John Henoch
Technical Director - Brent Jans
Directors of FOH - Catherine Wenschlag and Annelise Coutu

The second half of the evening was a lot of fun. Thank you to crew who helped present the season in music (Sally Hunt, Erin Foster-O'Riordan, Kimberlee Stadelmann, Ian Corry, Kristin Johnston, and Maria Harman). The Fun Awards were handed out, as well as the Outstanding Season Contribution Award (Kimberlee Stadelmann) and the Jack Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award (Pat Eyford).

Open House this Saturday... Followed by the AGM in the Evening...

I hope to see you all out at one or both of these events!