Land of Spirit Summer Season

As many of you know, Land of Spirit: The Last Hard Times has been playing at the Lavonia Cultural Center every Thursday, Friday and Saturday in June.  I was lighting technician, Ashley McGee was sound engineer, and Jordan Ford was spotlight.  Jack McRee, Malone Thomasonand Lacey McGee helped with our fogging system there also.  The show had a standing ovation for every performance.  The cast of around 70 or so was brilliant every time it came time for a show.  The music and vocals were incredible!  This show certainly brought a new standard to Franklin County performing arts.

The Franklin County High School Performing Arts Department have created a partnership with Land of Spirit.  When we are not in season they may borrow our items for no charge.  In return, when they are not in season we may do the same.  It’s a great partnership and hopefully it will continue for many years as both programs grow, this will help both supplying new demands in the technical theatre world.

The staff was incredible!  Genny Cole and Judy Hulsey were the producers.  Both were so caring and compassionate about every aspect of the play.  At the end of the run of the show Genny came up to me and said, “Now what do we need in the fall”, I asked her what she meant, she replied with “you get me a list together of what all we need.  Get me a wish list and a mandatory list.”  I love working with someone that has this kind of attitude toward the theatre!  She really cared for everyone from cast to parking attendants and showed that every role was vital for the performance.  Thank you Genny for allowing my staff to come in and help your performance and truly feel at home in the theatre.

Land of Spirit: The Last Hard Times will return in October and November 2008 to the Lavonia Cultural Center.  It will play the last two Thursday, Friday and Saturdays in October and the first two in November.  This is the last time the show will appear on the stage.  If you haven’t seen it I would advise you not to miss this show!  Technical takedown will be Monday, July 7th at 10:00am.  I’ll blog about that at the end of the day… I’m sure it will be a long one.

Logan Davison, 2008-2009 President

Welcome!

Welcome to the Franklin County High’s Performing Arts President Blog.  I’ll update my blog often and the presidents over the years will continue the tradition.  What will the blog be about?  The blog will contain info on upcoming events and how they’re coming along, officer meeting information, conference daily activities and pictures, The Telford Center news, and much, much more!

Now I want to introduce you to the 2008-2009 Officer Team…  President: Logan Davison, Vice President: J.D. Sweat, Secretary: Brittany Dove, Historian: Grayson Phillips, Sargeant of Arms: Benjamin Roper, Community Affairs: Chloe Payne. 

Many new, talented students will be entering 9th Grade this year and the officer team is really excited about what kind of new talent this will create for the Performing Arts Department at Franklin County High School.  Well that’s all I have to say write now.  I wanted to introduce you to our new blog and let you know what’s going to be on it.  I’ll have Land of Spirit and The Jungle Book blogs up in a bit!  The officers are meeting with the new Theatre Director, Mrs. Charity Moon-Henry on July 18th, I’ll put a blog up about that too!  Hope everyone is having a great summer, and we’ll see you back at school soon!

Logan Davison, 2008-2009 President