Tonight was our monthly board meeting, normally every 3rd Tuesday of the month the 9 board members gather to discuss what has happened and needs to happen around the theatre and in general take care of the “business” end of the “show business”. May marks the month when the new board members elected in April for the following season, 08-09, are invited as guests to observe…well .. basically what they have gotten themselves into for the nest year, so we had a nice full house tonight with 3 new members and a few guests too. It also marked the last full meeting as the current chairman of the board that I have to run, I guess I’m somewhat sad about that , I have really enjoyed trying to sort through the multitude of brownie recipes, baby stories, aches and pains and so many of the other colorful discussions we can sometimes get off topic on, but it is very nice when we all do pull together like a “community” and make decisions that we feel are going to be positive and constructive to the well being in general for FCT.

Randy gave his GUYS AND DOLLS wrap up, over all even though there were some tough times and it was a long process, he was generally pleased with the cast and crew and from the nearly up to date records, it should have made a nice profit. Attendance figures were good overall with of course the last weekend really taking off well.

Discussion followed that remember, next year all FCT productions including the 2 musicals will only run for 6 shows over 2 weekends, this makes it very important that everyone do their part to remind our patrons about this change and to highly encourage them to not wait till the last weekend or day of the show, because if we maintain good quality show values and early word of mouth advertising, there just plain wont be room for everybody, then we will be forced to turn away even season ticket holders and this is not a situation we want to occur.

As the end of this season is quickly approaching most committee reports were tabled until new chairpersons are appointed or major work on them begins.

Tim reported on the early stages of GREASE rehearsals and from the sound coming from the lobby, they are sounding pretty good already!

Via email Liz handed out the Laurel and Stanley ballots, don’t forget the annual awards banquet is June 28 at the Fremont holiday inn. FCT members watch the mail for your invitation .

But before that we have the northwest OCTA regional in Lima June 13 and 14, and the veranda concert at the Hayes center June 11.