HSV Players met last night

Director Judy Corwin shared her cast picks for Senior Follies.

There were several topics touched on at last night's HSV Players January meeting.
The website has been updated and looks sharp. The website is http://www.hsvplayers.org/.
The club has decided to end the confusion over the player of the year award. Each year at the June picnic an outstanding player of the year is given recognition for a job well done the previous year. A couple of times the award has had the wrong date because the award is for the previous year not the current year.
This June will be the last award based on the previous system. There will be a Player of the Year for 2010 awarded in June of 2011.
From now on the HSV Players Annual Award will be given at the December meeting recognizing a very hard worker of the same year. No more confusion, right?
Judy Corwin talked about the upcoming production of Billy St. John's comedy Senior Follies.
Marlene Davis asked Players to fill out a form on the website sharing their special talents and program ideas. As program chair this year she wants to get members more involved with giving 20 minute presentations at the monthly meetings. She asked for a talk on make-up techniques, advertising, directing, woodworking, cooking, etc. An opportunity to show off expertise in an area not everyone knows about.
President Jackie Gullahorn is asking for play submissions for the 2012 season. Nothing has been submitted yet.
She also talked about the new pay-go policy at POA facilities. The new policy will make a real hardship for the Players. Yesterday the board held a board meeting which cost $30 up front followed by the general meeting which cost $140 up front. Since the Players is an ongoing user of several POA facilities they have been billed twice monthly and have been able to allocate funds easily for the events.
The rub comes when using facilities for rehearsals before ticket sales for events. There is little to no money up front. This is another case of the POA cutting off its nose to spite its face. The board will find an alternate location for future meetings. A loss of $330 for the POA. Rehearsals for the children's productions may be moved to Jessieville which will cost the POA thousands of dollars when a show just uses the facility for the tech rehearsal and the run of the show.
Rehearsals for Senior Follies may be less frequent with an eye on upfront money instead of future money.
Gullahorn plans to meet with recreation department head Stephanie Stone to discuss this problem that may be unique to the Players.
The HSV Players will meet again Feb. 1 at 6 p.m.
The HSV board will meet Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. at a location to be determined by finances.