Shave, Shave Shave Shave

Wow I've been working on the show Oklahoma for the local community production. I did the lighting design and helped with giving my two cents worth in other areas as requested. I have just finished the first week of 'production week'. I focused last Thursday, set levels on Friday, Tech runs on Saturday and into Sunday, tried a stagger through with the orchestra but didn't get finished. We did focus and level notes on Monday afternoon and finished the music stagger through on Tuesday  and did a full tech dress on Wednesday. Two days off and we did a big, full dress on Saturday and that went pretty well, I thought, with no stopping just some notes after. I'm not there today, for another full dress, as I met Bluey at the plane. She and Newbie went to Tassie for the week last week; see newbie's blog  for details. Anyway Bluey is glad to be back and is resting and blogging and just enjoying me and our dog.

I've been trying to nail down prizes for the shave event and we have a wonderful piece of jewelry for Studio Jewelworks to raffle, thanks to our pal Andrew Maddern. The Madderns have been big supporters of our projects this year. Anne and daughter Bec stopped by several times in Brisbane, brother Andrew has been our 'go to' guy for jewelry design since he returned to the bay from the big smoke a few years ago.  He started his goldsmithing with courses at the TAFE taught by Jo. Big thanks to Andrew. 

We are looking like we may have a bit of a crowd on March 15th and I'm starting to work out job descriptions for the volunteers, any helpers out there?  We need folk on the door taking gold coin donations, a person to 'gatekeep' the raffle prizes, raffle sellers, door prize gatkeeper, etc etc

Communications Director, Newbie has got me doing a daily update on the shave page to let you all know how its going and it is a bit nerve racking. We are under two weeks away and still have 2/3 of the money to raise. Keep a look out.... at the very least it will be good theatre!

I'm now looking for any last minute shavers or colorers to register at the shave site  and to let me know that they want to do it at A Close Shave. When you register choose "part of an existing team" and put in A Close Shave .  You still get your individual page but your tally is included in the team tally. We have 10 of us registered and I know about another 10 to 15 are getting colors and shaves without registering. 

Any raffle prizes out there? We are looking for anything at all we can join things together into packages if we need to. We will let our donors put out cards and brochures and thank them in the blog, shave page and a final ad in the paper.

Thanks so far to ET's, Foxy Furs Pet Grooming, Toast, Coffee Club (HB), Amcal Chemists in Pialba Place, Joan Stefaniuk, Meleah's Hair, and Hervey Bay Face and Body Therapy for helping to collect money.

Thanks to HB Face and Body Therapy for shaving their own heads, waxing others and generally being great supporters. Thanks to RnR Hair and Taylor Hair for doing shaves and colors. Thanks to Hervey Bay hotel for letting us invade. And Bronco Jensen for Tun-a-Fun music and MC ing the event.

This space could be for you to be thanked for raffle prizes or other support

Can't you just see your name there?

Thanks to all my OS supporters; I have money from Canada, England and the US. Wow. 

So keep checking back here for news and the shave page for the tally.

Oh and there is a small matter of  a challenge: that for a price I may have to offer up a Brazilian. At great personal risk to my friendship, I have sought confirmation that Hervey Bay Face and Body Therapy would be able to do the necessary 'work' .  But I still need  to confirm what price I may put on it. If you missed it see the comments  on the prior posting. What's your comment.

Thanks

more later Chris