Presidents Blog

Many thanks to TBC staff, the host committee, our volunteers, the board, and the City of Kamloops for hosting a wonderful event.  Thanks also to the Mainstage Patrons and Sponsors of the Thespian Awards.   And of course thanks to our wonderful adjudicator, Jeff Hyslop, for sharing his wisdom and expertise from over 50 years of performance experience with our performers, designers and crew.

The Mainstage passport was well received, I know I used mine several times to get good discounts.  You can be sure that the vendors were all well aware of our presence, and even those who were not on the list in many cases still gave discounts!

We tried an experiment in broadcasting the awards live via Livestream.  At one point we had 77 people watching. Unfortunately our internet connection was not good enough to support a quality broadcast.  But given the participation rate next year we will do it again with a proper broadband connection and good sound quality.   We did post comments as we went along, and tweeted the results live!

I think you will find that we listened to your suggestions from last year and have made many improvements.  So please make sure that if you have not already, that you provide us with your feedback so that we can make next year’s event even better.

Of course it wasn’t all fun and games for the Board and Executive, we had regular meetings during the week and will be posting information shortly about upcoming changes, including the establishment of a Charitable Foundation.

Finally, I am very proud to be President of this wonderful organization, that helps foster and promote community theatre throughout BC!

On to 2013….