President’s Message

All members are welcome to attend our Board meetings. We hold them at the 7 West Restaurant, and the dates will be on the website. Also a reminder to the members to visit the website, and to feel free to send any comments or suggestions for it to myself at patricia045@sympatico.ca

Pat Black

MISSISSIPPI MUDDS 2007 SEASON

Be sure to get your tickets early!

Feb 9,10,14, 16, 17 – Food of Love. An original adult musical comedy by James Peckett and Peter Brown, that will have you laughing and singing along. Special Valentine's performance includes a dinner package. Tickets are now available at the Remembrance Gift Shop. For more information call 613-257-2950

March 23, 24 – Wake the Dead. Join the Mudds at the Carleton Heritage Inn for the next hilarious installment in their Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre. Tickets will be available mid-February at the Main St. Suds. For more information call 613-435-0898.

April 27, 28, May 4 & 5 - Canajun eh. Featuring Canadian favourites such as Land of The Silver Birch, Big Jo Mufferaw, You Needed Me, If I Had a Million Dollars, and many more. The music is woven together with a light-hearted story that takes the audience the length and breadth of Canada in search of a lost heroine. Tickets will go on sale early March at the Remembrance Gift Shop.

CALLING ALL POTENTIAL MUDDS SHOWS!

The Board is looking to establish the 2008 season. It is time to dust off your ideas and bring your proposals forward to the board. Is your idea a choral review, a musical, a play or a panto - complete the show proposal package which is available online at http://www.mississippimudds.ca/notice.html. Or email Meredith Millman at Meredith_link@hotmail.com . All show proposals must be submitted to Meredith no later than April 10, 2007.

THEATRE ONTARIO

Theatre Ontario has published their adult summer class list.

For more information, please contact a member of the Board.

The Mississippi Mudds of Carleton Place Inc.

P.O. Box 224, CP ON K7C 3P3

http://www.mississippimudds.ca/

E-Mail: info@mississippimudds.ca

Well the 'sleeping it off' is over. Time to take stock. Bringing a show from conception to delivery has all kinds of metaphoric comparison possibilities, but we will leave you to figure those out.

We are working with Alina and Francine on a detailed post show report and recommendations to go to the Board in a week or two. For now, suffice it to say we were delighted with the show overall.

Highlights for both of us centre on the wonderful collaboration that evolved as we all worked towards the best show we could achieve. We felt privileged to have an amazing cast; talented, hardworking and always ready to go the extra step for the good of the group. How splendid that a group of performers with such diverse ages (9 to 75) and interests (hockey teams to crocheted hats) could work so well together. Really the whole was so much greater than the sum of the individuals.

Thank yous were delivered profusely at the post show party but can we say again a big thank you to our producers Alina and Francine? No show would happen without producers and these two should write a 'how to' book.

We also want to say thanks again to Laurel as she steps down from the conductor's podium. We covered a lot of miles under her guidance in the last 14 years and have a store of memories and experiences to treasure. We are happy she brought us from Dick Whittington to Sleeping Beauty with such musical good humour.

It was a little hard to say goodbye to this family that grew so much together in the space of 4 months, but already some of us are regrouping ready for the next new Mudds 'baby'. To all of you; 'break a leg' and keep on working hard at having fun.

Judith and Tony

REPORT ON PROGRESS TOWARDS CHARITABLE STATUS

1) Goal is to send the application away before Feb 6.

2) Met with Louise Link on Jan 10 and now have a budget to present to CRA.

3) Now have to fill in the forms together with explanatory notes, then collect the final information I need, including that constitution signed off by board members.

4) When the whole package is together, I would like to run it past Martin Ruben of the VPs, who is responsible for their annual reports to the CRA.

5) Anyone on the board who wants to see the package is welcome.

6) Next report to Pat Black, President will be in February.

Tony Scott

07Jan11

Your Board of Directors for the 2006-07 Season

President: Pat Black - 613-257-2950 - patricia045@sympatico.ca

Secretary: Joanne Samler - 613-253-4638 - jsx4@magma.ca

Treasurer: Michele Eno - 613-253-8249 - meno_6@sympatico.ca

Muddsplayers' Rep: Sylvia Giles-Jones - 613-257-7757 - sylviarmt@aol.com

Muddsinger's Rep: Blaine Cornell - 613-257-4477 - bacornell@rogers.com

Show Development Officer: Meredith Millman - 613-435-0898 - meredith_link2hotmail.com

Director without Portfolio: Bette LeMaistre - 613-257-1570 - blemaistre@295.ca

(Membership)

Founder: Jan Ferguson - 613-257-8634 - fergrad@295.ca

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any member of the Board.

LATEST POLICIES ENACTED BY MUDDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

October 21, 2006

1. A request had been received by the Mudds to borrow some 1940s style costumes.

It has been decided to charge a $10.00 fee for the rental of costumes for private functions.

December 16, 2006

2. A standard mileage rate for Mudds Board Members to cover Mudds related travel expenses has been set at 0.40/km. Travel to be approved prior to submission of expenses.

3. When tickets are printed for shows, a statement of 'NO REFUNDS' to be added. This issue came up due to poor weather conditions for one of the performances of Sleeping Beauty, people wanting to change their tickets when they couldn't attend. With all performances sold out, this could not be accommodated.