Welcome to the inaugural issue of IN THE SPOLIGHT, the quarterly newsletter of the Sandersville Community Theatre. This is your window to see into the workings of the Sandersville Community Theatre. In our issues we will inform, educate and keep you up to date on all the happenings at our theatre. To make the newsletter more fun see if you can recognize all the songs that came from different musicals in this newsletter. Hint: there are 14. We encourage you to be a part of our theatre group and we welcome suggestions on how we can make ourselves better.

YOU'VE GOT POSSIBILITIES - DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Believe in yourself and let us make you a Star!	TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS - CURRENT PRODUCTION Neil Simon’s hilarious farce is our current production and it runs February 22, 23,24, 2008.
ONCE UPON A TIME - CHILDREN'S CAMP More info to come soon, but here’s a snippet, Girls 10-14 start practicing TOMORROW from the Musical ANNIE. Children’s camp will get you ready to audition for the December production	PUT ON A HAPPY FACE - AUDITIONS Auditions for our Summer Musical Production of SHOWBOAT will be held in April. Mark the dates on your calendar now ,Monday April 28, 2008, Tuesday April 29, 2008 and Wednesday April 30, 2008. 7:00 to 9:00 PM
WHO WILL BUY? - TICKETS Season tickets, single tickets, pairs of tickets, groups of tickets. We got ‘em any way you want ‘em. Just PLEASE buy ‘em and make your friends buy ‘em too. That way you can sit next to your BFF.	MEMORY - A LOOK AT OUR PAST Check out the scrolling photos we have on our page of past shows. Look all the way back to 1999 and see us then and now. Make plans to have your picture in the 2008 season by auditioning for SHOWBOAT or ANNIE.
GUYS AND DOLLS - OUR PATRONS We couldn’t do it without ya! Please be a strong supporter of the theatre, buy a ticket, share a ticket with a friend and come see fabulous live theatre together!	TILL THERE WAS YOU - FUNDRAISING We have a fundraising campaign going for the first quarter. When you get your letter, get that checkbook out and use lots of zeros. Ex. 10.00, 100.00, 1000.00 you get the idea!
SINGING IN THE RAIN - WE NEED A HOME Consider making a contribution now and ear mark it for the building fund. We desperately need a cultural arts center here in Sandersville. We have a vision for it. ( Ask us we’ll tell ya!) Yes, we need more money to make it happen.	WHY SHOULDN'T I? - VOLUNTEER WITH US The butcher , the baker, the candlestick maker, we need all kinds of people to help. Don’t think you have a talent, well hold on there, we can teach you one.
WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD - UPCOMING EVENTS The next big date for your calendar is auditions for SHOWBOAT. Sometime in May, Then SHOWBOAT , the production June 26,27,28,29 of 2008. Next, Annie Camp, then auditions for ANNIE in the fall and ANNIE, the production December 4,5,6,7.	ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF YOUR LIFE-ENDOWMENT We have a start, we need to raise $100,000.00. ( Just a one with lots of zeros.) If everyone pitches in we can get there quickly. Help us please get a home. That would mean 5 or 6 live theatre productions a year. IMAGINE THAT!
ALL THAT JAZZ - SUGGESTIONS E-mail us your suggestions at info@sandersvillecommunitytheatre.org We are a volunteer organization that can use all the good ideas and help we can get!

GETTING TO KNOW YOU - CAST MEMBERS
Just who are these people anyway? Well. . . here goes.

Kelly owns her own company and is married to Michael. They have a daughter Ellie 1 ½ years old.
Jessika works for the judge and has a son Conner.
Cecile is an officer at the Bank and is married to Billy.
Susan teaches school is married to Bill and they have two children, Joe and Katie
Sam works at another Bank and is married to Paula. He has one child Deborah.
Mary Grace is retired and married to Billy. They have three children, Adrienne, Ben and Thomas.
Derek is a teacher too. He is married to Crystal.
Sammy is a police officer and is married to Kelly, they have three children Bethany, Caleb and Peyton.
John works for a big trucking company and is married to Suzy, They have a son Drew.