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Thanks to the support of loyal friends like you, First Voice is able to do our part to heal souls and bridge divides by creating and presenting the stories and music of people living between worlds. This year, we released two critically acclaimed CDs, Threading Time and Mermaid Meat, in the U.S. and Japan; performed all over the Bay Area including my first time at Yoshi’s and all across the country; to top it off, Mark won an Emmy for his score for Bolinao 52, a documentary about the Vietnamese boat people.
The coming year is shaping up to be just as busy and artistically rewarding, but we need your support to make it happen!
First Voice, like many artists in San Francisco, have found our foundation support drastically slashed as a result of the recession and ticket sales only cover a small part of our annual operating costs. In addition, for the past 30 years, we have worked in Bay Area schools giving assemblies concerts and workshops. Although arts funding has been cut drastically in the public schools, with your support we can continue giving our Finding Voice workshop and Tales of the Pacific Rim assemblies. With this fund drive, we hope to raise $30,000. Here’s what your contribution could do for First Voice:
• $50 pays for dry cleaning costumes after one show
• $100 subsidizes the cost of one Finding Voice workshop in an elementary school
• $150 subsidizes the cost of one Finding Voice workshop in a middle/high school
• $200 pays for utilities at our rehearsal studio
• $250 subsidizes the cost of a school assembly
• $500 subsidizes the cost of a community performance
• $1000 pays rent for our administrative office and office supplies
• $3000 pays for airfare and housing for international guest artists
• $5000 subsidizes artists and tech fees on a national tour
Thanks in advance for contributing your personal “chi” towards First Voice’s success – each gift we receive, no matter the size, goes into our hearts and onto the stage with us, then out to the world.
Wishing you all the best,
Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu
First Voice Artistic Directors
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