Children's Creative
Project Funding can be used in San Luis
Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
Annual funding
amount is $200.00 per school in SB County
and $100.00 per school in SLO County
The below
information should assist you in securing
CCP funds for your Magical Moonshine
Theatre program. The simple method? Call
us at 707-363-4573 or email at mail@magicalmoonshine.org and we
will walk you through it.
Unfamiliar with
Magical Moonshine? Take a moment to
explore our website. We have been
performing in CA schools for over 3
decades, where our award winning,
internationally acclaimed performances
have received excellent reviews. We teach
puppetry to students (to the content
standards) as California Artists in the
Schools, and the California Arts Council
has granted MMT the highest
"Exemplary" rating.
Children's Creative
Project Form for Funding
Below are the
instructions from Children's Creative Project, with Magical Moonshine
information in blue.
Touring
Artist Program How It Works
Children's
Creative Project Office : 964–4710
ext . 4411
Performance Scheduling &
Coordination To schedule
performances and workshops, all public
and private schools and libraries must
contact directly the touring artists
sponsored in the CCP Arts Catalog and
Website. Please tell the artist that you
are participating in the CCP program.
After you have determined a firm date and
fee for the performance or workshop, you must report the
information to the CCP (use this form.)
Minimum
Booking Requirements Because
many of the touring companies come from
outside of our community, they have set
minimum booking requirements for
performances. If your school does not
meet these minimum booking requirements,
please try to find one or more partner
schools to schedule additional
performances. These can be scheduled
together, or block-booked. Please see
“Minimum Booking/Number
Performances” in the Touring Artist
Performances Index. While
Magical Moonshine does have a minimum
number of shows requirement to come to
the area, we regularly have tours that
come to or pass through the SLO/SB area
and can often include a stop at one or
more schools for programs without your
having to find other schools to create a
tour. Call us at 707-363-4573 to check on
dates when we might be in or around your
area.
Scheduling
Performances and touring artist workshops
generally run for 45 minutes. Please be
sure the school and auditorium schedules
are clear of conflicts before booking an
event. Due to heavy scheduling of
artists, the ability to reschedule is
very limited. Please be aware of each
artist’s cancellation policy. Magical
Moonshine shows run 45-50 minutes. We
prefer not to cancel, especially if the
engagement is part of a tour involving
other schools, but life has its
uncertainties, and we accept that.
Performance
Study Guide Please ask touring
artists if they provide a performance
study guide. This can help classroom
teachers prepare students for the
performance and provide follow-up
activities. Approximately 2
weeks before an assembly, we will mail to
the school teachers' materials. If you
want them sooner, just let us know.
Technical
Requirements & Preparation The stage
must be cleared and technical
requirements prepared prior to the
artists’ arrival. Please ask the
touring artists if they require any
technical assistance. Students should be
seated early enough to begin the event at
the prearranged starting time. Allow
enough time between events to give
performers a rest and to move students in
and out of the performance area. We
can do our shows with as little as 10
minutes between shows, so, for example,
we could have an assembly at 9am and the
second one at 10am.
Fees &
Funds Fees and other essential
information are listed in the Touring
Artist Performances Index. Workshops for
students, families, and school staff
professional development are identified
in the last three columns. Magical
Moonshine Theatre artists Michael and
Valerie Nelson are California
Arts Council Artists in the Schools,
with a large amount of puppetry and drama
curriculum material we teach to the
content standards. In addition, in 2010
we joined the faculty of the Tennessee
Arts Academy, teaching drama and puppetry
for teachers in the classroom.
Double
Performance Fee A double
performance fee applies to two
performances that are presented
back-to-back at the same site on the same
day.
Payments The
Children’s Creative Project pays all
artists for services provided. The CCP
will invoice schools and libraries for
reimbursement. The arts credit available
to public schools will be deducted from
the total invoice for all services
scheduled during the academic year.
Arts Credit
The CCP offers one arts credit for each
public school (grades K–12). It
supports in part touring artist fees.
Funds
Available The Children's
Creative Project and touring artists
offer funding assistance. This is
indicated with “yes” listed in
the column titled “Funds
Available” in the Touring Artist
Performances Index.
Before You
Contact the Artist Please
discuss all program details with the
principal or site administrator before
scheduling a performance. You will need
all or some of the information below:
— site contact person information
(name, phone)
— site address and staging area
— site directions from the nearest
freeway -we usually use a
gps, so not necessary
— site calendar to avoid scheduling
conflicts
— site hours for start, dismissal,
lunch and recess
— site floor surface (wood,
concrete, carpet, etc.) We
can work on all surfaces
— dimensions of staging area For
us this depends on the show we are
bringing, we have been performing in
California schools for over 30 years and
design our shows to fit (if your school
performance space is unusual, it would be
good to plan ahead)
— availability of a private dressing
area Not needed
— number of microphones available We
bring our own
— availability of a piano Not
needed
— number of students attending and
grade level
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