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Newsletter
August-November 2010

Looking forward
Contents
Looking forward Pg1
Connect Pg1
THE growth of SHYAC continues
New in 2011 Pg2
unabated with some hugely
Website Changes Pg3 successful performances this
year, new sponsorships, lots of
Staff Pg3
new members and big plans for
Thanks and Get Well 2011-12.
Pg3 Since BIG - the musical, all the
Opportunities Pg3 SHYAC volunteers, committee
members and production team
Consultant Director
members focussed on Olivia.
Appointed Pg4 Even at the auditions in August,
Grease! Pg4 it was obvious this would be a
special show. The cast members
Partnerships Pg4 were wonderful and all worked
really hard to bring the show
Connect to SHYAC together. They were supported
by director Cindy Pyrma,
There are now a lot of excitable producer Mandy
new ways to connect Bransgrove, choreographer
with the rest of the Monique Bastin and musical
SHYAC community and director Julie Blanchard. A big
stay up to date. thankyou also needs to go to the
Try these: wonderful parents who helped
throughout rehearsals.
facebook.com/shyac
SCVNGR.com/shyac SHYAC conducted a film-making
program throughout August and
twitter.com/shyacoz September. The participants
youtube.com/shyacoz wrote, filmed and edited short
documentaries about the young
driver safety program U-Turn-
the-Wheel and other events.
SHYAC participated in Tulip
Time by joining the parade and
holding preview performances of
Olivia in Corbett Gardens.
As our reputation for wonderful
performances and programs and
being a caring, creative
environment for young people
continues to grow, SHYAC is
building more partnerships with
other organisations in the
Southern Highlands.
SHYAC remains a volunteer-
driven organisation. We do need
support to expand our scope of
activities and there are
volunteering opportunities in
website development, artistic
and creative areas, building sets,
costumes, administration and
management and other aspects
of the arts.
Allen Cupitt - President

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Here's to New Things
SHYAC has announced a full
program of activities for 2011
and 2012. The centrepiece is
the musical Grease as the
senior production in October
2011.
The program also includes
junior drama and musical
performances in June 2011
and a holiday pantomime and
youth theatre festival in
January 2012. said. “We are pleased to
announce a program that is
SHYAC President Allen Cupitt
very well-balanced and will
said the announcement of a
provide much needed creative
full two-year program would
arts outlets to the community
give certainty to members and
throughout the next two
parents.
years.”
“SHYAC has worked hard to
SHYAC is inviting comment on
create a structure where
the program from members of
members are given as many
the public and from SHYAC
opportunities as possible,” he
members.

Date Description
Late November 2010 Formation of Youth Arts Advisory Panel
December 2010 Sound performing at Carols
Dec 2010-Jan 2011 NIDA Producer's Workshop
January 2011 Augmented Reality Workshop and Event
February 2011 Comedy/Soap Opera Script Writing Workshop
March 2011 Class Clowns Crash Course / Improv Theatresports
March 2011 Filming of Class Clowns Documentary
April 2011 Mary Poppins Musical – Capitol Theatre, Sydney
June 2011 Junior (8-14) Drama & Musical Production (Playhouse)
July 2011 High School Drama Showcase
October 2011 Senior Musical (15-26) – Grease
January 2012 Holiday Pantomime at the Mittagong RSL
January 2012 Youth theatre festival at the Mittagong Playhouse
June 2012 Junior (8-16) Drama & Musical Production
July 2012 High School Drama Showcase
October 2012 Senior Musical (16-26)
Ongoing The regional youth choir SOUND will rehearse all year
Ongoing Mary Poppins projects and activities will continue all year

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Fully Staffed Office
The SHYAC management
committee decided in August
to appoint two staff to
manage how the organisation
grows in the next few years.
Travis and Katy are both
experienced in project
management and looking after Prior to that, Katy held
community organisations.
They are each working part
time while, sharing a full-time
workload between them
Travis and Katy can be
contacted at the SHYAC
office.
Katy has recently moved to
the Southern Higlands from
the North Coast of NSW
where she was the festival
coordinator of the second and
third annual Byron Bay
International Film Festivals.
administrative positions in
local government, and the
private and tertiary education
sectors.
Katy has a seven year old son,
Tristan. She is completing an
honours year in a Bachelor of
Arts degree.
Travis has lived all of his life
in the Southern Highlands and
is involved in youth programs
and organisations. He is chair
of the NSW Youth Advisory
Council and has been on the
Southern Highlands
Foundation's MAD Youth
Committee since 2003.
Travis is studying a Bachelor
of Communication and Media
Studies and a Bachelor of
Arts at the University of
Wollongong. He lives in
Mittagong with his partner
Meghan.

Thankyou and Get Well Website Changes

Long time SHYAC volunteer
and former committee member
Deidre Knowlson recently
stepped down from her
involvement with SHYAC, due
to ill-health.
The SHYAC committee
intends to grant life
membership to Deidre in
Opportunities for Creative Teams
SHYAC has opportunities for
Directors and Producers and
other members of creative teams
to participate in a NIDA
Director's and Producer's
Course. It will run over the
weekend of December 11 and 12
SHYAC – Art for Youth by Youth
SHYAC conducted a
recognition of her service to
membership survey
the organisation.
in August. We took
SHYAC would not exist your feedback and
without volunteers like Deidre applied your
who have always been suggestions. Some of
prepared to give their time the most obvious
and effort for the benefit of changes were to our
members. Thankyou Deidre. website. There were
a few things you
disliked about the
website, so we got
rid of those and
in Bowral. The cost will be
added some other
subsidised by SHYAC. We are
features. It is now
taking expressions of interest
right now. Please email your easier to navigate,
details to office@shyac.org.au if cleaner, and has a lot
you would like more information. more pictures. Tell
The course is only open to people us what you think!
aged 17+.
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Grease is the word
SHYAC has secured the
rights to the classic musical the rest of the gang sings and
Grease for October 2011.
Grease will be a senior
musical, which means it is open"It's Raining On Prom Night",
to cast members between 15
and 26 years of age.
Grease, the musical, is based
on the movie of the same
name. It tells a story of
teenage life in 1950s America,
centred on Rydell High's
senior class of 1959. Head
"greaser" Danny Zuko and new
(good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski
try to relive the high romance
of their "Summer Nights" as most popular musicals. A
director has not yet been
dances its way through such appointed for the production.
songs as "Greased Lightnin'",
Keep a close eye on the
SHYAC Facebook page for
"Alone At The Drive-In
audition details.
Movie" recalling the music of
Buddy Holly, Little Richard
and Elvis Presley that became
the soundtrack of a
generation. An 8-year run on
Broadway and two subsequent
revivals along with
innumberable school and
community productions place
Grease among the world's

Partnerships Consultant Director Appointed

SHYAC is pleased to – The Arena Mega-Musical
SHYAC is 2012 onwards. announce the appointment (NZ Tour 99), amongst
pleased to of experienced director other shows. He has
We have also
announce a Michael Turkic to the directed a wide variety of
secured a
major honourary role of professional productions
sponsoship from “Consultant Director – (including Grease, Happy
sponsorship of internet start- Musical Theatre.” Days, and The Sound of
our musical up SCVNGR.com. Music) and taught at the
theatre The role gives Michael a
The BDCU, Vin West Australian Academy
program. roving brief to contribute
Santo's to the various SHYAC
of Performing Arts
Mittagong RSL (WAAPA). Michael has
Restaurant and productions and to help
will host the also worked at NIDA and
the SHYAC develop strategy,
2011 SHYAC in television with Channels
International source projects, select
senior 7 and Nine and the ABC.
Film School shows, partners, talent
production of etc. SHYAC will announce
Sydney have
Grease and the similar Consultant
signed up as Michael has acted in Les
annual January Director roles in other
corporate Miserables (Royal Theatre
holiday artistic portfolios in
members of Sydney 87-88) and Grease
pantomime from coming months.
SHYAC.

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