The SFBAPG Annual Holiday Party!
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2005
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Where: San Leandro Community Center, Multipurpose Room C
Festivities will include a raffle, gift exchange, and entertainment by The
Fratello Marionettes and Manami Sakamoto, a renowned Otome-Bunraku artist
from Japan. If you would like to be on the entertainment list, please
contact Randal Metz at (510) 35one-4522. We ask that any one who wants to be
involved in the gift exchange, please bring a gift with a value of $15.00
for exchange. You will be given a ticket to be part of this great party
event.
This is a pot luck. So we ask members to bring their favorite dish to share
with the party guests.
Directions:
North bound 880, exit Marina Blvd West after exiting go over the over pass,
get into far left lane.
South bound 880, exit Marina Blvd West, get into far left lane immediately.
Turn left onto Merced, the first stop light. Continue on Merced and bear
right on to Wicks (Merced turns into Wicks). Continue past Manor Blvd. The
community center is on the right side across from the park.
Manami Sakamoto was awarded a grant from the Japanese government to travel
and perform around the U.S. and the SFBAPG party is one of her stops! Even
though Manami does not speak English, she is looking forward to meeting
other puppeteers here.
If anyone can bring a translator to the party, please contact Mary Decker at
650-361-1310 or marydeck 
earthlink dot net. To find out more about Manami, go to
the English translation of her web site:
http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~kimuzi/index-e.html
Directions to San Leandro Community Center:
Take 880 north or south. Exit Marina Blvd. West. Go to the right, at 1st light
make a left. This is Merced. Follow Merced down 3 more lights.
At the third light, veer to the right and Merced becomes Wicks.
Follow Wicks a short ways. Just after the light at Manor Blvd, look off
to the right and you'll see the Community Center. A park and ball
field are on the left hand side.
If Taking Bart!
Go to San Leandro Bart Station. Catch the 81 bus labeled
community center. It leaves the Bart station at 5:09,5:54,6:39,7:24
8:08,8:53. Surely someone will be happy to give you a lift back to
Bart after the meeting. For AC Transit info: (510) 891-4700
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President's Message:
Well, here it is the end of another year. It has been a very hectic and sometimes frightening one. I encourage each and all of you to attend the meeting on January 8th at Kevin Menegus's home. We will be discussing some very important items and making decisions on them that day. This is to make the
guild continue to be strong and healthy. Issues we will come to terms with are:
a) How many meetings a year?
b) What type of program content?
c) Where should we hold these events?
d) Who is responsible for making these things happen?
e) What about the newsletter? Do we have a new venue?
f) Any other things of importance.
And so I ask again that all members who have an opinion on this come to the meeting or reach me via phone (51O) 351-4five22 or email (puppetcom hotmail dot com) with your concerns. Now is the time to make your voice heard. Thank you, Randal.
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Tim Giugni, SFBAPG co-president, would love to hear from you personally about our guild. Please email him at Tim teatrocalamari dot com or phone him at (7O7) 963-eight259. He will put your ideas together into a format that can be presented to the board at the Jan meeting. We would love to hear your ideas!
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