UNCSA Picklestock 2018 - School of Dance Town Hall Meeting
Welcome to the Potential Panelists website
Panelist Website
CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING SELECTED TO BE A PANELIST / FEATURED SPEAKER!
There will be 7 panelists on the stage, as follows:
Dayna Fox
Courtney Greer
Willie Hinton (had work conflict)
Amanda Oakley Hort
Juel Lane
Alexandra Sokol
Gary Taylor
Jules Szabo (moderator and panelist)
Please block your calendar for this event from 10:00 AM to NOON on Saturday, August 25, 2018. This is a volunteer opportunity (speaking fees are not available). Thank you for donating your time and for sharing your journey with our UNCSA students and alumni.
TOWN HALL EVENT TIME
Saturday, August 25, 2018, 10:30am - noon
The meeting starts at 10:30, but you need to arrive at 10:00 am for the pre-meeting photo shoot (see below).
LOCATION
Agnes de Mille Theatre
UNCSA Campus
WHO'S INVITED TO THE TOWN HALL MEETING?
All available current UNCSA dance students and all UNCSA dance alumni in attendance at the 2018 Picklestock Reunion are invited to attend the School of Dance Town Hall Meeting. (Non-dance majors will be attending their own meetings at this time.)
STAGING
Chairs on a stage - quite simple
FEATURED SPEAKERS (PANELISTS)
Our Picklestock 2018 School of Dance Town Hall Meeting will feature various UNCSA dance alumni with fascinating stories and adventures following their UNCSA dance training.
PANELIST PREPARATION CHECKLIST
-Headshot (due Aug 13)
- Your preferred current title (due Aug 13)
- Your years of UNCSA attendance/affiliation (specify years; specify High School, College, other; specify ballet or contemporary) (due Aug 13)
- 8-10 photos and/or video clips (due Aug 15)
- Review all meeting plans below / Prepare and time your responses (Note 3-minute limit on responses)
"We are excited to have such a well-rounded panel!"
Brenda Daniels
School of Dance Event Host
"Thank you for giving your time and love to our students and alumni!"
Patricia Casey
School of Dance Event Host
"What a fabulous panel! I can't wait to do this with you!"
Jules Szabo
Classical Ballet HS 1978; Town Hall Moderator
"Hi! I work with Jules on a daily basis to help run The Dancer's WorkoutĀ®, and I am happy to help with the UNCSA Picklestock Panel! Looking forward to meeting you! I'll be the one with the camera!"
Sara Drake
Camera and Video Specialist
Panelist Arrival Time and Pre-event Photos:
All panelists must arrive at the Agnes de Mille Theatre at 10:00 am on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Pre-event photos will be taken.
Panelist Introduction Plans:
After a short intro, the moderator will ask each panelist (one-by-one) to share something “professional, personal, and particular (or peculiar)” about themselves. Each panelist should speak for no more than 3 minutes (practice and time yourself!). Once all panelists have completed their introductions, we’ll move to the Moderator’s Questions.
Moderator's Questions:
The moderator will introduce this portion of the meeting by explaining that we will go one-by-one down the line of panelists as follows: Starting with the first panelist, we will ask for his/her answer to the first question below, then show his/her video bio (see "Video Bio" below), and then ask him/her to answer the second question below. We will then move to the next panelist and proceed the same way: 1st answer; video bio; 2nd answer; next person. NOTE TIME LIMITS.
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What would you consider to be two to three highlights of your life and career, generally related to your training at UNCSA? No more than 3 minutes
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What would you consider to be a low point in your career and what did you learn from it? End with words of wisdom you could give the current UNCSA dance students. No more than 3 minutes
After all panelists have answered the above questions, we will move to the Q&A segment.
Q&A:
Assuming there’s time, we will open the audience microphone up to 3-4 questions which can be directed to any one of us.
Post-event Photo Shoot:
After the event, students and alumni will be invited on stage for a large group photo.
Video Bio Idea:
We'd like to create a video clip to augment your discussion about the highlights of your career and life. Jules (or Sara) will put any photos or video clips you provide into a video format. Simply complete the following steps by August 15, 2018: Upload 8-10 photos and/or a short video clip HERE which gives a visual story of your life and career in less than 3 minutes. Upload the photos/videos in the order in which they should appear in the video montage, starting with a photo of you when you attended UNCSA and ending with a reasonably current photo. Email any instructions (e.g, video start/stop times) to [email protected]. Jules (or Sara) will put the media into a video montage and share with you by August 21 for final approval. Items submitted after August 15th are unlikely to be included due to editing timelines.
Update August 20, 2018: 6 out of 7 video bios are complete! Great job, team!
Town Hall Videotape Plans:
The 2018 Picklestock School of Dance Town Hall meeting will be videotaped. A link to the video will be provided to each moderator within four weeks of the meeting.
Contact: If you have any questions, please contact Jules at [email protected].
Thank you for your interest and participation!!!
Registration for Picklestock, Travel, and Accommodations:
Due to limited Picklestock funds, selected panelists must agree to cover whatever travel or hotel fees would be required to participate as a panelist. Picklestock registration is not required for the panelist opportunity but would be required if you wanted to participate in the other alumni events scheduled for the August 23-25, 2018 Picklestock Reunion. For your convenience, here are links to the Picklestock registration and the hotel where many of the alumni are staying.
