| John
Bracewell Retiring |
We offer congratulations
and best wishes to John
Bracewell who is retiring from Ithaca
College at the end of the academic year. Mr.
Bracewell, who received USITT's Distinguished
Achievement Award for Sound Design in 2001,
has been with the Theatre Arts Department
of Ithaca College since 1973. He is the author
of Sound Design in the Theatre, and
has held numerous leadership positions within
USITT, including serving as Commissioner of
both the Education and Sound commissions at
different times. He was also a Director at
Large.
Mr. Bracewell has designed
sound and composed music for more than 70 productions
since becoming involved in theatre in 1962,
and has supervised at least as many student
designs.
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| Sightlines Changes
Publication Schedule |
Starting in January, Sightlines
will be published 12 times a year, making it truly a monthly
publication. This continues the trend started in 2001 when
the publication added an 11th issue. In 2005, members can
expect to see coverage of the Conference more quickly than
in the past, when a combined April/May issue meant delays
until June for a Conference recap.
Sightlines deadlines
are also changing, to allow faster turn-around
of news and take advantage of our new electronic
format. Deadlines for each issue will be the first
of the month preceding publication, with the new
issue available to members online during the last
week of the month prior to when the issue is dated.
This
means members will receive a holiday treat,
since the January issue will be posted online
to fill the gap between the celebration of the
winter solstice and New Year's Day football.
As
always, an e-mail notice or postcard reminder
will be sent to members once the issue becomes
available.
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|
ETS-LDI Update |
Volunteers,
board members, and staff all had fun meeting new
people and renewing acquaintances at the ETS-LDI
show in Las Vegas. (See John Uthoff's report on
Board activities.) We had a great time talking
to all who stopped by and were scanned for a chance
to win a Conference registration for 2005.
Lucky
winner was Lisa Pantano who works with John
Weeks in Ridgefield, New Jersey. We hope to
see her in Toronto next March.
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| Missing
Information |
It seems there
are always a few of our members with whom we have
trouble communicating. Although we make every
effort to keep membership information up to date,
there are inevitably a few lapses.
We are currently
seeking correct information on the following
members: Jennifer Darconte,
Steven Eheart,
Susan Fisette,
Lindsey Gardner,
Lilly Helm,
Lillian Landeo,
Leonel Ledezma,
Valerie Light, and Eric Wenzel. Several
are students, and perhaps have moved more
than once, making it difficult to stay in
touch with USITT. If you have contact information
for any of these people, please tell Barbara
E.R. Lucas by calling 800-938-7488 or e-mail
barbara@office.usitt.org.
The fastest way to
know when the latest issue of Sightlines is
available is to make sure USITT’s records
have a current e-mail. Updating anything from
an address, to a telephone number, to a job
title, is as easy as completing the update
form here.
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