Open House help for Free BLUE MAN tix?

Hey'all,

Next week at our Spring TRaC Open House -- that's Wednesday, Feb. 13, 4:30-5:30 -- High 5 is going to be hosting students, parents, teachers, funders and anyone else who wants to know what TRaC is all about. I would love to have some volunteers, as many of you as possible, to answer questions, chat up some kids from all over NYC and show some High 5 love.

As an added bonus, anyone who comes to the Open House - your friends included if they want to find out about the program - will get TWO free tickets to BLUE MAN GROUP on Wednesday, February 20th @ 5pm. Take anyone you like. Now, that's a hot High 5 deal.

I hope you can make it!
Shoot me an email if you're interested. eost@high5tix.org


check out the Blue Men here.

afro-latin jazz....FEEL it on Jan 25

An opportunity for everyone to come together and shake it the way the Lord made it before January ends....

THE AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Friday, Jan 25th, pre-show "improv chat" with Arturo O'Farrill kicks-off @ 6:30pm
Bring as many friends/family as you like - FREE!

Arturo O'Farrill, the conductor, is a long-time friend of the famous New Orleans Jazz Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. The Afro-Jazz Orchestra had its home at Jazz @ Lincoln Center for the past five years and has just moved to its new home at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side. Their music is the most modern fusion of African Beats, Latin Rhythms and Delta Jazz - truly "world" music. And it moves! Arturo has teamed up with High 5 for this special event because of his profound belief that young people will be changed by this music. You'll be meeting him before the show and are invited to a reception with food and drink afterwards... it's a hot deal. And it's FREE.

Check out the link to the performance on High 5's Event Calendar for more information and directions.

To get your tickets, just email me and let me know how many tickets you need. I'll send you a voucher. REPEAT: You can have as many as you like!

Hope to see you there....

~eric

Images from the December TRaC Finale

They were good times....

But don't worry! They're far from over!

The Spring TRaC Application is now available. Download one on the TRaC Homepage at www.high5tix.org and send it in to reserve your spot. Take the same TRaC, or try a different one.

If you can volunteer to be at the TRaC Open House in February, contact me and let me know. Can't wait to get started again!

~eric

TRaC FINALE Program Revealed!

The TRaC FINALE is Friday!
High 5 HQ @ 1 East 53rd Street
5:30 - 7:15

5:30 - High 5 gets a HUGE CHECK.
Literally, a big check (3 feet by 5 feet) from a foundation to support our program. We need you here to show support! Let them know they are spending their money well - keeping TRaC FREE and High 5 tix at $5. (Actually, if you could come at 5:25, that would be awesome.) As many of you as possible! Did someone say "photo op"??

5:30-6:00 - pizza, soda and D.J. Vans.
Listen to tunes, mingle, be merry. Eat. Good times.

6:00 - Showcase your work!
Bring a piece of writing you completed in TRaC this fall - or, if you like a piece you did this Summer TRaC, bring that. Or, if you have a poem you'd like to perform, bring that. It'll be like a coffee house, only with pizza. We'll all read excerpts. TRaC Instructors should bring something, too! I'm almost certain we'll see at least one of the short plays Theater TRaC have been working on. (I hope so, Theater TRaC!) Oh, and don't worry if you are shy. We won't force you to read. Not much, anyway ;)

Straight up, it's a chance to hear other Voices in the program - your peers -, to meet the other instructors (in case you're thinking of taking TRaC this spring....hmmmmm) and to check out what everyone has been doing these past 8-weeks.

6:45 - TRaC Breakdown.
Or what I'm calling, "What's your TRaC story?" Yaya and Najee, for example, got tickets for their school theater class to go and see THE OVERWHELMING. Krystal, Wayne and Ariana are organizing to bring a group of kids to theater who've never been before. Or, maybe you have taken a friend to a dive music venue they didn't know about. Maybe you saw the BANKSY graffiti art show on your own. This is the TRaC story stuff I'm talking about. We want to hear what you accomplished this semester and start thinking about what we could do for next spring.....

7:00 - TRaC certificates & Personal Accomplishment sheets.
Each of you will receive a TRaC certificate (something for the wall, or maybe just the college application portfolio) and a Personal Accomplishment sheet with individual feedback from your instructor outlining your "Strengths" and your "Toolbox for Improvement." You should be proud of the work you've done. TRaC requires a lot of time and effort, so we figured we could at least give you a certificate and some pointers on how to go forward as a writer!

And that's it!
TRaC is over and out.

But we've still got this Friday. I'll be looking spiffy to honor all of you and your work. I'm dusting off the 3-piece. Just because. Dress up if you want to. No pressure. It's all about being here, not what you're wearing anyway.... (of course, I am wearing a 3-piece suit, you know, and probably a pink tie... so... yeah....uh, class it up if you want to. ;)

See you Friday.
~eric

High 5's Picks of the Week

Interested in the latest picks of the week, including my "Easter Egg"?
Click the link: http://high5tix.org/Aspx/EventsAndShows/Picks.aspx
(Last week's Easter Egg was the BANKSY show. I cut and pasted the write up and put it on the Visual Arts TRaC Blog. Definitely check out the show, if you're into street/graffiti art.)

If you are already signed up the the High 5 e-mail newsletter, chances are you already got this info. If not, you should take two minutes and sign up now. Make sure you click the "Teen Reviewers and Critics" box, so you get an email when I put up the Spring TRaC Application. You can, of course, take TRaC again.... and again.... and again....

TRaC. The latest shows. Last minute Broadway tickets. High 5 Nights.... All that, and more, just for signing up. (yes, i sound like an advertisement; but it's really worth it!) Don't miss out!

~eric