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Attention YA public librarians in Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Passaic, Salem, Sussex and Union couny libraries!

The offer to provide a free YA theater program in partnership with the NJ Theatre Alliance and the NJ State Library for teens in public libraries in all 21 counties is still open because I haven\x92t received an application from a public library in any of these counties.

I was hoping that different libraries from each county would apply from last year, but will take applications from the same libraries if necessary (but different branches would be nice). The deadline to get the application to me is ASAP \x96 or by Dec. 19, 2008 at the latest.

Please take advantage of this program. Due to the economy, it may not be offered next year. The application is attached and the original announcement is at the bottom of this message.

If you have any questions, don\x92t hesitate to ask.

Best,

Sharon Rawlins Youth Services Consultant NJ State Library sraw...@njstatelib.org 609-278-2640 ext. 116 \x96 phone 609-278-2650 - fax

FREE YA program

The State Library and the New Jersey Library Association is partnering with the NJ Theatre Alliance to provide one public library in each county a theatrical reading, workshop, or presentation geared for teens (or tweens) from March 1 \x96 31, 2009. Here\x92s the catch - you need to get your YAs (or tweens) involved. They get to pick the type of program they want and work with you to promote it to their peers.

If you have a teen group or advisory board (or a few teens that will work with younger children) that will be willing to play a major role in choosing the program and promoting it, we want to hear from you! The teens must explain in the application how they are going to promote the program among their peers. One public library from each county will be selected on the basis of how creative, effective and realistic the ideas are for promoting the program.

Specifics: The presentations will be given at your public library from March 1 \x96 31, 2009. Please select a program date for your public library.
Your public library\x92s event will be listed on the Family Week at the Theatre website, www.familyweek.com, scheduled for March 1 \x96 7, 2009 to kick off a month-long celebration called The Stages Festival. All library presentations will feature professionals appropriate to the program- i.e. - actors for presentations or workshops; professional makeup artists, etc.

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