February 2011
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Cabaret and Cabernet with The DAVE Project and... →
Looking to make some great business connections AND learn about a good cause at the same time?? Check out Cabaret and Cabernet with The Dave Project this Tuesday!
Join RE/MAX Cityside and The DAVE Project performers for a fantastic evening of networking and entertainment to meet new business contacts and see how you can help support the arts in your local schools, accompanied by your favorite...
January 2011
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We need your help!
Starting January 3, 2011 at 6AM, the DAVE Project: Dedicated Artists for the Vitality of arts Education, will be in the running for a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant. With this money, we would be able to provide 15 six-week after school performing arts programs for public school students who do not have the resources at their schools due to budget cuts. This grant could kick-start our program and...
November 2010
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HoliDAVE! Cabaret and Youth Workshop a success!
A huge thank you to all who came out to support us at our first ever HoliDAVE! Beer & Wine Tasting Dinner Cabaret and our latest installment in our youth workshop series. Both the day and evening were a HUGE success, and we only have more awesome things to come in the near future! Please be sure to check out our facebook page, YouTube channel, and website for tons of pictures and videos! Thank...
September 2010
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HoliDAVE! A Cabaret and Beer & Wine Tasting...
The DAVE Project: Dedicated Artists for the Vitality of arts Education is proud to announce its second fundraiser event, the holiday-themed HoliDAVE! on Saturday, November 27th from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. HoliDAVE! will not only feature incredible cabaret performances by some of our friends from both New York and Rhode Island, but also a beer and wine tasting sponsored by North Smithfield...
July 2010
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First event? Success!
So, now that the chaos from our first cabaret has receded, it’s time to BLOG! How did it go? Very well indeed! We started off the day with our youth workshop, where we had eight participants who worked with us for five hours on acting techniques, vocal techniques, warmups… you name it! We even taught them “Flesh Failures,” which was the finale of our cabaret that evening,...
All kinds of excitement!!
Wow. We have quite a week ahead of us! First of all, we just had an awesome article written about us in the Associated Content by Mary DeBerry (check it out at http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5539446/rhode_island_schools_lose_arts_ed_programs.html?singlepage=true&cat=8), AND our gorgeous website is up at www.theDAVEproject.com. Stop on by and stroll around! Also, there are only FOUR...
June 2010
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Valley Breeze Article!! →
Read this awesome article written by the wonderful Meghan Kavanaugh in the Valley Breeze!
Have you RSVPd to the Cabaret yet?! If not, do so!!! You can find more information on our facebook page, or on our event page!!
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas...”
– This was stolen off of Kevin Broccoli’s wall, but I had to share it… too excellent not to!
Our first press release!!
Okay so we’ve got some really exciting stuff going on! I know I always say that, but it’s because, well, it’s been true a lot lately! Anyway, to start us off, we had our first press release sent out this week to all of the Rhode Island papers, which was put together by our friend Aaron Melaragno. Sweet! Nothing like getting the ball rolling! Then, Alyssa and I were interviewed by...
May 2010
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The DAVE Project's First Benefit Cabaret
The DAVE Project is proud to announce our very first event, which will be a cabaret benefit on July 10th at 8PM at the Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket, RI! This is going to be a very exciting event, where we will be able to show you the caliber of talent we have supporting our project! We are currently expecting to have 12 professional performers from New York City and also some familiar local...
501c3!!!!!!
AWESOME news today… we are OFFICIALLY a 501c3 tax-exempt organization!! “But Alex and Alyssa, what does that mean?” Well, dearest friends, I will tell you! 501c3 status not only means that we are eligible for all kinds of awesome government grants, but that REALLY AWESOME companies will offer some sort of matching incentive program, where when all of our lovely millionaire...
March 2010
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EXCITING STUFF IN PROGRESS!!
So, big things are in progress with DAVE. Today we overnight mailed our application to become a 501c3 non-profit organization, which we should hear back about in around 3 months. If and when we become 501c3, it means we’ll be eligible for government funding. Keep your fingers crossed for good news!
Also, we’ve officially signed our good friend Kristina Perkins on as our grant writer!...
DAVE Project Promo Vid!
We need people to say a few things[/have their cute kids say things] about how performing arts education is important to them and the community, and how the DAVE project could be a way for kids to be exposed to the arts… We’re putting together a video for our PepsiRefresh grant project— let us know ASAP if you’re interested, we want to submit by April 1! If you...
““Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
-Picasso”
First post!!!
Welcome to The DAVE Project’s tumblr blog! This is our first real public announcement of any sort, so this is exciting!
Thanks to our friend Jeff David who suggested we try out a blog to see if we can get some people interested in what we’re doing… with that being said, here goes!
Let me start by saying thank you to all of you who supported our family through these difficult...