#26
Posted: 11/22/07 at 3:14pm
I already made it my homepage!!
Guys, PLEASE go support BC/EFA if you can...I almost cried... — Page 2
#27
Posted: 11/22/07 at 3:33pm
yes, thankyou for posting that website xM3L24x!! I'll definitely be using it as much as possible now :)
http://two-sails.blogspot.com/
#28
Posted: 11/22/07 at 3:39pm
How does it usually work? IF there was no strike? Do the shows give money or something?
#29
Posted: 11/22/07 at 3:45pm
Are you serious?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#30
Posted: 11/22/07 at 4:02pm
ucjrdude- this is what the whole issue is about! Because of the strike, BC/EFA is losing money due to 27 shows not being able to promote donations to the charity and offering items to sell to the audience members
http://two-sails.blogspot.com/
#31
Posted: 11/22/07 at 4:58pm
This is quite sad. It didn't hit me how much BC/EFA was losing until I saw The Ritz yesterday and they mentioned it at their curtain call speech. I wish I had more money to give! Damn being a poor college student. I've given what I can though.
~Steven
~Steven
#32
Posted: 11/22/07 at 5:51pm
ucjrdude902, this time of year, each Broadway show collects money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. They generally do this by making a post-curtain speech after each performance describing the charity and asking for donations. Cast members stand near the doors as audience members leave taking cash donations. Most shows also sell special items, such as signed posters, photographs, or Christmas ornaments to raise money beyond the regular, nightly collection. Each year there is a friendly competition to see which show can raise the most money with the winner being announced at the Gypsy of the Year Event. Due to the work stoppage, the nightly collections and sales at the darkened shows are not occurring with the charity losing about $350,000.00 a week in donations.
GYPSY OF THE YEAR Online Fundraising
GYPSY OF THE YEAR Online Fundraising
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#33
Posted: 11/23/07 at 8:16am
Bump - because this is just too important. 
Go Curtains!
Go Curtains!
#34
Posted: 11/23/07 at 4:09pm
I tried to do the good search thing but it wants alot of info i dont know!
#35
Posted: 11/23/07 at 4:15pm
Why am I not surprised?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#36
Posted: 11/23/07 at 5:48pm
ucjrdude, if you go to the BCEFA web site, it explains everything they do and how they collect funds. The web site is easy to navigate and while you're there - check out the store!
#37
Posted: 11/23/07 at 6:43pm
I asked one of my teachers if he could get the ninth Carols for a Cure CD and he told me that he will try to get it for me the next time he goes to New York City. He asked me where he could get it at, and I told him at the theater. But I'll have to wait until the theaters open back up, when the strike comes to an end. I asked him just yesterday.
R.I.P. Laurann 1987-2005
#38
Posted: 11/23/07 at 6:56pm
Hi iluvcioffi - Why don't you just order it from the BC/EFA web site? You'd certainly get it faster that way.
#39
Posted: 11/23/07 at 7:01pm
But I can't order it myself, cause I'm on SSI and he should get it for me...wait, I'll probably ask my teacher to get it for me online.
R.I.P. Laurann 1987-2005
#40
Posted: 11/23/07 at 7:05pm
I have already missed two performances since the strike began so I contributed online what I would have been contributing at those performances. If (God forbid) the strike continues and the rest of my tickets also evaporate, I will continue to send in what I would have put in when they passed the hat. A shame such a good organization is treated as "collateral damage."
#41
Posted: 11/23/07 at 7:14pm
I just got off the phone with my teacher, and he told me that he could get the ninth Carols for a Cure CD. I'm excited about getting it. I'll probably get it for Christmas. I'm also getting the eighth Carols for a Cure CD for Christmas, too.
R.I.P. Laurann 1987-2005
#42
Posted: 11/23/07 at 7:35pm
Maybe it would send a message to both sides of the strike if a few regular theatre-goers would donate the amount of one of their unused tickets, and say so. It might not, but at least it would accomplish some good in the process.
#43
Posted: 11/25/07 at 9:48am
Bump. Good morning all.
#44
Posted: 11/25/07 at 1:53pm
Cioffi, why don't you just buy it yourself?
Bump.
Bump.
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
#45
Posted: 11/25/07 at 6:21pm
Thanks for posting about goodsearch.com. I used it all day today for BC/EFA.
"If we don't wake up
and shake the nation,
we'll eat the dust of the world,
wondering why...why?"
#46
Posted: 12/13/07 at 6:55pm
Thought I would tack this on to this thread. Just got an e-mail from Accu radio. For the next 3 weeks they are donating a 1.00 to charity for every new listner. BCEFA is one of the charities.
Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder
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