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Rogue Year Round July 1

ROGUE YEAR ROUND with SIUCIDE LOUNGE & TALE END!

SCENERIO 1: So, you performed at the ROGUE (anytime between 2002 and the present) and you want to do it again. You want to do it BEFORE the next madness of March descends. You want to do it without competing for audiences with 80 other acts.

APPLY TO PERFORM IN ROGUE YEAR ROUND! Yeah, applying is FREE but it is First Come First Serve. You want to do it and you want to do it NOW! Applications will be accepted until July 25th or whenever slots get filled… whichever comes first.

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SCENERIO 2: The FIRST Rogue Year Round for the season is July 1! Featuring a great double header of shows for a measly $10. SUICIDE LOUNGE & TALE END – a debouched lounge act followed by an even more debouched one-act. Yeah, the evening’s program is rated “R"?. ::grin:: Oh yeah… doors open at 6 at the Starline (831 E. Fern – come a little earlier and order food from next door) and No Latecomers after intermission.

SO WHAT IS THE STORY THIS YEAR?
Rogue Year Round will run the last Friday and Sunday of the month until October. Shows will be paired up with one ticket price.
For more details GO HERE!
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WHY? WHY? WHY?
Well, some of you missed some shows in March. (Like for those of you who were turned away from the “sold out" performances of Tale End.) Some liked the shows so much their friends are sick and tired of hearing about them yammer on and on… and will go see it just to shut them up. Some… just cuz.

WHY? WHY? WHY? Part 2
It’s a diabolical plan. Yes, there are a lot of great things happening in town… why shouldn’t there be more? Lots more. More venues. More performances. More choices. Think about it… this area has always been known for the cultivation of nutrition. Let’s not fight that… lets use that and expand to cultivating talent. Sound byte or slogan… anyone? Fresno: ::swell of music:: We Cultivate. ::music fades abruptly:: O.K… chew on that for a while.

GET INVOLVED?
Sure, you can do that. We are always looking for volunteers. Just send an email to darogue@roguefestival.com with the subject line :I WANT TO GET INVOLVED! We’ll be glad for the help and you’ll be glad to get into the shows for free.

Oh yeah and... there will be an EXCLUSIVE SPONSOR for each month's Rogue Year Round. This first one is being sponsored by JUNGLE WEBS. They are an Arts Friendly Webs Solution outfit. To find out how to become an exclusive sponsor send an email to darogue@roguefestival.com with the subject: EXCLUSIVE SPONSOR.

So… there you have it. These performances benefit the performers and the Rogue. See you at the first show, right? RIGHT?

As Marcel mentions in his post below, this festival works because so many folks put forth an over-the-top amount of energy. Besides their regular chores of earning
their daily bread, child-rearing, school-going, and sometimes even
producing their own shows, these folks were collecting tickets, keeping accounts, selling advertising, putting up posters, creating websites, setting up chairs and setting up sound systems.

Though I know I cannot include everyone who deserves it in a list of ‘thank-yous’, I wanna throw out the names of some of the people who directly impacted those of us working over at Veni Vidi Vici---and that was just one pin-point part of the Rogue:

Sarah for keeping us stocked up on cold drinks and snacks,
Devon and Christine for making sure that there were volunteers to help with the tickets and accounting,
To all those volunteers who DID those critical jobs,
To the good folks at Veni’s who, in spite of the fact that they had a busy restaurant to run, took time out to do things like find us the power switch, keep the heaters working and make room in their storage shed for the P.A..
Thanks to Eric for setting up the sandwich/posting boards and then running around filling in wherever he was needed.
Thanks to R.P. for supplying and hauling the P.A. system.
Thanks to all the performers and audience members---that was the point of it all, right?
Thanks to John Jordon, R.P., Marcel and Devon for putting up with my occasional panicked phone calls.
And big BIG thanks to my counter-parts in hosting over at Veni’s:
wonderful veteran Todd Severson
and first-timer but immediate pro Bill Trayler.
Remember, we all get about 35 minutes off, and then they’ll probably
start calling organizational meetings for 2008. See you there!
--Blake

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Final from Moneypenny!!!

To all performers!!

First, thank you for participating in the 2007 Rogue Performance. I loved meeting those of you that I met, and I'm sorry that I didn't meet those of you I didn't meet.....

Many of you didn't show up at the Starline/Starline Grill on Saturday night for payment. If you are local, and would like to get your payment, I will be at the Starline Grill tonight (Monday) from 5:00 - 6:00. ***PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE email me if you can meet me, so I can ONLY bring your payment.*** I do not like carrying all the payments around.....

If you cannot meet me this evening, or you live out of town, I will be making your payments via Paypal before the weekend, using the email address we have on file. Please note, you do NOT have to have an established Paypal account to receive payment - they will notify you of a payment, and email you instructions.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me at: apj@roguefestival.com

Thanks again for spending some time with the Rogue. We look forward to seeing you again next year.

"Airplane" Jayne
aka Moneypenny

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Rogue Report -March 9 - Don't thank me...

... thank the current crop of organizers, the volunteers, the performers and artists, the audience and all those who have supported the Rogue in cash or kind. And this is not from any sense of false modesty... but it is YOU who made the Rogue what it is this year.

This will be my last posting here for this festival season and I want to share a few thoughts.

ON RETIRING MY POSITION (which I did last year)
It just has to be if the Rogue is to continue to evolve. If it is truly to be a community event... then it should not be tied to one person or group of individuals. It went from the efforts of those involved in Theatre J'Nerique to it's own entity to where we are now... and you will take it forward.

ON WHERE IT WILL GO
Hopefully with a little restructuring... a better organisation... a vibrant organisation... an annual event that embraces and encourages talent and creativity year round.

ON WHAT I HOPE NEVER CHANGES
It's founding principles... non-curated, non-juried and 100 percent to the performers. The phrase "freedom of expression" is bandied around a lot these days... until it becomes inconvenient. May this NEVER happen to the Rogue.

ON WHAT I HOPE CHANGES
That the amount of talent that is highlighted in the festival inspires:

• More (and affordable) performing venues to open.
• The realization that the ARTS is good for business.
• So much more can happen and be supported year round!

ON WHAT I LIKE THE MOST ABOUT THE ROGUE NOW

1. The ability to hop shows once a year WHERE I LIVE! I would walk the Fringe in SF for years wondering when the day would come when I could do it without paying for a hotel room. Well, that day is here.

2. Watching the evolution in confidance & creativity of local performers bloom.

3. I am most pleased this year with the number and quality of ORIGINAL LOCAL SHOWS in the festival. Nothing wrong with the tried and true (and playing it safe)... but the bold and new is really where it's at. Why shouldn't WE be the first place introduce to the audience what they will want?

4. Also, this year more local performers are considering taking their shows out of Fresno to other festivals. That is so cool!

5. The sense of community that it's building.

6. Not being in charge and being able to watch ENTIRE shows in the festival for the first time in 6 years!

7. The out of town acts who come to share and hopefully spread the gospel of the Rogue in their continuing adventures!

So, there you have it. LA, Joel, Jen, Jodi, Paul, Jag, Blake, Terri, Cindy... our baby is on it's feet now... those trips to the SF Fringe were sure fun... but this is a lot closer and is something to be proud of. To the wave of Core that came next... you guys ROGUE! So, Rogue On... it is in capable loving hands now. may it flourish.

Cheers!
marcel