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The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City is currently seeking proposals for the 2010 ArtsKC Awards luncheon. Now in its 7th year, the ArtsKC Awards has become one of Kansas City's most popular events. Selling out to crowds of over 500 business, civic, and arts leaders, the event features some of Kansas City's best visual and performing arts talent.

Event Date: Friday, March 5, 2010
Honorarium: $400 per group
Event Location: Starlight Theatre's Enclosed Stage
Event Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Application Deadline: Friday, September 18th - 3:00 p.m.

The Arts Council is seeking innovative proposals for up to 4 performances at the 2010 ArtsKC Awards Luncheon. The selected performances will be:

Specifications

• Diverse - vocal, instrumental, theatrical, dance, poetry, etc.
• Appropriate for all audiences
• Representative of the metro area arts community
• No more than three minutes in length
• In full costume (when applicable)

The selected performers' presence will be required at:

• One rehearsal either the day before or the morning of the performance. (TBD)
• The Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 5, 2010, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Starlight Theatre's enclosed stage, 4600 Starlight Road, KCMO

Sold out the past six years, selected performers will showcase their talent before more than 500 metro area business professionals and receive a total of $400 per group, a complimentary lunch and seating if space allows.

Benefits
Performers and their presenting organizations will be:

• Included in all event publicity
• Named in the invitation and program
• Included in an ArtsKC newsletter
• Included in the event's on-stage PowerPoint presentation
• Posted on the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City's website www.ArtsKC.org.

Additionally, performers will have the opportunity to contribute to the event's gift bags.

The opportunity is open to organizations and/or performers residing in the five-county Kansas City metropolitan area (Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties in Missouri and Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas).

Staging
Maximum stage size is 16' x 24' (slightly larger than the 16' x 20' diagram below) and will be supplied by Starlight Theatre/Epic Entertainment. Stairs to the floor will be positioned on both sides of the stage and are the only way to enter and exit the performance space.

Sound and lighting will be provided at no charge. All other expenses will be the responsibility of the performing artist(s).

Eligibility
With the exception of standing microphones, set and prop changes will not be made during the awards luncheon (unless the performers carry them on and off of the stage themselves).

Past performer include:
Alaadeen & group 21, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Alacartoona, Quixotic, Pangea Piano Project, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, StoneLion Puppets/Esoke African Dance and Drum, Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey, KCYA Youth Chorale, Octarium, Puppetry Arts Institute, City in Motion Dance Theater, The Kansas City Boys Choir, Kansas City Symphony, Nine Mile Burn, Traditional Music Society, Ballet North, Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, Heartland Men's Chorus, Rainbow's End Theatre, Ten String Symphony, City Music Company, Coterie Theatre, Louis & Company, Lyric Opera of Kansas City

Interested performers should submit the following items by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2009 to The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City, 906 Grand Boulevard Suite 10-B, Kansas City, MO 64106:

Submission Process & Deadline

Notification
During the first two weeks in October, applicants will be notified, in writing, of the selected performers.  Please contact, ArtsKC Awards planning committee member, Laurie Hess, at 816-843-7952 or mailto:lahess@dstsystems.com..  Previous ArtsKC Awards (formerly the "BCA Partnership Awards") are ineligible.

By KCM Staff