Horizons Planning

Horizons. Saturday April 4th. Save the date!!

This is Eddy's email...since we didn't take meeting minutes for the meeting on Monday (2/1), this will suffice as a summary of what we're trying to do with Horizons this year:
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Hey ASC,

Thanks for those who came out today at the meeting and for those who weren't able to make it...here are some things we went over for the Horizons event:

-- Forming Three committees for the Horizon event: Scriptwriting, Dance, and Publicity --

Scriptwriting
Each organization choose a scriptwriter to write a 8-10 minute segment that pertains to their organization.

The theme is that of the experience and perceptions of Asian Americans in Asia.

This pertains to the cultural clashes that occur when Asian Americans who are completely Americanized return to their country of heritage. What happens when these Asian Americans only know how to speak English and their cultural values reflect more of America? How would Asians perceive these Asian Americans? How do Asian Americans perceive these Asians? The major characters from last year's Horizons will be used again as this year's show will be a sequel. Attached to this email is the script from last year's show so please look through that and get an idea where you want the story and charactersto continue. We are looking for prejudices and misconceptions that are unique to each country so discuss amongst your fellow peers who would be up to writing a script. Although the topic is pretty serious and thought-provoking, our goal is to entertain the audience.

If possible, I would like to have each organization choose a scriptwriter by next Monday February 9th. Please email me who your organization's scriptwriter will be to my email address at eshong@wm.edu. By doing so, I can effectively organize a scriptwriter's committee meeting as soon as possible.

Dance
Each organization choose a choreographer that has an extensive or pretty good knowledge of the dance styles found in their respective country that they represent.

The theme of the dance is that of fusion, where we combine the dance styles of all six Asian organizations into one massive choreographed movement. The Asian American element is mostly that of hip hop and so by the end, we have a dance that combines not only six different syles of dancing but the traditional and the modern.

Once again, I would like to have each organization choose a choreographer by next Monday February 9th. Email me who that person will be to my email address and so I can organize a choreographer committee meeting and get started on this right away.

Publicity
Jessica Wu and Se Won Chung will take charge of the publicity for the show, but this will be the final step of the Horizons process. Stay tuned for emails from them about how we are going to advertise this event not only within the college campus but to the greater Virginia area.

Considering the ambitious scope of this year's Horizons, I strongly encourage everybody start cracking on this right away. I know we are slowly becoming swamped with schoolwork and responsibilities to our own organization's events, but the sooner we work on this, the less we have to stress when April comes around.