Hi Folks,

Enjoy ... :

Valentine Workshop
We are offering an interesting and free valentine workshop at TAP on Wednesday Feb 6, from 3:30-5:30. Children are asked to bring papers of any and every kind: maps, cards, letters, lists, magazines, bags and other recyclable paper. Martha Eldredge will demonstrate ideas to play with to your heart's desire! We'll cut otherwise throw-away paper into lots of hearts and then layer and build heart creatures, pictures, bookmarks or mobiles. We'll ask each child to donate one of their creations for a Tendercare resident forValentine's Day. Join Martha and Chris for some FREE fun and bring your friends!

TAP Member Exhibit
TAP members are welcome to continue to exhibit and offer Art for sale at Samuel's beginning Feb 1. The November/December show was successful with 8 sales! To keep things simpler, we are dropping 'themes' and will hang your best work as it come in and rotate the exhibit as work sells and space allows. Please contact Chris for more information.

The Leelanau Theme Song
is now on line at youTube and was featured on Leelanau.com on 1-29-08. Check it out, leave a comment for the kids! Click the title for the direct link to youTube.

Flipbook Workshop
TAP is doing a flip book workshop at the Montessori school in later Feb. with the completed projects being sent to a festival competition in the Czech Republic! If any other students under 15 yrs old, are interested in entering, they can make books at home and we'll include them in the entry shipment. Deadline: April 15 at TAP. More info can be found here:
AniFest

February Workshop:
Patchouli!
Feb.11-15, 3:30-5:30pm $50 member/$65 non member. Acoustical duo Julie Patchouli and Bruce Hecksel are collaborating with TAP! Patchouli has given TAP permission to use their music in animated projects and now they are creating a series of instrumental "shorts" ... music that is one minute or less for the kids at TAP to create animations to this week! TAP will have an opportunity to screen projects created before Patchouli's concert at the Suttons Bay High School Friday, February 29 at 7:30pm. Patchouli's concert is sponsored by FOFA. Please rsvp by 2-6-08.

February Potluck:
2-8-08 ... 6pm ... see you there!

Dog Safety video update:
An amazing piece was created at a fun workshop. Stay tuned for it's premiere showing.

East Lansing Children's Film Festival

The Main Festival information/tickets can be found here:
elcff - TAP will be shown at these times on 2-9-08: wwwww.sbdnl.tap at 11:10 a.m and Better Know a Pres at 1 p.m.

The Youth Film Competition is at 2:45 on Sunday and the Directors Round table, which I hope many of the YFC winners can also attend is at 1 pm at S. Kedzie hall.

2008 East Lansing Festival Winners
Elementary school division:
2nd Place
Happy Christmas Time, Alisa
Suttons Bay Public, Suttons Bay

Middle school division:
2nd Place
I’m a Raindrop: Poetry of Theta Burke, Andrew and Rachel
Leland Public School and Home School, Suttons Bay
Honorable Mention
The Invisible Flower, Olivia
Suttons Bay Public School, Lake Leelanau, MI

High school division
2nd Place
Perspective, Zoë
Suttons Bay High School, Lake Leelanau
3rd Place
The Perfectly Seasoned Life, Kayleigh
Suttons Bay High School, Lake Leelanau,
Honorable Mention
Box, Clayton
Suttons Bay High School, Cedar

fyi, there is a contingency of students/adults planning to travel to the
festival and the more the merrier!

Congratulations to all the students! ... some wonderful pieces were created and TAP would encourage you to submit these to festivals over the next year. We have found that juries are quite diverse around the world and some movies that don't make it into one festival are highly rated at others. If you would like more info about festivals, contact Chris or Ken. In fact, if you would like to be the official 'TAP festival entry organizer' ... we'll assist!

and ...

We just received word that TAP entries were received and are being considered
at a festival in Czech Republic!

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all our best,

Ken and Chris
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Ken Scott - Co-Director
Chris Allen-Wickler - Co-Director
P.O. Box 528 Suttons Bay, MI 49682
231-271-0104

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