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Watch or perform in our next OPEN MIC night!
Blumenthal Performing Arts invites you to participate in our next OPEN MIC night event on Friday, Jan. 23. This free event is open to performers and spectators of all ages. Instrumentalists, singers, dancers, storytellers, poets, jugglers, magicians and others are all welcome. Audience seating is on a first-come-first-served basis.

Interested in performing? Please see below for registration details and performance guidelines. Beginning performers, as well as veterans, are encouraged to participate.

Due to great interest, we have implemented a lottery system for selecting performers. If you would like to perform on Friday, January 23, please send an email to [email protected] and include the following information:

1. First and Last Name of the performer(s)
2. Performance Genre (singing, playing an instrument, telling a story, etc.)
3. Current City

We will accept emails from interested performers between Wednesday, January 7 and Wednesday, January 14. Names will be "drawn from a hat" on Thursday, Jan 15, and results of the lottery will be emailed to everyone who requested a performance spot.

If your name is not drawn for the January 23 event, please come cheer on other local talent as an audience member, and plan to submit your name again for future OPEN MIC events.

Know someone who needs to showcase their talent? Forward this email and encourage them to sign up.
Guidelines
� Performances must be no longer than 5 minutes
� Performances must be appropriate for a general audience�inclusive of very young children.
� Performances must stay within the stage dimensions: 33' wide x 18' deep
� Blumenthal will provide: up to 5 microphones, CD player, ipod connection, piano, DI box for instrument amplification (1/4" plug), chairs and stools
� Each performer and group must set up the stage for their act within 90 seconds and clear the stage of their properties within the same amount of time.