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Project Director <br />Name <br />Rah (Sarah) Bickley <br />Project Director Title Fund Dev elopment Chairperson <br />Project Director <br />Street Address <br />12 Streamv iew Ct. <br />Durham, NC 27713 <br />Project Director <br />Phone <br />919/452-6586 <br />Project Director <br />Email <br />rahbickley@mac.com <br />W hat are you <br />requesting funding <br />for? <br />Operational expense (arts organizations ONLY) <br />Request Summary $2,500 in salary support, including $2,000 for Artistic Director Laura <br />Sam and $500 for Pianist Deborah Hollis. <br />Organizational Goals W hile the Cov id-19 pandemic continues to grow, our highest <br />organizational goal is to transition successfully to performing as an <br />"online choir" offering our unique music to the Chapel Hill – Carrboro <br />- Orange County community and beyond. <br />Artistic Director Laura Sam reached a major milestone toward that <br />goal on August 3, when she led our first online rehearsal ov er Zoom. <br />That achiev ement required her to spend hundreds of hours <br />mastering new audio and v ideo editing programs, and to inv est <br />heav ily in the best software and hardware. Now Sam is teaching other <br />choir directors statewide and beyond to do what we hav e done, by <br />offering free “v irtual choir boot camps” and leading the v irtual choir <br />segment of the upcoming conference of the American Choral <br />Directors Association’s North Carolina chapter. <br />W VC has been around for 27 years, and we want to be here for many <br />more. Our goal can best be achiev ed by retaining our excellent <br />Artistic Director and Pianist. W e want to keep them, and we need to <br />pay them. If we can do that, we can meet all our other goals. <br />Howev er, the cancellation of our spring concert means our income is <br />down. <br />So, $2500 in support from OCAC would help sustain our leadership <br />and allow us to continue offering our unique musical contribution to <br />Orange County and the Triangle. <br />How will you <br />evaluate whether or <br />not your goals have <br />been met? <br />Our goals will be met when we: <br />• raise at least $3000 in salary support for our Artistic Director and <br />Accompanist; <br />• successfully transition the majority of the chorus to online <br />rehearsals; and <br />• successfully present our first online performance. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 3F985C37-D2C9-4BF0-A6DB-7FEECEB25CCB