[nabs-l] Seeking Photos & Performing Artists

[Franandah Damstra]

Oh my gosh! This is so for me! I want to go into voice acting when I'm
an adult, my dream is to act in video games and anime. :-D

On 11/9/08, D.W. Hill <dwhill at epix.net> wrote:
> ***
>
> Now that the election is behind us and autumn is in full swing, NFB's
> Performing Arts Division would like to ask for your help with two
> projects.  First, we're seeking high quality, candid photos (JPEG) of
> young blind entertainers (amateurs or professionals) doing their
> thing to use in brochures and the like.  Send them to PAD's Head of
> Media Relations Donna Hill:
>
> <mailto:dwhill at epix.net>dwhill at epix.net
>
>
>
> Second, we strongly encourage all blind entertainers to participate
> in our survey.  The blurb is below.  The link, if you just want to go
> check it out is:
> <http://www.padnfb.org/perform..html>http://www.padnfb.org/perform..html
> Thanks for your help, Donna
>
> ***
>
> Do you know that there hasn't been a new blind, American superstar
> since Stevie Wonder & Jose Feliciano?  And, if asked to name famous
> blind women, most of us can only think of Helen Keller, who died over
> fifty years ago.  .  Since a strong media presence is helping other
> minorities, the nonprofit Performing Arts Division (PAD) of the
> National Federation of the Blind (NFB), seeks to assist blind people
> pursuing performing arts related goals.  We want to learn more about
> the experiences of blind and visually impaired entertainers.
>
>
>
> Who should participate in the survey? Anyone who is blind or has a
> severe visual impairment who has ever sought to develop their
> performing arts skills as an amateur or professional. This includes
> musicians, actors, comedians, dancers, broadcasters, sound engineers
> and the like. Whether or not you are a member of PAD of the NFB,
> whether or not you have been successful, whether or not you are still
> pursuing your art, we want to hear your experiences and thoughts.
>
>
>
> PAD offers scholarships to blind students majoring in the performing
> arts, funded through the sale of "Sound in Sight" a cross-genre
> compilation of eighteen tracks donated by blind recording artists.
>
>
>
> Help us better serve America's blind entertainers.  New blind stars
> will rise and shed light on issues affecting all blind Americans,
> such as seventy percent unemployment and only ten percent Braille
> literacy among blind kids.
>
>
>
> Take the survey at
>
> <http://www.padnfb.org/perform..html>http://www.padnfb.org/perform..html
>
>
>
> or download a Word Doc at:
>
> <http://www.padnfb.org>www.padnfb.org
>
>
>
> and send to me at:
>
>   <mailto:dwhill at epix.net>dwhill at epix.net
>
>
>
> Let me know, if you would prefer that a Word Doc be sent to you via e mail.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Donna Hill, Head of Media Relations
>
> Performing Arts Division, National Federation of the Blind
>
> 570-833-2708
>
> <mailto:dwhill at epix.net>dwhill at epix.net
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> For my bio & to hear clips from The Last Straw:
> <http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill>http://cdbaby.com/cd/donnahill
>
> Apple I-Tunes
>
> phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=259244374
>
> Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind
> <http://www.padnfb.org>www.padnfb.org
>
>
>
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