Wildfire Dance Theatre

How should organizations be approached?

	Book WDT’s visit to your community for a 1 to 2 week period. Provide start and end dates. Venues and Performances do not need to be established prior to this step.

	Approach organizations for which your community would like to have WDT to perform. In addition to school principals and Executive Directors also consider approaching teachers and other individuals in each organization.

	Send a member(s) of your community to represent, promote, and introduce WDT in an organization or school. The representative’s role is to gage the administrator’s interest and response to the project and to make known the project’s usefulness in promoting the organization’s values or help in advancing their learning objectives. Consultation is advised for coming to an agreement on how to introduce and promote WDT, although we have some suggestions. For example, in promoting a high school venue with a world religions class, the representative(s) might decide to talk to the teacher of the class and the principal in the same meeting to come to a mutual understanding of WDT’s ability to enhance the student body’s knowledge on religions- particularly the Bahá’í Faith. In some situations, mention of the Faith during the performance may not be permitted at all or could be restricted to an appreciative statement of thanks to the Bahá’í community supporting the project. It may be

	Helpful to refer to our pamphlet and appeal to the social issues WDT performs about when speaking with the administrator.

	After establishing a venue date, promote it by the brochures (provided by WDT) and through any other means your community decides is necessary. However, word of mouth has proven to be the most effective means of advertisement, we suggest you do all you can to pro-actively promote it.

	Consult your local youth organizations about how they can support the local tour. They are great resources particularly in finding venues and attracting local youth to each event.

	A contact person should be assigned to represent the host community to ensure timely communication while WDT is in the area. This contact would work closely with the WDT contact person (in the cast). They will also be responsible to relay new information to anyone in the community involved with WDT activities during their stay in your community. Any needs that the host has prior to the arrival of the theatre would be channelled to the Director Jayce Broda.

	Since the Wildfire Dance Theatre is no longer funded by any other Institution, we now accept charitable donations. The suggested amount is $350.00 per performance. The venue needs to be informed that although we are a not-for-profit organization, we ask for donations to help support our expenses and build Wildfire’s future.