{"id":41908,"date":"2021-04-08T15:06:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=41908"},"modified":"2021-04-08T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:06:16","slug":"tad-51st-biennial-conference-entertainment-2021-casting-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/04\/08\/tad-51st-biennial-conference-entertainment-2021-casting-call\/","title":{"rendered":"TAD 51st Biennial Conference Entertainment 2021 &#8211; Casting Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AEV1BcgANaY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>TAD 51st Biennial Conference Entertainment 2021 (Casting Call)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello TAD Members!<\/p>\n<p>Check out this message from Co-Entertainment Chair Deidra Pelletier. She is sharing this message on behalf of herself and Co-Chair Candy Villesca in regards to a casting call for the TAD Conference&#8217;s final day virtual Entertainment and Awards. Feel free to share this message with anyone that may be interested. Click on the link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AEV1BcgANaY\">TAD&#8217;s 51st Biennial Conference: Entertainment (Casting Call)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[VIDEO DESCRIPTION]: On the left side of the screen is the conference information and logo. The logo is on the far left side of the conference information. The conference information starts at the middle-left in an arched format and white font that says:<\/p>\n<p>Texas Association of the Deaf<\/p>\n<p>51st Biennial Conference<\/p>\n<p>Under that in rainbow colors going left to right with red, orange, light orange, yellow, light green, green, light blue, blue, and indigo it says:<\/p>\n<p>TRANSCEND<\/p>\n<p>Under that in white font going downwards, it says:<\/p>\n<p>From the SELF to the COMMUNITY<br \/>\nAUGUST 4-7, 2021<br \/>\nENTERTAINMENT<\/p>\n<p>Next to the wording on the far left side is the logo of a human tree. The tree leaves are white and the branches are in rainbow colors going from indigo, blue, light blue, green, light green, yellow, light orange, orange, and red in an ombre style. The human head holds the branches and the human is in white signing the conference message of the self to the community.<\/p>\n<p>Below the human are the rainbow colors in circles: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and light purple.<\/p>\n<p>Next to the conference information on the right side in a rounded square frame is Deidra Pelletier, a black woman wearing glasses with shoulder length black hair, wearing a black shirt, and sitting behind a white wall. Below her video in white text, it says socialevents@txad.org.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the video the same conference information and logo appears with the conference link under it in white font that says: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.txad.org\/51st-biennial-conference\/\">http:\/\/www.txad.org\/51st-biennial-conference\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[TRANSCRIPT]:<\/p>\n<p>Hello everyone!<br \/>\nMy name is Deidra Pelletier and I am one of the Entertainment co-chairpersons alongside Candy Villesca, for the virtual TAD conference this upcoming August 4-7th. We are having a virtual casting call!<\/p>\n<p>We are looking for talented Texans from all diverse communities that are D\/HH, DeafBlind, and Deaf Disabled. We are seeking volunteer entertainers such as: Dancers, Rappers, Comedians, Magicians, Actors\/Actresses, Storytellers, Poets, Circus Performers, &#8220;Live&#8221; Painters, Photographers, Mimes, Filmmakers, and many other talents to provide entertainment for the final day of the conference&#8217;s Saturday evening virtual awards and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Please send your pre-recorded video audition to socialevents@txad.org.<\/p>\n<p>Your video must be at least between 1 minutes 30 seconds to 3 minutes and submitted before or by May 5th, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing your auditions.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>JoAnn Benfield, M.Ed.<br \/>\n2021 TAD Conference Chair<br \/>\nAttachments area<br \/>\nPreview YouTube video TAD 51st Biennial Conference Entertainment (Casting Call)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAD 51st Biennial Conference Entertainment 2021 (Casting Call) Hello TAD Members! Check out this message from Co-Entertainment Chair Deidra Pelletier. She is sharing this message on behalf of herself and Co-Chair Candy Villesca in regards to a casting call for&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/04\/08\/tad-51st-biennial-conference-entertainment-2021-casting-call\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[27069,136,27068,852,853],"class_list":["post-41908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-candy-villesca","tag-conference","tag-deidra-pelletier","tag-tad","tag-texas-association-of-the-deaf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-aTW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42239,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/08\/26\/51st-biennial-conference-2021-recap\/","url_meta":{"origin":41908,"position":0},"title":"51st Biennial Conference 2021 Recap","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 51st Biennial Conference Recap The Texas Association of the Deaf kicked off its 51st Biennial Conference on August 4-7, 2021 Transcend: From the Self to the Community was the theme of the conference, led by the amazing, energetic JoAnn Benfield, Conference Chair. 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