Hello Mountaineers! (I swear it'll catch on.)
If you're new, welcome to the Mountain Region Community Group! Samantha Wilson and I are your co-chairs, both based in Las Vegas, NV--she's at the Neon Museum, and I'm at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts. Our regional community group covers more territory than many of the others, so our meetings have been virtual, but with TLCC around the corner, we hope to get to meet at least some of you in person! Sam and I are pretty excited about that.
Please take a second to introduce yourself. If you're not-so-new, but you haven't introduced yourself to the group yet, consider this your invitation. Who are you, from where do you hail (organization and city), what do you do there, are you going to TLCC, how was your weekend? Tell us whatever you like. We're great listeners!
Twyla Mitchell
Senior Director, Ticketing & Box Office
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Las Vegas, NV
(Yes to TLCC and I had a lovely weekend, how kind of you to ask!)
My name is Cindy Stults. I am the Accounting Manager for the Santa Fe Opera, in Santa Fe, NM. We are a festival opera and this is our busiest time of the year. I worked most of the day Saturday and I was just a vegetable on Sunday!
Hi Cindy!
What a pleasure to meet you! When you come up for air, I'd love to hear more about what it's like doing a festival of opera. I saw on your website that you have an amazing season!
But for now, take all the time you need. We all get what those intense work times are like.
Twyla
Hello! My name is Samantha McAllister. I am the Box Office Manager at Idaho Shakespeare Festival. I gained this particular position quite suddenly back in May of 2020 and have been learning here and there how to use Tessitura since then. I'm excited to attend my first TLCC in person! I attended the virtual one last year. We are facing the challenge of keeping our patrons cool at our outdoor amphitheater through THIS weekend. It's supposed to get up to 105 degrees on our closing night of Romeo and Juliet!
Hi everyone! I have yet to introduce myself. My name is Acacia Barnett and I'm the System Administrator for the Lensic Performing Arts Center Consortium in Santa Fe, NM. I'm originally from San Antonio, TX, but have called Santa Fe home for the last decade. This will be my first year attending TLCC in person and I'm very much looking forward to meeting many of you. We're getting some much needed rain here in Santa Fe, so I plan on spending the coming weekend mostly indoors with my two pups.
Hi Samantha!! Happy to have you here. And really looking forward to meeting you at TLCC this year! Hope your patrons are able to stay cool this weekend! Let us know how it goes!
Hello Everyone!!
I am Samantha Wilson, the other co-chair of this amazing group. I will be attending TLCC this year (first time in person!!) and I am looking forward to meeting anyone who will also be there.
Looking forward to connecting with you all!
Samantha Wilson
Senior Database Manager
The Neon Museum
Hello Acacia!
It's a pleasure to get to meet you -- and soon to actually get to MEET you! It's going to be terrific to get to see you at TLCC. How long have you worked for Lensic?
Hurray for both rain and pups!
See you soon!
Hello Samantha!
I'd love to hear the story of how you were suddenly the Box Office Manager. And oh my goodness, 105 degrees in an outdoor amphitheater! What are you planning to do for that? YOW.
Can't wait to meet you in person in just a few weeks!