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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>May 6, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>Contact: Kate Starczewski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>(518) 587-4427<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"'>info@homemadetheater.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Jonathan Foster Memorial Performing Art Incentive Award Given by Home Made Theater<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Home Made Theater will offer a scholarship of $500 to a graduating senior who will pursue courses in the performing arts either as a performer or on the technical level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The student needs to have demonstrated an active interest in his/her area and should submit: a list of activities in this area, including clubs, classes and performances which he/she has been involved in for the past three years; two letters of support, preferably from people within the discipline in which the student is applying; a high school transcript; a letter written by the student that includes pertinent information on his/her goals, the schools to which he/she is applying, the course of study he/she intends to pursue and other information which may offer important criteria in the selection process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The required items should be mailed to Home Made Theater, Jonathan Foster Memorial Award, P.O. Box 1182, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 by May 20, 2013. Please include your home address, email address and telephone number.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>