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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:purple">for Saratoga’s 2018 MLK Celebration<span></span></span></b></p>

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Performance Artists</span></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica"> interested in lending their talent and activist passion
to several upcoming community events, with an initial focus on <b><i><a href="http://www.mlksaratoga.org">MLKSaratoga.org</a>’s Celebration Weekend (Jan.
12^th thru Jan. 15^th, 2018). </i></b>  Past material
has included performance art adaptations, original spoken word, contemporary
music, and staged readings of the words of civil right leaders.   <i>(Our material and rehearsal schedule will be
based on this year's troupe.)</i><span></span></span></p>

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Transformation) </span></i></b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(16,19,26)">is a troupe of high school and young adult
actors, writers, musicians, and dancers who have been working together since
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    <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;border:none;padding:0in"><b><i><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Currently Meeting</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family:Helvetica">:<span></span></span></i></p>
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out more?</span></b><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Contact:   Lezlie Dana,
Artistic Director<span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -0.5in;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Cell:  518-852-3859 <span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family:Helvetica">email:   </span><u style="font-family:Helvetica"><span style="color:rgb(0,64,157)"><a href="mailto:SHYFTinfo@gmail.com">SHYFTinfo@gmail.com</a></span></u></p>

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"Act" in "Activism," SHYFT <span style="color:rgb(16,19,26)">seeks </span>&
creates opportunities for young adults to use their developing artistic talents
as a vehicle for Social Change and Community Action. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0.25in;margin-left:9pt;line-height:15pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0.25in;margin-left:9pt;line-height:15pt"><img src="cid:ii_j895fhy10_15ed97233a65312e" width="544" height="408"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica"><br></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin-right:0.25in;margin-left:9pt;line-height:15pt"><i style="font-size:13.3333px;font-family:Helvetica"><b>SHYFT 2017!</b></i><br></p>

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