Cultural Preservation Award for Creative Sanford, Inc. and Celery Soup
Sanford (Fla.)
Community theater--United States
Theater--United States
Awards--United States
Historic preservation--Florida
TheCultural Preservation Award presented by the Sanford Historic Trust to Creative Sanford, Inc. in 2011 for the play <em>Touch and Go</em>. The award contains images from the play and the address of the Princess Theater, where the play was performed.<br /><br />Creative Sanford, Inc. is a non-profit organization created to manage Celery Soup community theater productions. The original idea for the Celery Soup project came from Jeanine Taylor, the owner of a folk-art gallery on First Street in Sanford, Florida. Their first production was <em>Touch and Go</em>, a play focusing on the people of Sanford and their determination to overcome various obstacles, including the Freeze of 1894-1895, the fall of Sanford's celery industry, and the closing of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford in the 1960s. Richard Geer and Jules Corriere, partners from Community Performance International, were in charge of assessing oral histories, converting them into scenes for the play, and writing original songs. Director Geer also used an all-volunteer cast from the local community, many of whom were not experienced actors. In the process of producing the show, Creative Sanford decided to rehabilitate an historic building, the Princess Theater, which is located on 115 West First Street and owned by Stephen Tibstra. The Creative Sanford offices are housed in the Historic Sanford Welcome Center, located at 203 East First Street.
<a href="http://www.sanfordhistorictrust.org/" target="_blank">Sanford Historic Trust</a>
Original 8.5 x 11 inch certificate, May 9, 2011: <a href="http://www.sanfordhistorictrust.org/" target="_blank">Sanford Historic Trust</a>, Sanford, Florida: <a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc.</a>, Historic Sanford Welcome Center, Sanford, Florida.
Thompson, Trish
Reisz, Autumn
Miller, Mark
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Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
Princess Theater, Sanford, Florida
Historic Sanford Welcome Center
Seminole County (Fla.)--History, Local
Museums--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)--History
According to its website, "The mission of the Historic Sanford Welcome Center is to enrich the Sanford experience by serving as a communications hub; operating as a welcome center to provide education and information marketing Sanford as an arts, culture, recreation and historic destination."
<a href="http://www.sanfordwelcomecenter.com/" target="_blank">Historic Sanford Welcome Center</a>
Historic Sanford Welcome Center
230 East First Street
Sanford, Florida 32771
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Sanford, Florida
Letter from Chris Dorworth to Trish Thompson (June 16, 2011)
Sanford (Fla.)
Community theater--United States
Theater--United States
Historic preservation--Florida
A letter from Florida House Representative Chris Dorworth recognizing and congratulating Creative Sanford, Inc. and its then-President Trish Thompson for their work preserving and presenting community history through folk-life plays, specifically <em>Touch and Go</em>.<br /><br />Creative Sanford, Inc. is a non-profit organization created to manage Celery Soup community theater productions. The original idea for the <em>Celery Soup: Florida’s Folk Life Play</em> project came from Jeanine Taylor, the owner of a folk-art gallery on First Street in Sanford, Florida. Their first production was <em>Touch and Go</em>, a play focusing on the people of Sanford and their determination to overcome various obstacles, including the Freeze of 1894-1895, the fall of Sanford's celery industry, and the closing of Naval Air Station (NAS) Sanford in the 1960s. Richard Geer and Jules Corriere, partners from Community Performance International, were in charge of assessing oral histories, converting them into scenes for the play, and writing original songs. Director Geer also used an all-volunteer cast from the local community, many of whom were not experienced actors. In the process of producing the show, Creative Sanford decided to rehabilitate an historic building, the Princess Theater, which is located on 115 West First Street and owned by Stephen Tibstra. The Creative Sanford offices are housed in the Historic Sanford Welcome Center, located at 203 East First Street.
Dorwoth, Chris
Original letter from Chris Dorworth to Trish Thompson, June 16, 2011: <a href="http://www.celerysoupsanford.com/" target="_blank">Creative Sanford, Inc.</a>, Historic Sanford Welcome Center, Sanford, Florida.
Thompson, Trish
Reisz, Autumn
Miller, Mark
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Creative Sanford, Inc., Sanford, Florida
Princess Theater, Sanford, Florida
Office of State Representative Chris Dorworth, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida