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7.1.B. - Page 4 <br /> Attachment A <br /> BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CIVIC CULTURAL COMMISSION <br /> LARGE GRANT APPLICANTS FY 15 -16 <br /> Ballet America. Ballet America is a community based Ballet Company for students ages 2 - 65. <br /> Funds requested are to provide funding for their annual production of "The Nutcracker" held at the <br /> Fox Theater. The production includes two matinees and evening performance and is part of with <br /> the annual Hometown Holiday event held annually on the first Saturday of December. <br /> Funding Requested: $3,000. Funding Recommended: $2,000. <br /> Circulo Cultural /Redwood City Library Foundation. Circulo Cultural and the Redwood City <br /> Library Foundation are inviting the community to participate in the 4 Annual Dia de los <br /> Muertos /Day of the Dead event downtown Redwood City on Theater Way in November 2015. <br /> Attendees can come and enjoy sugar skull painting, children's activities, Catrinas face painting for <br /> adults and children, altars created by families, procession, music and traditional food and treats. <br /> The day emphasizes the traditional, cultural, and artistic values of the Mexican culture. Funding for <br /> from the Civic Cultural Commission will help increase the capacity of the event across the board. <br /> Funding Requested: $5,000. Funding Recommended: $2,500. <br /> Dragon Productions Theatre Company. Dragon Productions Theatre Company is a non - profit <br /> live theater production company who recently opened a new theatre in downtown Redwood City. <br /> The company will use the funds they received to support Dragon's new "Monday Night Play Scene" <br /> series. The idea is to make the theatre available to local artists on a number of Monday nights with <br /> the goal to make Dragon Theatre more of a community hub. <br /> Funding Requested: $5,000. Funding Recommended: $3,500. <br /> Golden Thread Productions. Golden Thread Productions is the Bay Area's only theatre company <br /> focused on the Middle East, defined broadly and inclusively. Golden Thread's Fairytale Players will <br /> present and in- school theater program assembly at then Redwood City School district schools, <br /> serving approximately 5,000 Kindergarten -5 graders. Actors provide access to rarely told stories <br /> and perspectives of the Middle East in a 50- minute theatrical performance followed by a talk -back <br /> sessions with performers and brief dance workshop, allowing students to ask questions. <br /> Funding Requested: $2,500. Funding Recommended: $2,250. <br /> Orion Alternative School. In Orion Alternative School's goal to celebrate diversity and offer <br /> students a sense of global citizenship, they bring in the Cheza Nami Foundation. Representatives <br /> from this non - profit foundation come and introduce our students and audience to African culture <br /> through interactive music and dance. The funds received will go directly to the Cheza Nami <br /> Foundation for hosting these assemblies. <br /> Funding Requested: $1,700 Funding Recommended: $1,150 <br /> Peninsula Symphony. The Peninsula Symphony is requesting funds to support the Bridges to <br /> Music in school program for students in Redwood City elementary schools. The program brings <br /> Peninsula Symphony musicians into the schools to provide education to more than 1,200 students. <br /> Their grant request will provide funding for the Bridges to Music program to community locations <br /> and elementary schools in Redwood City. <br /> Funding Requested: $6,000 Funding Recommended: $3,000. <br /> Page 1 <br />