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ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br /> Page 1 <br />BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CIVIC CULTURAL COMMISSION <br />LARGE GRANT APPLICANTS FY 17-18 <br /> <br /> <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: $2,500. Funding Recommended: $1,200. <br /> <br /> <br />Bay Shore Lyric Opera Company. The Bay Shore Lyric Opera Company is a nonprofit <br />organization founded in 1996 in Northern California that serves audiences in the Greater Bay Area <br />counties. BSLO is producing the opera “Carmen” for one night show on September 10th, 2017 on <br />the Courthouse Square. Admission for this opera is free. <br />Funding Requested: $2,500 Funding Recommended: $1,500. <br /> <br /> <br />Broadway by the Bay. This is Broadway by the Bay’s (BBB) seventh season at the Fox Theater <br />and the second time they have applied for a grant from the Commission. BBB has scheduled four <br />full scale musical performances bringing over 20,000 patrons annually to core of downtown <br />Redwood City. Their funding request is to fund operational costs for their 2017 season. <br />Funding Requested: $10,000 Funding Recommended: $4,500. <br /> <br /> <br />Circulo Cultural. Circulo Cultural and the Redwood City Library Foundation are inviting the <br />community to participate in the 7th Annual Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead event downtown <br />Redwood City on Theater Way in November 2017. Attendees can come and enjoy sugar skull <br />painting, children’s activities, Catrinas face painting for adults and children, altars created by <br />families, procession, music and traditional food and treats. The day emphasizes the traditional, <br />cultural, and artistic values of the Mexican culture. Funding for from the Civic Cultural Commission <br />will help increase the capacity of the event across the board. <br />Funding Requested: $6,000. Funding Recommended: $3,000. <br /> <br /> <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 to help fund a new late night series on Friday nights geared <br />toward local musicians and comedians who need a venue and some exposure in Redwood City <br />Funding Requested: $2,000. Funding Recommended: $2,000. <br /> <br /> <br />Fuse Theatre. Fuse Theatre collaborates with partnering organizations to create theatrical <br />experiences that respect and celebrate social awareness and spirit of community through three <br />types of theatre practice- Stage Practice, Applied Theatre Practice and Civic Engagement Practice. <br />They are asking for support from the Commission to purchase portable sound and lighting <br />equipment that will be used to support three projects. <br />Funding Requested: $5,000. Funding Recommended: $1,100. <br /> <br /> <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 />6.1.C. - Page 4