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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Here we go again!

Hello fellow 'Dancers' and friends,

"Dancing on the Edge" has just been invited to the Gig Harbor Film Festival which is the day after the Tacoma Film Festival (which we're in) ends. Just cross the famous "Galloping Gertie" bridge from Tacoma and you're in Gig Harbor. Tacoma runs Oct 9-13 (DOTE screens Monday 10/10 @6:30pm) and GHFF runs 10/14-16 (DOTE screens 9:00pm Friday 10/14). Screening nights are critical to the successful sales of our film and we would like both screening dates to be red carpet events. Therefore, we need as many as possible of our cast and crew to attend both nights. Please RSVP if you can attend which one or both nights as soon as you can so we can arrange any transportation or accommodation problems. Highland Light will do all we can to make this another GREAT event for all of you. God knows you deserve it. Also, tell all your friends that may live in the area or church and community groups up there you may have an in with to come see our movie. We need to pack the house every chance we get! Our film has a great buzz about it because of what we've done so far and it sure was fantastic wasn't it? We've got to keep that going right up to the American Film Market in Santa Monica, California November 1-10. That's the biggest film market in the world. The folks at IndieFest were so impressed with our film, our production company, the way we have created 'buzz' and the quality of our marketing materials, that they called us on the phone and Tom and I conducted a conference call where they announced that they would meet us at AFM and personally introduce us to the distributors there!!! Wow! That's just amazing! So we've got to keep this going until AFM. We currently have two distributors interested and we're waiting to hear their offer. But I feel that AFM is where we'll score the winning touchdown! AFM will also present us with an opportunity to possibly sell or fund a multi- picture deal for our next and future films. Needless to say, Tom and I are swamped with homework doing due diligence on the 30-50 distributors out of 400 we will try to meet with. So any support you can give us by attending the festival screening dates gives Tom and I a great foundation to build on at AFM.
We have also been invited to enter our film in the 38th annual Northwest Filmmaker's Festival here in Portland Nov 11-19, and I will be doing that in the morning. It starts the day after we get back from AFM.
I know you've all been waiting for a chance to get a copy of DOTE for your own. I am this week going to be arranging for a limited press of discs so you can all have one. As soon as they arrive you'll all get one. Bear with us a little while longer.
We are also in negotiations with the Kelso Theater Pub in Kelso,WA for a screening and will be seeking screenings in Scappose and The Hollywood Theater in Portland in order to pay some of the costs of marketing that we have accrued and expect to accrue before AFM.
This is all your fault! Thank God! I am the most blessed Director in the world to have a cast & crew so talented and so dedicated as each one of you are! So go get that tux shirt ready because here we go again!I love you guys!

More fun to come, Sandy.

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