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www.tanys.org Callboard - Volume XX • Issue 2 • Fall 2023 Page 17 Are you involved in high school theatre? Check this out! Each winter, NYSTEA (New York State Theatre Education Association) hosts an annual High School Theatre Conference at the Villa Roma Resort in beautiful Callicoon, New York. This high- spirited weekend is jam-packed with fun and educational theatre workshops, performances, and special events. This year will be the 27th Annual Student Conference held January 5-7, 2024. If you are a high school theatre teacher/advisor/director, please consider bringing your students to the conference. It's a great way for students in grades 10-12 to attend workshops given by professionals in the field and network with hundreds of other theatre students across the state in a fun and safe environment. Deadlines for attending are approaching fast. For more information, please check out the website at NYSTEA.org . Theatre transforms lives, and all children should have access to theatre education. Toward these ends, and over many years, NYSTEA has succeeded in requiring Theatre Teacher Certification, helped create the certification exams, compelled the addition of performance credits for graduation, and more. NYSTEA continues to be the primary theatre education advocacy organization in New York State, working in alliance with other arts educators and helping to write the new State Education Standards for Theatre. For more information, contact NYSTEA secretary Colleen Law-Tefft at dramamom4562@gmail.com . NYSTEA Overview Barbara Seaton, Rome Community Theater President selling raffle tickets for the handmade TANYS quilt at the 2022 Festival Dianna Angell, BMI Awards judge, announcing BMI Design competition winners at the 2022 Festival