 And I think about it made me think about various highlights, so, so many, and a moment where, where we were offered part of this dirt. I think this is the last bit of land, with this mandate to take it with you, to carry it with you, to carry those stories, to keep it alive even after it's gone. And it made me think about what we do here, not just in this week, but in our own work, in our own lives, and get intentioned. I was at the same session with Allison around art and immigration, and there were these kids that were running around. And it was, I think Allison's pointed out, like, how amazing that these kids are growing up hearing these conversations, because they're going to pick this up. And you can see that art, this is how you express it, this is how the values are stored. And it's just there, like, they're picking it up. And seeing Kathy's daughter in this show, that was just beautiful. It's just so, so moving. I thought about a piece of the conversation that came up at the Art and Community Development around values that drive this work. And how we hit a reminder to take that moment to think about what are the values that inform what we do. And even hearing these conversations, like the report backs us, just to get a reminder for us as an organization to articulate those values, for us as a field to articulate those values, for all the way down to your own work to articulate those values. And again, going back to what she was saying about intentions, the intentional. And so these are so many things that have just been buzzing around. And again, I feel like after these events, it's usually about three weeks later where someone's like, oh, okay. And it's just a lot to process in the moment, all right now. But I feel like now, like several of you have, the other thing that I'm just pretty impressed with is that there's a lot of people who've been to multiple professors now. Like in a good, substantial number, they've been to all three of them. Which is really impressive because these happen with a lot of regular, like every other month, you know, a weekend somewhere that's really difficult to get to. So that was that. It was a great moment. And now it's really a lot of my time thinking like, how are the dots connecting? And how a lot of the same things are coming up. And how it looks different, but so much is the same. And how are we building allies between ourselves and our hosts in all of these places, between our host communities? And how does that start to ripple out nationally? And there's always been this part of the net that I value, which is trying to build a movement. And that's the part where it gets really exciting and complicated. And I feel like in some ways, overwhelming. And then, you know, I was thinking about what Stephanie said earlier about, like, you know, what you're talking about, John. And my earlier, like, where you mentioned, like, places like Oshay and Junebug and Roadside. I could go, there's a really long list of people who help pave a path, a clear path, and that are models. That becomes really important, because I think sometimes it feels like we're making it all up. And sometimes we are, because we're, can you make it up the way that makes sense for us? But it's also that reminder that we have these people who can help, these people who help clear that space. And so that also makes me happy. So all of these, where's all this going? To Hawaii. We were recently in Honolulu doing some prep work. And it's like all of these communities, it's really, places really complicated. And I think it's like, like, you're being here in New Orleans, it just also reminded me of, like, you have these perceptions of a lot of these places. And New Orleans, there's so much to celebrate. There's so much beauty. You can't mistake the city for any other city in this country. And Honolulu is similar. It's so beautiful, and it's so complex. What folks, the conversations that folks are having, what folks are dealing with, they connect so much to the conversations we've been having in all these other cities. And so, I just want to thank the city, you know, that Alison was saying that, that we're now at the point where it's time to start connecting dots. And it's time, you know, our hope is that when we get there to Honolulu, it all kind of takes a step. Then it starts to gel, and so those connections become other more important. There's realities, like the part of why we're going to Honolulu. It's not the easiest place to get to. It's really expensive to get there. I got here. People do it. Not down here. And it's now, it's our turn. It's our turn. We have friends, one reason we've heard a lot from people who are in Honolulu and in Hawaii, is that they usually have to come here if you want to engage with your peers. If you want to break the isolation, you've got to come here. Because when people go there, they're on vacation. And you know, and then you get it. But we want to just create that space where we can offer that support, where we can offer that point where we get out of all of these places. We want to share that with our friends and peers there. And so the dates for Honolulu are June 13th through the 18th. June 13th through the 18th. It's coming June 2013. We will, registration, we hope will open up in early maybe, if you were. And we want to just give you enough time. And then we're still sorting through how to make travel subsidies available. But know that that is something that we're just aware of. We understand the realities of what it means to travel a long distance. So as something that's really important is just to have people in the room. That's what Carol said. If you're not at the table, you might be on the menu. If you want to at the table, we won't put you on the menu. But yes, I just want to put that out there. Just to take a moment to extend the invitation. We not only want you there, but we're going to need you there. And so if you can once again help us out and join us. So all of that. So thank you for letting me just kind of get that out of my heart. I really want to acknowledge really briefly Alicia Tonsik who is sitting in the room. Yesterday, how do you put ensemble into administrative structures? And the work that doesn't always get seen and Alicia does that. She knows that she carries those values. And she works that way. And we are an organization because she brings those skills to this organization. So thank you. We have here Shereen Azad who has been on our staff for just a few months. And it's just been an incredible difference. The work to this Dennis here. Sabrina Hamilton processing registrations, working with members. These jobs are huge. And I really want to thank you all for making our organization a better organization. And my dear, dear, dear friend who I love so much, Ashley Sparks. There's nothing micro about the microphone. Everything that you experienced this weekend. She was working with folks here. She had people helping her on the ground. And she's also actually taking time to meet individually with people. To go check out the sites. The work, the list is so big and long. And Ashley does a great job. She's really amazing. So I want to thank you. So thank you all. We're not done. Yes, we're going to do some more. Thank yous. This is my favorite part, by the way. Because it really comes down to like, we can't ever, never, ever, ever get something up. Thank you. Thank you. It's like this moment is just acknowledged what we do. So we're going to keep it acknowledged. Great. Great. So in this... Thank you, Mark. Calling out John and Neil. There are some names I personally need to call. I got here. Those include, I wrote my list. I'm not confessing things very well right now. Carlton Turner. Niall Watkins. Bob Leonard. Joe Carson. Tuffy. Bill Roush. MK and Lisa. Kathy Dinovriga. Kathy Brandels. Nick Slade. Nicole Garno. Those are some much short lists of gratitude for those who allow me to be here. So, and now I've got to run down a list of the people who also made it possible for those who are from out in town to enjoy it today. And this weekend, staff, Mark Ranzas. Pam Roberts. Ben McLaughlin. I love you and I'll make your cookies later. For those of you who know we're doing this on a small budget, what you experience. We have stretched our dollars really far and we're able to do that because we have amazing volunteer support. And that includes folks like... As I said earlier, I'm going to stand up because I think that I want human to be able to see how many people were actually involved in this. Rebecca Muase. Nicole Garno. Bonnie. Louise. Who else? Phil Kramer, who is also a staff and has been a fabulous volunteer for us. Kathy Randles, next slide. Stephanie McKee. Keoko. Colette. Rachel Lee. Ron. Erin. Erin, are you in the house? So Erin, just so you guys know, Erin stayed at my house for eight hours waiting for program books. These are the kind of things volunteers do. Because I was doing other things. Matthew. Owen. Owen, to thank Bruce Frantz. He's been like feverishly making all sorts of documentation as staff. So thank you. Volunteers. Venues. If we had an event at your facility or home, and hey, and Lisa, please stand up. The planning team. If you were ever in a group meeting, potluck, that was epic. Also, if you were a presenter, if you were at some point meeting a conversation, a workshop, yeah, Karen, join us, Brian. Yeah, there we go. So I am only here because of these people, and their generosity in making this possible. And so can we just give it up for all these people? Now I'm going to get to my favorite bar. Okay, so a couple of you at the airport. I'm going to encourage you to, those of you who go back to the hotel, to organize yourselves. If you want to take a group cab, you are welcome. Lawson found there's a hard drive that was left in Lisa and M.K.'s last night. So if you're making this a hard drive, I know it was lost. How hard was that? Tonight at five o'clock here is a community sing that was by Kayla. It's called Organize. And so when we come back, it's going to be fabulous. I've done it the past couple of years, and it's a beautiful event. There are t-shirts for sale, made by Tribe One. Woo-hoo! From that collection. So Sage has t-shirts for sale, and they're there 15 dollars. And immediately following this, the following drivers are going to take folks over to this CAC who are involved in a second meeting. Because we haven't had enough of that. Alright, so Rebecca Mosse, Diane, Phil, Bobby B. Will, Trap, and Stephanie McKee. So if we could all gather right over there with everything wrapped, we'll take a little ten-minute transition. We'll drive folks over to this CAC for more meetings. Oh, you want to answer? Okay, great. And there is a party. Okay, so here's what's going to happen. We're going to... Wash yourselves. Okay, so alright, here's the deal. If you have an announcement for the whole group, comment, stand right here, make a line. Now this can be about how, Brandon, this can be about whatever's coming up in your life, this can be about your residency, whatever it is. Comment, make it quick. You have 30 seconds on it, it's time. Where's Tannis? Tannis, please come and stand on this line. Wrong time to go to the bathroom, girl. This is for anybody who has an announcement they want to pull over to know about. I'm going to give you 30 seconds, and I'm shining. There's another house party today at my house, which is 1224 North Roshow Lane. You can remember it as Christmas Eve on Roshow Lane. And that will be from 3 o'clock on, so people who are coming back here to sing can either come before or after. We're just going to stand up there. So, love to you all, please comment, you're still in town. Great, awesome, good model. Great, 30 seconds. I encourage everyone here to just check out our website nacl.org. We have a deep space performance residency. We support six groups per year from May to November. We offer a week-long supporting residency with a performance for our amazing community. And many of you have been to our theater and our house. It's a really great place to develop our theater people. So, please check out our work. I just want to let you know that Fool's Theory is hosting a working in progress series, we're calling it this year, in the second half of July. It's going to be a 10-day event with lots of cross-pollination and training, et cetera. We have a chance to show short works in progress on a multiple bill of 10, 20, 40 minutes to get these back from the community. We're pretty broke, so we don't have a whole lot of money for it, but we really want to open the space and develop cross-pollination. Check out Fool's Theory.org. Hey, if anyone is sticking around this afternoon evening, then you do not get a chance to check out the running down and on Thursday. We have a show tonight at 8 p.m. Especially if you're staying for the scene right here in Oshay. Once it's done, four blocks down that way is the Dryads Theater. Please come join us. Thank you. Hi there. Every summer, Soviet theater goes to the streets of Jerusalem, divided into city practice. This summer, they'll be in San Francisco and D.C., but also, we're going to be in Honolulu. The Microfest is in July, it's June 13th through 18th, and Honolulu Theater for you has invited us to stay for two extra days. So if you want an excuse to stay for a couple extra days, we're going to do a two-day workshop in devising and city practice at the Honolulu Theater for you for two days. I'll be there. So if you haven't seen howlround.com this week, it's H-O-W-L, round. That is next why I curated a whole Honolulu series this week that had about 10 pieces in it, and it's a really lovely thing to all check it out. That's also where you'll find all of the archives of the live streaming that was going on this week, as well as everything that we've done in New York City. October 17th through the 20th, here in New Orleans, we are celebrating the 50 years of the Free Southern Theater. We're going to a cultural organizers weekend here in New Orleans the week of February 27th, 2034, sponsored by the Arts and Democracy Project and Urban Bush Women and Junebug in the person of Stephanie McKee. So, yeah, so please come. It's the third annual cultural organizers weekend. It's going to be great. Please check out Andy Boyd's book, Beautiful Trouble. This is my new Bible. Awesome. Thank you for your collective announcements. Now, I'm really excited about Honolulu. And so as part of the microphone, we're doing these little teaser trailers to give you a sense of what's next. And I am very grateful to be people talking to me and doing most of the good. I'm going to give you a little sneak peek of one of the things you might see in Honolulu. Honolulu! We have a few things that we're going to do. Just two things. As promised, we will do a hula for all of you. I will not be taking off my shirt. Thank you very much. You'll see that in Hawaii. You'll get enough of that. Before we get into this hula, and before I come to Kumubiki, who really has the knowledge of things, I just want to say a few things. Just to, as we welcome you into our home, we'll just explain what hula is. So we all know that hula is very fun and very entertaining, and that's a huge part of it. It's very much something to be enjoyed. However, hula is also our strongest link that we have to our kuruna, our kuruna, our ancestors. So in the time when it was against the law for us to practice our culture, it was against the law for us to speak our language. Hula survived. And in that was our dances, our stories, our identity, and who we are. We all enjoy hula. We all enjoy hula very much. Just keep in mind that this is who we are. This is how we continue to be Hawaiian. And we're going to do a small, a shortened version of our hula right now, entitled Hanoi Mea and Kumubiki. We'll share it from another one like that. And after that, we'll get to something else. This is a great ballet hula, a dance for all of us to do. It's a chant that was written for the warriors that came in at the first, who was born, who was the king that united the Hawaiian and founded the Wai'i Kingdom. His mother trained the force of Wai'i Mea. So the Tapa place, the Tapa resources. Wai'i Mea was where the warriors went to gather the wood to make their spears, to gather, to train in the force of Wai'i Mea. And the wind and the rain of Wai'i Mea's names keep pool pool. It's an icy cold shippuden. They like that shilin name because when they came in and they used their lure technique of the martial arts training, they came across the field and swept the field and always let this blood shed. The blood red rain they come to the pedigrass on that foot. They came in like that wind. They trapped their enemies like that wind. And they used these techniques of war, of to capture the warriors to defeat their opponents. But the Mea also talks about the love for their people and the love for their loved ones who are into battles. And it talks about the love for their island, their land, and the love for the rain. And so we expect that we will share with you our love for land, our love for our resources and why we advocate with our artwork to protect those natural resources for future generations. So that we don't lose what was left there for our people together to meet, to learn from, to live off of them. Ma Tham Khok, I, Hanoi Mea, I, Khok Sena, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, Hanoi Mea, We're going to share a little bit of Hawaii's chat with you. We usually do this at the beginning of every gathering, even during this because when you come, I'm going to expect that you all have memorized each other's lives. Is that a thing you can do for the rest of your life? Yeah. So we're going to go over. El e o fu small vowel sounds. So we're going to start with a... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Good, from the beginning, my chinati. From the beginning to the end and every time you finish a hō mai, a hō mai, a hō mai, or you modulate up a half step. Hi, oh my, so you don't want to start too high. Can you tell us what it means? I will. Right after we, okay, I'll do this now. I just want to sing it with feelings. Yes, okay. So, if all my needs to give or grant, give or grant the knowledge from above. There's a lot of things that we do that we don't know why we do. It's innate in us so we don't understand, but when we're really looking for the answers, they manifest it in some way, and we know that it's our ancestors that are giving us those answers, that are guiding us along the path. So what we talk about when Moses talked about Kuleala, it's our responsibility because it's who we are. It comes with our family history, our family genealogies, the gut feelings that you know you're doing the right thing. Sometimes we don't want to listen to that, but we know that we always come back to it though. They find a way for making us come back. So give us the knowledge from above of those hidden meanings, those things that we don't understand of in this particular sense of the chant, the hidden meanings of the chant, and we expand that chant to mean all of the things that we really don't have ancestral knowledge of, because they were so far ahead of, so far before, so far ago. And we're trying to recover that language, that knowledge from our ancestors that was lost, and every one of us has that. And then ehomai, ehomai, ehomai, to give us the power to do the work that we do and carry it on. So we usually start all of our gatherings with this one chant. So to prepare you for coming, we start it every day. At morning when we start, we'll be doing this chant every single morning. And usually at the end of the day, we'll close. So sometimes there's no end to the day though. I'm not sure when the day ended. It's like 10,000 ended. So we'll start here and we'll greet you on the shores or ahu or yukam. I would love to have you all join in on this. So three times anu'u up every single time. Makakau? Sorry. So you already understand Hawaiian without me telling you to hanu'u. Repeat. You just understand. Makakau? Oli. Hain Hain Hain Hain Hain Thank you guys for having me. Very, very, very nice things. So this is that. This is the Vemurin Song of Deris. These are the sorts of things that we do. We have touring, exchange support. So we can build a field. We do gatherings and convenings. We have programs for field, field infrastructure. Check us out on our website. If you're a member of NET, thank you. If you're not a member of NET, we'd like your invitation. Check out our website. www.ensembletheaters.net and you've got a place here. This is a home for you. Yes? And you can join us. So I think oh, chocolate is a really good thing. The thing that did not get made is you've seen writers here and we were working with Animated Democracy and these papers are up and some of the documentation is up on our website. Now the Animated Democracy website. So it's really beautiful, complex, wonderful papers documentation. So check those out. I think you like them. And the mixed tapes as we get them going are also on the website with some photos. So check it out. You can go back to your homes, safe travels, and we will see you in Hawaii. Okay, thank you. You're welcome. It's probably a while here. We usually do it pretty close to 12.