Call for PerformersIndiana Dunes National Lakeshore 50th Anniversary Celebration

September 2016

The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, the 100th anniversary of Indiana’s State Park System and the 200th anniversary of the State of Indiana. Save the Dunes, a regional nonprofit dedicated to the protection our Indiana dunes, proposes to celebrate these meaningful anniversaries through the arts in 2016.

The movement to save the dunes began with a performance - The Great Dunes Pageant of 1917. Pageant planners were a diverse bunch – they included artists, architects, scientists, community leaders and dunes activists. The group utilized the performance as a tool to convey the importance of protecting the dunes landscape by interpreting the history and ecology of the Indiana Dunes. Save the Dunes is currently soliciting proposals for performances that celebrate the spirit of the original pageant for our 50 th Anniversary Celebration at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in September 2016. We are looking for interactive performances about the history, ecology, legend or landscape of the Indiana Dunes aimed at family audiences.

If you or your group would like to be involved in our celebration please let us know:

A. Contact Information

Name(s): Affiliation(s):Phone: E-mail:

Address:

B. Performance Title

C. Please include performance description (limit to 500 words) on additional sheet

For submission or details contact Sarah Weaver at sarah@savethedunes.org or 219-879-3564 x 125.

Proposal Deadline: May 30, 2015

444 Barker Road - Michigan City, Indiana 46360 - 219.879.3937 phone - 219.872.4875 fax