{"id":2023,"date":"2015-04-05T17:05:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T21:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2015-04-05T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T21:13:19","slug":"giving-voice-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=2023","title":{"rendered":"Giving Voice 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hello friends and family!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>You may remember a couple of months ago I shared the exciting news that Brendan was cast in <a title=\"Stuart Little\" href=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=1989\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Little<\/a> at <a title=\"BCT\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonchildrenstheatre.org\/\">Boston Children&#8217;s Theatre<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0Brendan has been involved in classes and camps at BCT since he was four years old. \u00c2\u00a0If you did not get to see the show- it was awesome! \u00c2\u00a0Brendan enjoyed the rehearsals- up to 20 hours a week! &#8211; as well as the fourteen performances! <a title=\"Globe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/arts\/theater-art\/2015\/02\/04\/boston-children-theatre-captures-larger-than-life-world-stuart-little\/L4awGHaxKidcjOq9bdQ9QK\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">The show was even reviewed by the Boston Globe!<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0My &#8220;scene stealer&#8221; was so thrilled!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2356.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2031\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2356-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2356\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2356-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2356-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_2356-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The day Brendan was most proud to be on stage was the day his whole class, all 130 Condon School second graders, came to see Stuart Little. \u00c2\u00a0No small feat after the winter we had! \u00c2\u00a0For many students it was their first time seeing live theater, an experience I am sure will stay with them. Many classes read Stuart Little and were able to relate the book to the play- literature coming to life!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The trip would not have been possible without the support of Boston Children&#8217;s Theater and its Scholarship Fund. \u00c2\u00a0The Scholarship Fund allows all children to participate in classes and camps and attend performances. It is the goal of BCT to make theater accessible to all.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StuartLittle_53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1990 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StuartLittle_53-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"StuartLittle_53\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StuartLittle_53-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StuartLittle_53-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/StuartLittle_53-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Please join our family in celebrating Boston Children&#8217;s Theatre and its fundraising efforts at this year&#8217;s <a title=\"BCT Giving Voice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonchildrenstheatre.org\/givingvoice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giving Voice Front Row Fundraiser.<\/a> Money raised at this year&#8217;s event goes to supporting BCT and its efforts to bring theater to children- &#8220;giving students a strong voice in the arts.&#8221; \u00c2\u00a0It is going to be a fabulous event with some of<a title=\"Chefs\" href=\"http:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/Meet-the-Chefs----.html?soid=1101876441022&amp;aid=ysJ4Ojn0zwk\" target=\"_blank\"> Boston&#8217;s best chefs serving\u00c2\u00a0delicious samplings of local favorites<\/a>. There will be\u00c2\u00a0entrainment\u00c2\u00a0by the talented students of BCT as well. And there will be a live auction with incredible items such as an exclusive stay at a luxury hotel in Cabo, a surf vacation for a family of four at the best surfing beach on the Baja Peninsula, A Floridian getaway, excellent Red Sox tickets, a Broadway weekend, a chef dinner for 10, a catered cocktail party, several New England weekends just to name a few!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Giving voice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonchildrenstheatre.org\/givingvoice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Children&#8217;s Theatre&#8217;s Giving Voice Front Row Fundraiser<\/a> is Tuesday, April 14th from 6-9pm at the WGBH Studio. \u00c2\u00a0You can click on the link to purchase tickets or to learn more. If you have any questions or would like more information, please let me know. Hope to see you there!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_2334.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1991 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_2334-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2334\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_2334-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_2334-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_2334-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends and family! You may remember a couple of months ago I shared the exciting news that Brendan was cast in Stuart Little at Boston Children&#8217;s Theatre. \u00c2\u00a0Brendan has been involved in classes and camps at BCT since he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/?p=2023\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2032,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023\/revisions\/2032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obriensr.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}