<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Happy <font color="#e69138" style="font-weight:bold">F</font><font color="#f6b26b" style="font-weight:bold">A</font><font color="#ffd966" style="font-weight:bold">L</font><b style="color:rgb(191,144,0)">L </b><font color="#000000">FWA!!!</font></font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">We have some very fun news to share with you today! First, we'd like to announce our new First-Year Rep! Her name is </font><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">(drumroll pleassseeeeee)</i><font color="#8e7cc3" size="4"><i> </i>Gwynne Smith!!! </font><font color="#000000">Congratulations Gwynne, we are VERY excited to have you on our board. And thank you to those who filed and voted, we greatly appreciate it!</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">(ALSO remember that <b>all of our meetings are open to the general body!</b> If you have a thought to share with the board, we meet every Saturday at 11 a.m. using this <a href="https://vassar.zoom.us/j/95332619757" target="_blank">zoom link</a>! Pop in with questions, comments, concerns, compliments, or just for a good ol' time!)</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000">Next, </font><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000" style="background-color:transparent">FWA would like to announce this </font>semester's<font color="#000000" style="background-color:transparent"> spooktacular Special Event:</font></font></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font size="6" color="#ff9900"><b style="background-color:rgb(0,0,0)">A Villains Masquerade!</b></font></font></span></div><div><span id="m_5652854577790450213gmail-docs-internal-guid-a91bcaa4-7fff-8705-304a-bf3a963b4019"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Be Prepared</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>!</b> FWA has an event that we want YOU to be a part of! </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In the Dark of the Night,</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> we will be having a Villains Masquerade filled with your music videos! We are looking for villain/Halloween/spooky songs to sing/dance to! Really anything you feel passionate about.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We’ve got </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friends on the Other Side</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and know that the expertise of our techies must be heard! We are hoping that this event will involve a few Creative Zoom sessions where singers, costume designers, lighting designers, set builders, dancers, etc. can discuss all the ways to make their final videos even more amazing!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You are the </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Master of the House</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in this “participate as much as you want” event because we know there’s a lot going on in the world right now. We want this to be a fun creative outlet where you get to </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Spread a Little Sunshine </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and meet (virtually) and create with other Vassar theater folks.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fill out </span><a href="https://forms.gle/fK9n7m3drTtma13A8" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this google form</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> if you are interested before the </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Last Midnight</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on Friday, October 2nd. We are looking for everyone both on-campus and remote (singers, actors, dancers, musicians, costume designers, filmographers, video editors, sound editors, choreographers, set designers, anyone with a desire to do a little musical theater!)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Get creative about what you want to do! The final product will be a collection of villain songs/etc. set for a private Youtube Premier near Halloween (date and time TBA). The video will be followed by a Zoom Costume Party to get to know your fellow FWA general body and celebrate the Halloween spirit. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I Put a Spell on You</span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to fill out the </span><a href="https://forms.gle/fK9n7m3drTtma13A8" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">google form</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (</span><a href="https://forms.gle/fK9n7m3drTtma13A8" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://forms.gle/fK9n7m3drTtma13A8</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) and email Lori Barney (</span><a href="mailto:lbarney@vassar.edu" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">lbarney@vassar.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) if you have any questions!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">And that's all for this week! Enjoy the crisp (or warm?) Fall weather, and PLEASE remember to take care of yourselves! We love youuuuu!!!</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Be prepared,</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Owen <3</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><div><img src="cid:ii_kfjvuwdb0" alt="be prepared.gif" width="414" height="251"><br></div></span><br></div></div>