I am a proud member of the DC Cabaret Network and it is an honor to serve on its Board of Directors as well.  DC Cabaret Network has a blog (http://songspeak.wordpress.com/) where announcement are made, music related topics are discussed and where guest bloggers share their cabaret related experiences.

Taking a turn in these discussions, I recently wrote the first installment of a series of posts on the topic of putting together the
“Oh, What a Beautiful Day: Sing Books with Emily, the Cabaret” project with funding help from an Individual Artist Spotlight Grant from the Arlington County Commission for the Arts:

http://songspeak.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/sing-books-with-emily-and-the-benefits-of-just-showing-up/

This post is about how I came to discover that maybe I could write a grant and the revelation that even just the act of writing for a grant such a this one could be considered a community service.

Related Websites:

DC Cabaret Network: http://dccabaretnetwork.org/

Arlington County Commission for the Arts: http://arlingtonarts.org/

SongSpeak, the Blog of the DC Cabaret Network: http://songspeak.wordpress.com/