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SAGAFTRA.org | Summer/Fall 2017 | SAG-AFTRA 41 COMMITTEE OFFERS 'MORE' SEMINARS A long with its member orientation efforts and year-round outreach to colleges and universities, the Member Outreach, Relations and Education (MORE) Committee continued its successful seminar series with three well-attended seminars, Tax Returns and the Working Actor in January, Impressive Auditions in April, and Making Your Own Website and Your Digital Presence in May. Two of these seminars included other locals via videoconference: New England for the tax return seminar and Philadelphia for the website and digital presence event. These educational seminars are free to members and offer valuable information about the business of being a performer in the entertainment industry. New York Member David Dean Bottrell speaks at the Impressive Auditions seminar held in the Ken Howard Boardroom. N.Y. YPC member Julie Hyman acts as the reader and Elle Campagna and Anna Rapp work the camera while N.Y. YPC member Ricardo Lewis III records his mock self-tape audition. Below, N.Y. YPC volunteer Anne-Marie Cusson helps member Tyler Rapp shoot his mock self-tape audition. BROADCASTERS MENTOR STUDENTS N early 80 students from colleges and universities from as far away as Chicago spent April 8 at SAG-AFTRA's incoln Center ofce, listening to and learning from local industry leaders as part of the union's A Call to Arts initiative. New York media was well represented by personalities from WNBC-TV, WPLJ Radio, WINS Radio, WPIX-TV, ESPN Sports/TalkRadio, AMP 92.3 radio, WABC-TV and WNYW-TV, who volunteered their day to talk to the students. The mentors discussed their career paths, the do's and don'ts of job hunting, the impact social media has had on their careers and what potentially lies ahead for many of these students, who were due to graduate from their programs in the next few weeks. As is the case whenever you put members of the media in a room together, there were funny stories that kept everyone rapt. The panelists discussed their experiences before and after joining SAG-AFTRA, offering great insight from personal experience. YOUNG PERFORMERS LEARN TO SELF-TAPE T he New York Young Performers Committee hosted another successful SAG-Producers Industry Advancement Cooperative Fund-sponsored seminar at the SAG-AFTRA ofce on May 22. The self- tape workshop featured a morning seminar about the do's and don'ts of self-taping for young performers and their parents, led by N.Y. YPC member and acting coach Denise Simon. In the afternoon, the young performers worked on mock self-tape auditions in breakout groups, and the parents sat in on a panel discussion titled Raising Healthy and Happy Kids in the Industry featuring Simon and entertainment attorney Sally Gaglini. From left, WINS Sports Director Marc Ernay, WINS news anchor Larry Mullins, 92.3 AMP afternoon personality Astra, WNYW FOX 5 on-air trac personality Ines Rosales, WNBC-TV meteorologist Chris Cimino, SAG-AFTRA Broadcast Liaison Rick Somers, and SAG-AFTRA Associate Executive Director, News and Broadcast Richard Larkin. SAG-AFTRA ROCKS NYC O n May 2, SAG-AFTRA held its annual Rock the City event, sponsored by Backstage, at its national New York oce across from Lincoln Center. Hosted by the New York Local Board and the New York Host Committee, the 8-year-old event brought together the city's entertainment and media labor organizations, production studios, broadcasters, recording artists and inuencers for an evening of industry networking. John Dalton and Greg Miller of the New York Dance Parade join National Board members Maureen Donnelly and Elaine LeGaro at the 2017 Rock the City event. MARGARITA CORPORAN