[NEohioPAL]Hiring-Underground Railroad at Hale Farm & Village

Melanie Messmore messmore at wrhs.org
Tue Sep 11 18:54:00 PDT 2001


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Underground Railroad Program

Background

Hale Farm and Village staff worked closely for over two years with an =
Advisory Team, made up of community leaders, academics, school officials =
and others, before delivering a well received program to schools and the =
general public in the spring of 2000.

Program Content

Visitors play the part of runaway slaves experiencing a series of =
vignettes that passes through a slave sale, escape and attempted =
recapture, giving them insight into the issues surrounding slavery and =
the life of a fugitive slave in the mid 1800's.=20

Staff Hiring

No previous performance experience is needed - just the ability to play =
a part in an extremely interactive program. The vignettes are scripted =
and costuming is provided.

Our first choice for staff will be those who can work all of the =
practices and all of the programs (evening or day) and those who most =
closely match the physical characteristics written for the characters =
of: slave broker, slave buyer, overseer, fugitive slave, free slave, =
slave catcher and Quaker mother and father.=20

Interviews will be held in September and hiring begins October 1.=20

Mandatory Training Dates:

October 16 & 18 6-9p

October 24 6-9p

October 27 2-9p

October 30 6-9p

Evening Dates (Public Programs):

November 1,2,3; 8,9,10; 15,16,17 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday; aprox. =
5-10p)

Day Dates (School Group Programs):

November 26 - 30 (Mon-Fri; 9:30a- 2p, after Thanksgiving)

Please contact me if you have any other questions or are interested in =
applying.=20

Melanie Messmore=20

Operations Manager

1-800-589-9703=20

(330) 666-3711










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<P>Underground Railroad Program</P>
<P>Background</P>
<P>Hale Farm and Village staff worked closely for over two years with an =

Advisory Team, made up of community leaders, academics, school officials =
and=20
others, before delivering a well received program to schools and the =
general=20
public in the spring of 2000.</P>
<P>Program Content</P>
<P>Visitors play the part of runaway slaves experiencing a series of =
vignettes=20
that passes through a slave sale, escape and attempted recapture, giving =
them=20
insight into the issues surrounding slavery and the life of a fugitive =
slave in=20
the mid 1800’s. </P>
<P>Staff Hiring</P>
<P>No previous performance experience is needed – just the ability =
to play a=20
part in an extremely interactive program. The vignettes are scripted and =

costuming is provided.</P>
<P>Our first choice for staff will be those who can work all of the =
practices=20
and all of the programs (evening or day) and those who most closely =
match the=20
physical characteristics written for the characters of: slave broker, =
slave=20
buyer, overseer, fugitive slave, free slave, slave catcher and Quaker =
mother and=20
father. </P>
<P>Interviews will be held in September and hiring begins October 1. =
</P><U>
<P>Mandatory Training Dates</U>:</P>
<P>October 16 & 18 6-9p</P>
<P>October 24 6-9p</P>
<P>October 27 <B>2-9p</P></B>
<P>October 30 6-9p</P><U>
<P>Evening Dates (Public Programs):</P></U>
<P>November 1,2,3; 8,9,10; 15,16,17 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday; aprox.=20
5-10p)</P><U>
<P>Day Dates (School Group Programs):</P></U>
<P>November 26 – 30 (Mon–Fri; 9:30a– 2p, after =
Thanksgiving)</P>
<P>Please contact me if you have any other questions or are interested =
in=20
applying. </P>
<P>Melanie Messmore </P>
<P>Operations Manager</P>
<P>1-800-589-9703 </P>
<P>(330) 666-3711</P>
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