Nota de Lauer: Empieza el milagro anual de El Paso, Tejas, EEUU: El simposio de la Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT) y el Festival Siglo de Oro en El Chamizal, El Paso, Tejas, EEUU.  ¡Anímense a participar en ambos eventos!

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Hello Bob:
I hope all is well with you! A favor to ask you: Could you distribute this AHCT call for papers to the AITENSO membership and to any others you think might be interested in the Symposium?
The announcement is pasted below and also attached.
Thanks much, Chris Gascón <[log in to unmask]" _ao="3" title="[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]>. 

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The 2012 AHCT Spanish Golden Age Theater Symposium will take place March 8-10 in El Paso, Texas. These dates coincide with the 2012 Golden Age Spanish Theater Festival at the Chamizal National Memorial Theater. Sessions will begin Thursday morning, March 8, and end Saturday afternoon, March 10, 2012. The meeting of the officers of the AHCT will take place Wednesday, March 7, 2012, from 9 am -12 noon, and the meeting of the Board of Directors will take place that same day from 1:30-5:00 p.m.

Call for Papers. The Association for Hispanic Classical Theater particularly encourages studies on all aspects of performance of Siglo de Oro dramatic texts, though proposals for papers or special sessions at the annual symposium on other topics related to SpanishGolden Age theater are welcome. Papers should be 20 minutes in length, and may be delivered in Spanish or English. Those submitting proposals should include in their e-mail message any special equipment needs they may have. Conference participants who will be using Power Point for their presentations should plan on bringing their own laptops. College and university faculty are asked to send paper titles with one-page abstracts and/or proposals for special sessions to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. They should be submitted as attachments to the e-mail message in PDF format. The deadline for receipt of all submissions is December 1, 2011. Graduate students who are interested in participating in the conference are asked to submit completed papers of approximately ten pages in Word, accompanied by a briefabstract in PDF format, to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. This applies to all students, including those who have been invited to be members of panels, whether organized by faculty members or others. Graduate students whose papers are accepted for presentation will be considered for the AHCT Everett W. Hesse Travel Support Grant. The deadline for the submission of completed papers is December 1, 2011.

Events of Particular Interest at the 2012 Symposium. The plenary speaker at the 2012 symposium will be the renowned Spanish-Argentine stage director and dramatist Gustavo Tambascio. A specialist in directing opera and Spanish musical theater, Tambascio has staged a great number of operas, zarzuelas, and original plays in Spain, Latin America, and Europe. He has served as Coordinator of the National Center for Historic Music and the Performing Arts, charged with reviving works from the Middle Ages to 1800. Tambascio’s vast repertoire includes a number of works either from or inspired by the Spanish Golden Age, such as Lope’s La discreta enamorada, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Mauricio Sotelo’s Dulcinea, Dale Wasserman’s Man of La Mancha, and Tomás Marco’s Segismundo.

The plays to be performed at the Chamizal Golden Age Drama Festival, held in conjunction with the annual symposium, will be announced on the AHCT website as soon as they have been confirmed.

Hotel Reservations. The Symposium will take place at the Camino Real Hotel in El Paso, Texas. Hotel reservations may be made by phone at 1-800-769-4300 or 1-915-534-3099, Monday through Friday, 8am to 6pm (MST). The deadline for the conference room rate is February 1, 2012. Participants must mention the AHCT conference and request the group rate of $90 for a single or double room, $109 for a triple room, or $124 for a quadruple room. Rollaway beds for an extra party in a single-bed room may be obtained for an additional charge of $15 per night. All rates are subject to a 15.5% tax. The group rate applies Tuesday, March 6, 2012 to Saturday, March 10, 2012. Parking is $2 per car per day. Other hotels within walking distance include: the Double Tree, 600 N. El Paso St., (915) 532-8733; the Gardner Hotel, 311 E. Franklin Ave., (915) 532-3661; and the Holiday Inn, 409 E. Missouri Ave., (915) 544-3333.

AHCT Conference Registration. You must be a member of the AHCT to register for the conference. Current membership dues are $40 (or $70 for two years) for faculty and $30 (or $50 for two years) for retired members and students. The registration fee for the conference for all faculty attendees, as well as for graduate students who are reading papers or participating in a special session, is $105. We encourageearly registration; attendees whose memberships are up for renewal in March2012 should note that any membership renewal paid in conjunction with registration for the conference will count for the2012-2013 year. Members can check the status of their membership by logging in at the eChapters site (http://ahct.echapters.com/) and checking their profile. If you have difficulty logging in, please contact Susan Paun de García at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. A late fee of $25 is assessed if registration is paid after February 7, 2012. Registration includes conference attendance, the annual banquet of the AHCT, transportation to and from the Chamizal National Memorial every evening for the Siglo de Oro Spanish Drama Festival, and refreshments in the Hospitality Room after the theater performances. (Note: a special registration rate of $30 applies to students who do not present papers or attend the banquet. An additional $20payable at the time of registration purchases tickets for the banquet.) Theeasiest way to pay dues and/or to register for the upcoming conference is online at the AHCT website, http://www.comedias.org. Use of the website for these transactions will ensure speed and accuracy and help to preserve our natural resources.

Conference Up-Dates. For additional information about the conference, please contact the AHCT Conference Director, Professor Angel Sánchez, 3921 Golden Keys Way, Chandler, AZ 85226, 480-786-4633. E-mail: Angel.Sanchez@asu,edu<mailto:Angel.Sanchez@asu,edu>. Further details regarding the conference and the Siglo de Oro Drama Festival will appear on the Comedia bulletin board, in the Winter Newsletter, and on the AHCT webpages, as they become available.

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