APAP 2010

Today, after surviving a treacherous 4:00am drive through the unplowed streets of Ann Arbor, seven students from the University of Michigen flew to to New York City for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP) Conference. The APAP conference brings together many of it's members for several days of workshops, showcases, and intense networking. APAP's members are the people who coordinate any and all types of the performing arts; they are the agents who books your favorite band to play in your hometown, they are the people who run the staduim which brings you the NCAA championship, and they are the presenter who brings nearly 70 fabulous shows to Ann Arbor every year. And this year UMS is adding several of it's staff members to this mix of everyone in the arts presenting world, including Ken Fischer, Michael Kondziolka, Liz Stover, Claire Rice, and Mary Roeder.

These next few crazy days our seven University of Michigan students, many from UMS, will be recording their experiences here on our student blog, as we soak in this incredible opportuninty, which UMS and APAP are giving us.

By: Rachel Lum
UMS Intern