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Web Design Gallery: The Sad Cafe, Plaistow New Hampshire (NH)
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The Sad Cafe is a non-profit organization located in Plaistow New
Hampshire that provides unique venue where aspiring amateur actors
and musicians of all ages have the opportunity to perform on stage
in front of a live audience. They provide after-school programming
for Middle School students and offer a resolution for the ever-shrinking
art and music school programs.
In addition to the usual musical and theatrical productions, they
also offer a resource for school functions, dances, community service
events, a mini-conference center, pageants, work shops, music lessons,
comedy, talent shows, poetry readings, youth groups, and private
parties.
All services toward this organization's web site are being donated
free of charge by Soul Oyster Web Studios.
To view the entire site, visit http://www.thesadcafe.com.
*Story featured in the Rockingham
News June 24, 2005:
Sad Café hits the Internet
PLAISTOW - The Sad Café has a new Web Site for its organization.
The Web Site was designed and will be maintained as a pro bono
service of Soul Oyster Web Studios of Portsmouth, under the creative
direction of Jennifer Marcelais.
"We contacted Jennifer after viewing Soul Oyster online and
seeing their commitment to community action. After writing a proposal
for Jennifer she agreed to do our Web site pro bono", said
Andrea Bonner, executive director of the Sad Café.
"The Sad Café offers kids in the area an outlet to
be creative in a very cool way that they’re lacking in local
school systems," said Marcelais, owner of Soul Oyster Web Studios.
"The more arts and music classes get cut out of school budgets,
the more places like this are needed by kids and need to be supported
by the community. I offered my services to the Sad Café because
I believe in supporting unique art and music programs like theirs."
The Sad Café, a local nonprofit since 1998, offers after-school
and out-of-school-time activities for youth.
The organization has more than 10,000 visitors a year to its evening
popular music venue, which hosts teen bands both local and from
all over New England. More than 400 bands a year play at The Sad
Café, which is open three nights a week during the school
year and six nights during the summer.
"A contemporary Web Site with lots of color and action is
important for our organization. We needed something that would appeal
to youth and give them information about us, as well as information
for their parents about what we are trying to do. Jennifer and Soul
Oyster Studios have given us a wonderful Web site that will appeal
to both youth and adults and assist us in our mission of providing
youth and families with safe healthy alternative options and services
for their discretionary time," says Bonner.
Soul Oyster Web Studios is based in Portsmouth, N.H., and provides
Web design, development, SEO Internet marketing, Flash development,
custom graphic design and logo design services. Visit www.souloyster.com
for information.
"This collaboration of a local business assisting a nonprofit
represents the best of community spirit. Without assistance from
businesses such as Soul Oyster we could not provide the services
that we do to the community," said Bonner.
The Sad Café has experienced funding difficulties, most
recently this past winter. However, with community support the organization
raised almost $15,000 of the $16,000 necessary to pay back debt.
"With support from businesses like Soul Oyster Web Studios
we will be here for a long time," Bonner said.
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*Story featured in the Portsmouth
Herald March 25, 2005:
New Web site for The Sad Café
PLAISTOW - Soul Oyster Web Studios, a Web design and development
firm located in Portsmouth, recently launched a new Web site for
The Sad Café, a nonprofit organization offering after-school
youth music programs and entertainment, located in Plaistow.
The Sad Café, named for an Eagles song, was founded in 1997
as a safe, drug-free venue for young amateur musicians to gather
and play before an audience. Since then The Sad Café has
remained open as a nonprofit with after-school programs, weekend
evening entertainment featuring teen bands, teen dances, music lessons,
parenting programs and other events. Additionally, The Sad Café
has become a lead agency for the Timberlane School District Safe
and Drug Free Community.
Teens from all over southeastern New Hampshire flood to the Sad
Café to hear bands in an environment among their peers that
they know to be safe and substance-free. e Sad Café has remained
open as a nonprofit with after-school programs, weekend evening
entertainment featuring teen bands, teen dances, music lessons,
parenting programs and other events. Additionally, The Sad Café
has become a lead agency for the Timberlane School District Safe
and Drug Free Community.
For information, call 382-8893 or visit www.thesadcafe.com.
Soul Oyster Web Studios is a full service Web design and development
company located in Portsmouth. In addition to Web design and development
services, it also offers graphic design, flash development, Internet
marketing, search engine optimization and Web promotion services.
As part of the company philosophy, Web design and development services
were donated to the Sad Café as well as other deserving nonprofit
organizations that contribute in unique and interesting ways to
the arts community. Visit www.souloyster.com for information.services.
Seacoast
Online is owned and operated by Seacoast Newspapers.
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Copyright Notice and Terms of Use. Seacoast Newspapers is a subsidiary
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