As the Founder/CEO of Positively Arts, I created Get Launched Vegas ten years ago to help our youth navigate the entertainment industry successfully. Beyond just performance skills, this program focuses on developing essential qualities like grit, fortitude, hard work, and accountability. I recognized that while young artists excelled in their performing abilities, they often overlooked the crucial life skills, collaboration, respect, and leadership that truly set them apart. GLV offers a unique opportunity to strengthen these life skills, all while nurturing their passion for the arts.

 

It's important to understand that Get Launched Vegas is not a singing competition. It is a Life Skills & Leadership project that utilizes the format of a singing competition to teach vital life and social-emotional skills, applicable far beyond the entertainment industry. At Positively Arts, we emphasize the importance of both "offstage" and "onstage" skill sets. Throughout this three-month program, you will work with two main performance coaches and two main life skills coaches. Clint Holmes, our Director of Artist Development, and our Positively Arts Program Director, DeLee Lively-Torti, will focus on performance skills. Meanwhile, Touring Artist/Comedian, Richie Holliday, Founder, Pilita Simpson, and Arts Commissioner, Jane Sherlock, will guide you through life skills and leadership best practices. 

 

Charliese will be your contact for most questions/concerns.

Always send your questions to glv@positivelyarts.org and charliese@positivelyarts.org

with subject heading: Charliese - Question

 

Please refrain from directly contacting any of our Guides or special guest Guides. They will not respond during this experience. 

 

 

By moving forward with the Get Launched Vegas experience, you are agreeing to the following:

 

Accountability & Emails

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All students are required to have an email address to ensure accountability for all correspondence throughout this three-month experience. If a student does not have an email address, please create one. 

 

If you haven’t done so already…Kindly send an email to glv@positivelyarts.org with all email addresses you wish to have copied on future correspondence, including the student's email. 

 

**WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS, NOT THE PARENTS. STUDENTS MUST COPY THEIR PARENTS ON ALL CORRESPONDENCE**

 

We are teaching professional correspondence, so it’s very important that the student is taking the initiative to email us in a professional manner.

 

Students are entirely responsible for submitting all required materials, arriving on time for rehearsals, master classes, and sound checks, and being prepared for all mandatory performances and classes.

 

Professional Email Courtesy

 

We want to help children learn basic email etiquette, standard professional format, and learn nuance about how correspondence in the entertainment industry might differ from the corporate world.

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Always send separate emails to glv@positivelyarts.org Charliese@positivelyarts.org and pilita@positivelyarts.org - Please do not reply directly to any email we send you.

 

Example of Professional Email:

Subject Heading: Your Stage Name - Confirmation Email

 

Hello XYZ, 

 

My stage name is XYZ and I’m writing to confirm my 10:30 AM sound check call time at Notoriety. I will also drop my mp3 track into my Google Folder on or before its due date of September 7th. I will also watch the online master class and submit that video response on or before its due date of September 10th. 

 

Thank you, 

XYZ

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Opportunities For Feedback

 

We want to provide a safe space for both parents and performers to provide feedback and ask questions about the Get Launched Vegas process. Pilita & Richie will be our Life Skills, Leadership & SEL Mentors, and will be happy to address any concerns in person or through emails :)

 

Please send emails to glv@positivelyarts.org and pilita@positivelyarts.org with the subject heading:

Richie - Question or Pilita - Question

 

Richie will be available on show days to speak with anyone in person.

 

Noncompetitive Spirit

 

As GLV is not a traditional singing competition, we encourage all artists, along with their friends and family, to support and cheer for their fellow artists throughout the entire experience. Every artist in this program is talented and at a different stage of their journey. It's a conscious choice to value and respect everyone's artistic contribution and self-expression. Negative critiques of another's artistic self-expression devalue the courage, strength, dedication, unique gifts, and abilities that an individual has put into their passion.

 At Positively Arts, we foster an environment where artists uplift and encourage each other. The entertainment industry is inherently competitive, and we believe that cultivating empathy and support along the way is crucial for personal growth and preserving the beauty of human potential. After all, we are humankind, not humanunkind.

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Google Drive Folder

 

Starting with the Top 40 Round, each artist will receive a unique Google Drive link. This link will be used for submitting mp3 karaoke tracks, video essay responses, and any other required materials throughout the experience. All due dates will be posted on the Parent Portal, and all materials must be submitted via the Google Drive link by 8:00 PM PST on the due date. If you encounter any issues uploading your materials, you must email glv@positivelyarts.org at least 24 hours before the submission deadline. Please troubleshoot your Google Drive link well in advance.

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THANK YOU!

 

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