My fellow colleagues,
Recently our Cultural and “Heritage”
Commission here in Salem County New Jersey decided to not give funding to
History groups and all their monies went to the arts. This has been a seven
year battle and the group I volunteer with were the last of the history groups
to receive funding. Last year with the same grant proposal they received $3200
of approximately $10,000 a year spending plan, so they are not a big group.I
requested the critiques from this years grant and have a question I want to put
out to you all.
Here it is: The critique said are they actors or reenactors?
I looked up in the dictionary the definitions of these
words and they are as follows:
Actor- someone who acts out a part on stage, Broadway, or
anywhere for public entertainment
Reenactor-someone who acts out a part from history’s
past or a period
I have used actor as opposed to reneactor because the group
is seeking for art grants, to me they are the same
Your comments both ways are greatly appreciated and will be
shared with the commission unless you decide otherwise
Thanks
Jim