15 Things You Might Not Know About One Reel
Internationally-renowned fireworks at the Family Fourth at Lake Union
While best known for high profile projects like Bumbershoot, Summer Nights and Teatro ZinZanni, One Reel also works quietly in the community all year long with other arts organizations and non-profits, finding ways to bring music, art, and fun to Seattle.
- In the past two years, 600 children who otherwise could not afford a ticket to Bumbershoot have experienced the music, art, and culture of the festival through One Reel's Send a Kid Program and the generosity of our community partners Art with Heart and ArtsCorp.
- Late last summer, through efforts at Bumbershoot and at Teatro ZinZanni in San Francisco, One Reel raised over $84,000 for Hurricane Katrina relief programs such as Habitat for Humanity.
- Bumbershoot's amazing Visual Arts Exhibits are open absolutely free to the public every year prior to the start of the festival.
- Every spring One Reel works with the Seattle Public Schools to produce the annual Center School Auction. Last year the event raised over $50,000 for music education in our city's schools.
- Over the last three years, One Reel has donated over $31,000 in Bumbershoot tickets to other arts and non-profit organizations to aid in their fundraising efforts.
- In Seattle alone, over the last three years One Reel has donated over $27,000 in Teatro ZinZanni tickets to other arts and non-profit organizations to aid in their fundraising efforts.
- Each year One Reel mentors and coaches a team of young music professionals and art lovers from the Vera Project and works with them on the planning and production of a major concert event.
- Every summer One Reel orchestrates an amazing partnership led by Washington Mutual, that includes Foss Maritime, the Children's Museum, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Metro, and several radio stations and other groups, to give the city one of the most spectacular fireworks displays in the entire country to celebrate the Fourth of July.
- With the incredibly successful SMART program at last year's Bumbershoot, One Reel raised over $41,000 in just three days for the children's literacy organization 826.
- As part of Shochiku Grand Kabuki tour last year, One Reel organized numerous educational events in cooperation with Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Seattle Channel, University of California at Berkeley, and Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. In addition, One Reel cooperated with The Seattle Times to create a month-long educational program for high school students, including 4-part series in the paper and teacher workshops with University of Washington.
- Iron Chef Morimoto joined the cast of Teatro ZinZanni for a special fundraiser to benefit the Japanese American Chamber of Commerce.
- Selected schools in Washington, Japan and Russia continue to teach the curriculum designed by One Reel as a part of First Fish, the Wild Salmon Project in 1994.
- In 2004 One Reel produced a joint fundraiser for local salmon group Long Live the Kings, and tribute to William Ruckelshaus.
- Every year approximately 500 art lovers attend Bumbershoot for free in exchange for one shift of volunteer time.
- This year One Reel donated 22 iMac computers to Seattle Public School, Highland Park Elementary.