When? Saturday June 10th starting at 1 pm (bring your own chairs) Free family-friendly live music event the weekend before Father’s Day!
Where? Cornerstone Community Bank, (outside pavillion) 2090 Wisconsin Ave, Grafton, WI
Why?Seeks to:
Remove stigmas and bullying affiliated with boys in the arts
Raise awareness that boys need healthy outlets to express emotions
Highlight local dads who are talented in the arts
Highlight local families who support males in the arts
Provide new social opportunities for males through the arts
Recognize that males can be intuitive, sensitive and creative and that these skills have a valuable place in the workforce
Address real issues that have affected our community for decades
Ways to Get Involved and Activities Surrounding This Initiative Email angie@ozaukeetalent.com
Video, Audio and Written Interviews (interviewees can remain anonymous) CONTACT ANGIE if you would like to be interviewed
Dad Performers at a Variety of Locations CONTACT ANGIE if you would like to be a dad performer
Funding for Males to Mentor Males in the Arts CONTACT ANGIE if you would like to be a sponsor of this initiative and event happening the weekend before Father’s Day June 18, 2023 TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS HERE
Creative Media to Raise Awareness CONTACT ANGIE if you would like to help create or contribute media
Highlight Careers that Need Creative Men CONTACT ANGIE if you are affiliated with a business requiring creativity and would like to be interviewed
Highlight Families and Businesses Who Support Men in the Arts CONTACT ANGIE if you would like to donate to this initiativeDONATE HERE
Ideally Hold a Competition or Event for Dads Who Sing CONTACT ANGIE if your business would like to be an exclusive sponsor for a future event
Brat Sales to raise funds for Ozaukee Talent through Create Wisconsin CONTACT ANGIE if you would like to oversee a brat sale at the June 10th event and more
Vendor Exposure CONTACT ANGIE if you are a business with free promotional merch, food, services, etc… that you are willing to give familiesat the June 10th event
Re: Ozaukee Dad Jam and Karaoke (a first come, first served sign up sheet will be available at the event)
Re: Daddy Karaoke — Due to limited space, it would be best if you could email angie@ozaukeetalent.com ahead of time with your name, song that you would like to sing, photo of you and a little about you for promo purposes. Bring the track that you are going to sing along with on your phone. It would be helpful if you could email it to us ahead of time as well. Karaoke will be first come, first served. We might be able to fit some singing dads in between musical sets as well. If we think that there is additional space, a sign up sheet will be posted at 12:30 pm that day and will be first come, first served.
*Re: “Write a Song for Dad With Ben Merens” fee and details tba
Sponsors and Supporters
Talent Development & Creative Services
It is finished! This project has been something that has meant a lot to me for over a year and I’m so excited to finally share it with you…..
Just want to give a big shoutout to Angie Mack, Gabe Fritz, Barbara Wilson, Courtney Leahy, Ronald Pershing, and the whole HEAP CREW for being a big help in making this happen. These are some of the most awesome and talented people I have ever worked with and hope to see more projects with them soon. Thank you all very much! — FRANK1IN
December 21-22 at 2pmThe Wizard of Oz: Youth Editionby L. Frank Baum with Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center. Produced and directed by longtime musical theater director Ms. Angie Mack with CPAC Staff & Volunteers. Tickets on Sale now!
November 22, 2024 – January 19, 2025 “Try it for YoursELF” multimedia interactive pop art by Angie Mack Creative on display at the Cedarburg Cultural Center for their Spectacular ELF-tacular whimsical art exhibit in their west gallery.
November 9, 2024 Solo musical performer for a private event
“The village would like to thank Angela Mack, Alex van der Tuuk and Hawkeye Herman for their help in researching and curating the list of Walk of Fame inductees,” according to a statement in the village press release.
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“Angela is a passionate visionary who has the ability to articulate, set and attain high goals for a greater cause.” –Michael “Hawkeye” Herman, international music educator, keynote speaker and performer
“Mack first heard about Grafton’s blues heritage around 2002. She started a website to digitize information about Paramount’s presence in Grafton. ‘I thought this information needed to be more well known, so I began a crusade to educate people,’ she says.” — Tom Kertscher, Milwaukee Magazine, March 2024
“Go big or go home. Because it’s true. What do you have to lose?”~Eliza Dushku
This quote is a favorite of Angie Mack because it is how she lives life and that is why I would like to introduce her to you. “Being drawn to the performing arts, everything I do is big; anything I have ever done, I have put 110 percent into it, whether performing, acting, directing or teaching,” she says.
TRUE VOICE ~By Cynthia M. Freeman SOUL SHARE SATURDAY
Innovative Public Speaker with over two decades in arts management. Highly experienced in managing arts projects and teams of people. Proven effective transforming environments to create lasting change using the arts and creativity. Background in marketing with sucess linking businesses with needed resources to provide mutually positive opportunities and revenue streams. Experienced in issues relating to:
Lakeshore Psychology Services Hosted By: Dr. Lee Hildebrand, PhD
Dr. Hildebrand interviews Angie Mack with a focus on her early development as an artist, the challenges of fitting in as a creative, and the discovery and treatment of ADHD. Lastly, she reads one of her published poems and we discuss how she uses art to both cope and opitimize her life.
Exorbitant amount of experience entertaining and motivating very large youth and adult audience, cast, crew and volunteers as part of the job description of Musical Theater Producer, Director and Entertainer. Public speaking style is direct, full of unique and impactful stories, dramatic, motivated by empathy and humorous leanings toward satire and exaggeration.
Chronic Creativity Interactive Workshops for Adults at Spirit Life Church in Mequon
“Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony”, Grafton, WI as Chairperson about blues history
“Giro d’ Grafton Bike Race, 2007, Grafton, WI
“Wisconsin Blues Connection” and PowerPoint Presentation, Wisconsin Historical Society
“At 10” Radio Interview, National Public Radio
(Interview with Pat and Angela on WUWM 89.7FM Milwaukee Public Radio discussing the history of Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin. )
Note: Program is (c) 2006, Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System – WUWM-FM
“Paramount History” and PowerPoint Presentation, Port Washington Kiwanas Club
“Paramount History” and PowerPoint Presentation, MATC-Mequon Campus
“Passionate about Paramount and the Blues” Children’s Educational Performance, Grafton Library 2006
“Paramount Blues Festival Panel Discussion”, Cedarburg Cultural Center WI
St. Mary’s Care Center Chapel Services, Madison, WI
Produced and played female lead Narrator, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, CPAC
Produced and starred as supporting lead, John the Baptist and female soloist for Godspell, NSAA
2018: Television feature on the Real Milwaukee show with Brian Kramp about children’s theater
2017: Juried Public Speaker for National Listen to Your Mother Show about mental illness
2016: Television feature on the Morning Blend Show about mental illness 2016: Television feature on the Morning Blend Show about gifted and talented children
2009: Television feature on My Fox about Wisconsin music history
Writing Career
Created written content and research for the following major projects:
“Grafton City Blues” by Kevin Ramsey, Milwaukee Repertory Theater
“Lost Musical Treasure” PBS History Detectives
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume One (6 LP 180g) …. Grammy Award Winner, 2014 – Best Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package …. Label: Third Man Records;
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume Two (6 LP 180g) …. Grammy Award Winner, 2015 – Best Boxed or Special Limited-Edition Package …. Label: Third Man Records; “Chasin’ Dem Blues” by Kevin Ramsey, Delaware Theatre Company
“Paramount Walking Tour Booklet”, Village of Grafton Historic Preservation Commission
“Substance Abuse: The Ultimate Teen Guide (It Happened to Me)” by Sheri Bestor
Wrote journalistic articles for magazines and blogs:
Northshore Academy of Arts, Inc, Grafton, WI, (2004 – 2019 employee then private contractor) Roles: Music Director, Jr. Stagekids Program Director, Producer, Associate Producer, Marketing Director, Arts Instructor, Curriculum Creator, Staff and Volunteer Oversite, Fundraising and Advertising, Performer, Emcee, Audition Judge, Content Creator
Paramount Records and Blues Educator, Advocate and Researcher, Grafton, WI, (2004 – Present) Co-Founder/Researcher/Educator
Roles: Community Educator, Writer, Chief Visionary for many projects, Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame Chairperson, Public Relations, Tourism Booklet Writer and Tour Guide, Archivist, Public Speaker, Researcher, Community Organizer, Public Art, Downtown Development Ad Hoc Committee Member under Darrell Hofland, Grafton Historic Commission Committee Member under Ralph Zaun, Co-Founder of Non-profit Paramount G.I.G. (Grooves in Grafton) Award-winning Website Co-Owner for Paramountshome.org which was a cutting edge online digital library that launched in 2004 when information was not available online.
Marcus Promotions/Footlights, Inc., Milwaukee, WI, (2013 – 2015)
Account Executive/Marketing Consultant
Strategically partnered businesses with productions and theater venues building Business to Business (B2B) type sales relationships for mutually benefiting parties. Handled large key accounts with clients including Milwaukee Public Television, Habush Habush and Rottier, The Trinity Irish Dancers, Roundys, etc. Advisor to marketing directors on how to creatively market their business in front of their target audience
I grew up with an older sister who had a physical and intellectual disability that required 24-hour nursing care. She needed to live in a facility that was about an hour away from our home so I only saw her on occasion. She was both nonverbal as well as nonphysical. The seeds of compassion for people residing in care facilities were instilled in me at a very young age. I instinctively coped with this loss through music.
Before I had my first child, I became a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) through MATC in Madison. I was primarily stationed to the area of a facility that housed patients with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease and Mental Illness. I found that I was able to connect well with the residents and was asked to assist in the Activities Department.
One of our weekly activities was to have mass made available to the residents on Fridays. Many looked forward to this occasion and even had their hair and nails done for the event. We had an issue with priests cancelling mass at the last minute. In order to satisfy the residents, I was asked to deliver an impromptu spiritual message accompanied by group singing. There was an old piano in the corner of the cafeteria where we met. Thankfully, I was good at improvising as well as singing and playing the piano.
A friend from church later joined me and we took our uplifting message and music to various facilities throughout the greater Madison area. We had between 5 and 10 bookings per month.
My pastor, at the time, took notice of my talents and asked if I would play piano and sing for their Sunday services. The church had a house on their property set aside for people who needed minimal living assistance. Next, I became the Administrator of their State-Licensed Class B Community-Based Residential Facility.
Fast forward a few decades. Rob Kos of Gathering on the Green also noticed this “gift” of mine and hired me a few years ago to do music sessions with the special needs adults at Balance, Inc., Homestead High School Transitional Students and Portal, Inc. Words cannot describe how enriching this experience has been!
Last night was the 30th Anniversary celebration Gala for Balance, Inc. at Shully’s in Thiensville. It was an honor to collaborate on a music video that was a focal point of the evening fundraiser. More than $140k was raised to help pay off mortgages for adults with special needs. In this video, I am singing, playing piano and wrote the storyboard. It is highly inspiring. Check it out:
The pandemic and all of the issues that it has spawned has made me deeply concerned for families, children and mankind. A major reason why we are in a mental health crisis is due to the nastiness of people. People are stressed. And people have been nasty. Pure and simple.
I decided that I would like to spend the rest of 2022 trying to bring people together through drumming. It’s an all-inclusive musical activity that has healing properties according countless studies. Humanity needs to heal. How do we heal? Through each other.
Ozaukee Talent Sponsored Community Pop-Up Drum Circles
Regaining a Sense of Community throughout Various Locations This Summer
[Grafton, WI]: Ozaukee Talent today announced Ozaukee Talent Sponsored Community Pop-Up Drum Circles, a new program. Pop-Up Drum Circles invite people of all ages to play music in a group setting. No experience or instrument is required. Pop-Up Drum Circles will be held in various locations throughout Wisconsin including parks, schools, businesses and events. This community activity offers a new way for people to come together through music after being disjointed due to Covid-19.
“Covid-19 did a number on community relations. It is my desire to bring healing through the tools of collaboration combined with music,” says Angie Mack, founder at Ozaukee Talent. “I have been working as an arts leader in Ozaukee County for close to 25 years and see this as a much needed solution to the stress that we have acquired over the past two years. This is a family-friendly activity that encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to participate.”
Features and benefits of Ozaukee Talent Sponsored Community Pop-Up Drum Circles include:
A regained sense of community after living with restrictions due to Covid-19
Health benefits of drumming such as cardio exercise, stress release and improved immunity
Promotional opportunity for events and organizations wanting to boost attendance
Ozaukee Talent Sponsored Community Pop-Up Drum Circles will kick off starting Friday May 13 at 2pm at the baaree in Thiensville for the opening of their live venue season. For other pop-up drum circle dates and times, visit ozaukeetalent.com to register. Interested schools, businesses, event planners and organizations can contact angie@ozaukeetalent.com
About Ozaukee Talent: Ozaukee Talent was founded by longtime arts leader Angie Mack of Grafton in 2016. One of the main goals was to connect creative people with businesses and organizations for mutual benefit. Ozaukee Talent provides a large umbrella of music and performing arts services such as on-site programming, event marketing, arts project management and consultation as well as individual music and acting lessons. The arts play a vital role in the well-being of any culture and Ozaukee Talent is positioned to help facilitate that.
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