To sign up for ushering at rental events at the Opera House, please click the link below and fill out the form.

Please remember that signing up for an event does not mean you are scheduled for that event.  Schedules will be sent to those ushers who will be working on the following schedule:

April 29: May thru July events
May 15: August thru December events

http://www.jotform.us/SarasotaOpera/rentalsignup

Note that each usher must fill out a form, couples cannot fill out one form for the both of them.  There is a space at the bottom of the form to note who you usher with, but each person who wishes to usher must fill out the form.

If you have trouble filling out the form, please call Scott at 941-366-8450, ext. 228.  Do not email your preferred dates in lieu of submitting this form.

If you have usher friends who do not use email or the Internet, please pass the word on to call Scott so that he can fill out their form.

USHERS: Rental Event Sign-up through December

Shortly, you will see a form here for signing up for rental events through December.  You will also receive an email with the form later today.

This is a new system we are looking at for scheduling.  You simply check the dates (by clicking with your mouse) that interest you and submit the form.

I will get a report which has all of the data automatically filled in with everyone's choices.  That data will then be used to build the schedule.  If this works out for these rental events, we will probably switch to this for the regular season scheduling.

For the few ushers who do not have email, they will need to call me, and I will fill out the form for them.  Please spread that word to your ushering friends who do not use the Internet or email.

I will be taking submissions until Friday, April 19 for the remaining events in April, and Wednesday, April 24 for the other events.  Schedules for the May through December events will go out in two phases:

Phase 1 on April 29: May, June and July events
Phase 2 on May 15: August thru December

If you have any questions, please contact Scott at 941-366-8450, ext. 228.

Changes To Look Out For

Now that things have calmed down a bit in the Sarasota Opera offices, it's time to take hard look at what worked this past year and what didn't

Over the next couple of months we will be introducing some changes that we hope will make your volunteering experience a better one, particularly in the Usher Corps.

We can take the first step today by announcing the time-line for the 2013-14 usher schedule:

July 15 - July 29: Sign-up Period
July 30 - August 9: Scheduling Period
August 12: 2013-14 Usher Schedule Released (Fall & Winter)

We will be reaching out to you in early July to explain the changes we've made and what you will need to do to sign up for ushering assignments.

Please note that we are not taking any requests for the 2013-14 opera season until July 15.

Keep an eye out in your email and here on the blog!