Great Traditions
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These are the Great Traditions of CAP, the ideas and memories that bridge all generations of CAP. Refer here to remember what has been forgotten.
Still Practiced
The CAP Lexicon
In Remembrance
As imparted in the notes for Hamlet, it was once a tradition for treasurer's to register every yet-chosen show as Hamlet and Six Characters in Search of an Author. This faded out of existence after the reign of Shawn Adler, since he actually proposed and directed Hamlet. 18 months after this tradition was lost, Pete Calautti unwittingly proposed and directed Six Characters in Search of an Author. Thus, this tradition is dead and buried. Treasurer's now register the upcoming shows simply as "Unchosen Show 1", and "Unchosen Show 2", which is more or less meaningless, since the RCGA Allocations committee will only fund two shows a semester, and CAP proposes three.
A much older tradition is that of the "Float." In the early 90's, all proceeds from Comic Relief would be donated to Elijah's Promise, a local New Brunswick soup kitchen. Due to an administrative oversight (the CAP board forgot to request the check be issued from the SAC) in the 94-95 season, the proceeds were not distributed until that spring, although Comic Relief is traditionally in the fall. The money was used to fund the other shows throughout the year.
Dipping into the "Float" also applied to the practice of CAP show actors/crew paying themselves back out of the show's receipts when they incurred personal expenses (light rental, props, kegs) during production. This effectively bypassed the tedious bureaucracy of the SAC - the Rutgers Student Activity Center.
