Sorry, all! Because so many people are not able to be there, the regular meeting of the Performing Arts Foundation scheduled for Thursday, July 12, has been cancelled.
Our next meeting will be held at the Richland Area Community Center at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, August 9.
In the meantime, please keep in touch via email (PerformingArtsFoundation@gmail.com) and by checking out this blog with great regularity. Please send along your news, pleas, and listings, and we'll keep everyone up to date.
See you at the August 9 meeting, and here until then.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
To add to your calendar
Great events this summer!
It Takes a Village: Three free concerts highlighting the art of collaboration will take place at Western Michigan University's Dalton Recital Center. They are part of the SEMINAR summer music camp series featuring WMU faculty and guest artists.
7:30 p.m., Monday, July 9: YU-LIEN THE & FRIENDS: Contemporary music featuring piano, saxophone, cello and voice.
7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 12: CHRISTOPHER LAUGHLIN, Guitar: Classical guitar and others.
7:30 p.m., Monday, July 16: THE MERLING TRIO
More WMU listings, including concerts by SEMINAR students, may be found on WMU's website.
5th Annual Diversity Celebration of Kalamazoo: A festival of different cultures, featuring entertainment, booths, ethnic food for sale, and activities for children.
Noon - 8 p.m., Saturday, July 14, at Mayor's Riverfront Park (251 Mills St. in Kalamazoo). Again, admission is free!
Food vendors include: Dragon Inn, Rasa Ria, Las Juanitas, Gallagher's, Cynthia Tyson, Shawarma King, and others. Activities: YMCA-sponsored games for children, children's reading corner, henna tattoos, cultural booths featuring many nations, world trade booth featuring items for sale from around the globe, etc.
Performances throughout the day by: Mike & The Elastic Waste Band, Chinese Lion Dance, Dunuya Drum & Dance, Intercontinental Dance Troupe (Polynesian), Muslim Children's Choir, tap dancers, Bhangra Dance Troupe (Punjabi), mariachi singer, Native American storyteller, Salsa Dancers, Ujima Drum & Dance, Indo-American Dance Team, Geno Hinton Band, Yoroka SimbaJahi Reggae Band, Cathay Dance Group, Irish Dance, Dai Dance, and more. Come out for a great day of multi-cultural arts!
And don't forget the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra concert at Sherman Lake YMCA, Wednesday, July 11, at 8:15 p.m. Lawn seating is free and fun!
Meanwhile, happy Fourth of July to all! The Richland parade steps off at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
It Takes a Village: Three free concerts highlighting the art of collaboration will take place at Western Michigan University's Dalton Recital Center. They are part of the SEMINAR summer music camp series featuring WMU faculty and guest artists.
7:30 p.m., Monday, July 9: YU-LIEN THE & FRIENDS: Contemporary music featuring piano, saxophone, cello and voice.
7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 12: CHRISTOPHER LAUGHLIN, Guitar: Classical guitar and others.
7:30 p.m., Monday, July 16: THE MERLING TRIO
More WMU listings, including concerts by SEMINAR students, may be found on WMU's website.
5th Annual Diversity Celebration of Kalamazoo: A festival of different cultures, featuring entertainment, booths, ethnic food for sale, and activities for children.
Noon - 8 p.m., Saturday, July 14, at Mayor's Riverfront Park (251 Mills St. in Kalamazoo). Again, admission is free!
Food vendors include: Dragon Inn, Rasa Ria, Las Juanitas, Gallagher's, Cynthia Tyson, Shawarma King, and others. Activities: YMCA-sponsored games for children, children's reading corner, henna tattoos, cultural booths featuring many nations, world trade booth featuring items for sale from around the globe, etc.
Performances throughout the day by: Mike & The Elastic Waste Band, Chinese Lion Dance, Dunuya Drum & Dance, Intercontinental Dance Troupe (Polynesian), Muslim Children's Choir, tap dancers, Bhangra Dance Troupe (Punjabi), mariachi singer, Native American storyteller, Salsa Dancers, Ujima Drum & Dance, Indo-American Dance Team, Geno Hinton Band, Yoroka SimbaJahi Reggae Band, Cathay Dance Group, Irish Dance, Dai Dance, and more. Come out for a great day of multi-cultural arts!
And don't forget the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra concert at Sherman Lake YMCA, Wednesday, July 11, at 8:15 p.m. Lawn seating is free and fun!
Meanwhile, happy Fourth of July to all! The Richland parade steps off at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Concert under the stars
Here's one of the great things about summertime: the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra concert at the Sherman Lake YMCA Performance Shell, presented by Sherman Lake Y and the Gull Lake Area Rotary Club.
At 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 (rain date Thursday, July 12), the maestro's baton will rise and we'll all be treated to an evening of Sousa, Sondheim, and more, as we enjoy the summer evening. Jerry Dixon will be the orchestra's guest artist.
Lawn seating admission is always free, but if you love to support the arts, you can help to sponsor the evening and get a VIP seat and parking with a donation of $50--or more. (Checks should be made payable to Sherman Lake YMCA and mailed to 6225 North 39th Street, Augusta, MI 49012; see the Y's website for more info.)
Hope to see you there on a beautiful summer evening in July!
At 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 (rain date Thursday, July 12), the maestro's baton will rise and we'll all be treated to an evening of Sousa, Sondheim, and more, as we enjoy the summer evening. Jerry Dixon will be the orchestra's guest artist.
Lawn seating admission is always free, but if you love to support the arts, you can help to sponsor the evening and get a VIP seat and parking with a donation of $50--or more. (Checks should be made payable to Sherman Lake YMCA and mailed to 6225 North 39th Street, Augusta, MI 49012; see the Y's website for more info.)
Hope to see you there on a beautiful summer evening in July!
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Meeting and misc.
YOU are invited to PAF's regular meetings. This month's meeting will be held on Thursday, June 14, at 6:30 at the Richland Area Community Center. Please join us if you can.
Other items to remember:
Modernistic Carpet Cleaning and the Harding's Market in Richland are helping PAF with donations. Scroll down to see how your purchases can benefit PAF at no cost to you.
If you'd care to make your own much-appreciated AND tax-deductible donation to PAF, please send your check to PAF, P.O. Box 611, Richland, MI 49083.
For grant application forms, please write to the same address or e-mail us at PerformingArtsFoundation@gmail.com
Other items to remember:
Modernistic Carpet Cleaning and the Harding's Market in Richland are helping PAF with donations. Scroll down to see how your purchases can benefit PAF at no cost to you.
If you'd care to make your own much-appreciated AND tax-deductible donation to PAF, please send your check to PAF, P.O. Box 611, Richland, MI 49083.
For grant application forms, please write to the same address or e-mail us at PerformingArtsFoundation@gmail.com
Alumni news that can't wait
We save most of our alumni news for our print edition, Footlights, but Jan Watson has news that can't wait for paper. Ty G., PAC '04, is in the U.S. Army and deployed in Iraq right now . . . but he'll be home for two weeks starting June 22. His family will have an open house for his old pals on June 25. And if you'd like to drop him a line in Iraq, please e-mail us for his address. All the best to you, Ty, from us all!
Monday, June 4, 2007
Calling teen talent
Singers! Jugglers! Instrumentalists! Comedians! Magicians! Dancers!
You fabulous performers who also happen to be teens are invited to audition for the third annual United Teens Talent Show. The show itself will happen at the Civic Theatre in Kalamazoo on August 11. Prizes range up to $500 and include professional coaching or the opportunity to make a professional demo recording.
Please hurry--auditions are happening soon, beginning on Monday, June 11 at our own Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue. Auditions begin at 4 p.m. and are first-come, first-auditioned. Audition forms, alternative audition times and places, and more info are available at kalamazooteentalent.com, or call 269-384-0838 for information. You may audition only once.
Callbacks will happen June 23, and the cast list will be posted on June 28. Coaching starts July 20, rehearsals begin July 30, and the show itself, directed by Ben Zylman, will go on at 7 p.m. August 11.
The show is supported by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation and the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
Hope to see a great representation from our talented Gull Lake students!
You fabulous performers who also happen to be teens are invited to audition for the third annual United Teens Talent Show. The show itself will happen at the Civic Theatre in Kalamazoo on August 11. Prizes range up to $500 and include professional coaching or the opportunity to make a professional demo recording.
Please hurry--auditions are happening soon, beginning on Monday, June 11 at our own Richland Area Community Center, 9400 East CD Avenue. Auditions begin at 4 p.m. and are first-come, first-auditioned. Audition forms, alternative audition times and places, and more info are available at kalamazooteentalent.com, or call 269-384-0838 for information. You may audition only once.
Callbacks will happen June 23, and the cast list will be posted on June 28. Coaching starts July 20, rehearsals begin July 30, and the show itself, directed by Ben Zylman, will go on at 7 p.m. August 11.
The show is supported by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation and the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo.
Hope to see a great representation from our talented Gull Lake students!
To do this summer: Make music! Dance!
Gull Lake band members who are now in 5th, 6th, or 7th grades might want to add musical fun to their summer with Summer Band 2007. Classes run June 26 through July 26 and are divided by instrument and years of experience. (Don't worry if you have to miss some classes.)
For students with ONE year of experience (mostly 5th graders going into 6th), join Woodwind 1, or Brass Class 1, 10 to 11 a.m.
For students with TWO years (6th going into 7th), join Woodwind 2 or Brass Class 2, 11 a.m. to noon.
For 7th graders going into 8th grade, try the Jazz Experience, noon to 1 p.m.
All classes meet at Ryan Intermediate School Band Room and cost $35 per student.
To reserve your spot, call Kelly at 269-629-5880, ext. 3005.
Younger children, ages 4 through 6, might enjoy dance classes this summer. This introduction to ballet teaches positions of the feet, traveling movements such as turns and jumps, and good stretching and exercise habits. A 6-week session is offered at two times of day by instructor Sabrina Parshall.
Each 6-week session costs $30 and meets Tuesdays from July 17 to August 21 at Wildermuth Gym.
Session 1: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
Session 2: 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
For more information on Gull Lake's Community Education programs this summer, see your Communicator or visit gulllakecs.org.
For students with ONE year of experience (mostly 5th graders going into 6th), join Woodwind 1, or Brass Class 1, 10 to 11 a.m.
For students with TWO years (6th going into 7th), join Woodwind 2 or Brass Class 2, 11 a.m. to noon.
For 7th graders going into 8th grade, try the Jazz Experience, noon to 1 p.m.
All classes meet at Ryan Intermediate School Band Room and cost $35 per student.
To reserve your spot, call Kelly at 269-629-5880, ext. 3005.
Younger children, ages 4 through 6, might enjoy dance classes this summer. This introduction to ballet teaches positions of the feet, traveling movements such as turns and jumps, and good stretching and exercise habits. A 6-week session is offered at two times of day by instructor Sabrina Parshall.
Each 6-week session costs $30 and meets Tuesdays from July 17 to August 21 at Wildermuth Gym.
Session 1: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
Session 2: 1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
For more information on Gull Lake's Community Education programs this summer, see your Communicator or visit gulllakecs.org.
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