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In an effort to foster a lifelong appreciation
of the arts, Bay Arts Alliance believes in beginning early through Arts in
Education programming. Each year, the programming provides live, quality
performances for over 10,000 area school children in grades 1, 3, 5, and 8
at the Marina Civic Center in Downtown Panama City. Children come from all
over Bay and the surrounding counties enjoy a variety of experiences
including dance, theatre and art at no cost to the student, their parents or
the school. We also continue our only one of its kind programming in
partnership with Bay Regional Juvenile Detention Center. Due to the generous
support of our sponsors and members, Bay Arts Alliance is able to make a
lasting impression on local children through invaluable arts and culture
experiences. Bay Arts Alliance will be presenting the following
performances to our students:
Arts In Education 2007-2008 Schedule
October 25th, 2007 - Northwest Florida
Philharmonic - 5th grade show
The Philharmonic of
Northwest Florida and Bay Arts Alliance are teaming up to “Raise
Scores with Scores” for Bay District Schools’ fifth graders. The
program will consist of preparatory lessons within the schools
before the October 25th performance that will familiarize
children with the technical, historical and communicative
significance of music. The curriculum, prepared by conductor
David Ott along with educational professionals will tie directly
to Florida’s “Sunshine State Standards.” The culmination of the
studies will be a grand performance by the Philharmonic at the
Marina Civic Center. Children in the fifth grade are preparing
to choose electives in middle school. There is no way better to
introduce them to music than a performance of excellence!
Studies have proven that studying the arts reinforces other
academic disciplines, thereby raising test scores. In the days
of FCAT, who doesn’t want that? An academically and emotionally
uplifting program for our next generation of performers and
music lovers – “Raising Scores with Score”.
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October 26th, 2007 - Max & Ruby - 1st grade show
Big sisters have big
responsibilities, especially when the little brother is a big
trouble-maker! Join in the fun as TheatreworksUSA presents a
lovable new musical full of fun and sibling revelry: Max and
Ruby!
Ruby, a seven-year-old rabbit,
loves her Grandma very much and wants to do something special
for her. She gets the brilliant idea to put on a show, with
music and costumes and a castle and everything! She'll need some
help, though, so she tries to enlist her little brother Max.
Ruby wants to put on a play about a princess, but Max is already
playing a cowboy. Ruby wants to work quietly, but Max is
enjoying his noisy toys. Ruby wants to look for costumes, but
Max is too busy looking for frogs!
Max is no help at all, so Ruby
recruits her Bunny Scout friends for assistance. But can the
help her finish Grandma's play in time? Find out in this
delightful musical based on the top-rated Nickelodeon television
show inspired by Rosemary Wells' bunny siblings, Max and Ruby! |
December 7th, 2007 - The Dallas Brass - 8th grade show
The Dallas Brass includes an
unprecedented educational component with each performance to
educate and inspire local student musicians. The music students
of Bay District Schools will spend the afternoon with the Dallas
Brass musicians in rehearsals and clinics, then take the stage
to perform with the Dallas Brass during the evening performance.
“This will be an evening of music this community will not soon
forget,” says Michael Levine, Dallas Brass founder and
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February 15th, 2008- James and the Giant Peach - 3rd grade show
 Deaf Theatre Adaption by William Morgan based on the book by Roald Dahl.
James Trotter's life was great until a rhinoceros came and changed everything! Suddenly he was an orphan sent to live with
his mean Aunt Spiker and cruel Aunt Sponge. One day while working in the garden, a mysterious man gives James a gift
that changes his life again and it involves a magical peach. Join James on his exciting adventure inside the biggest peach
the world has ever seen! As he leaves behind the sadness of his life with his vicious Aunts, James sets forth on a journey
with larger than life-sized insects. With the wise old green Grasshopper and the eternally pessimistic Earth-worm, among
others, James sees oceans and cloud makers; is towed through the sky by seagulls; and creates a stir in the "Big Apple"
when the gigantic peach lands on the Empire State Building. James and the Giant Peach is a tale of friendship, love, sadness
and triumph.
"Well done! Loved it! Great humor! Moved well!
Costumes/scenery were creative and colorful. Good for students
to be exposed to two languages at once.”
-The Columbia Dispatch
Sign Stage on Tour is a specialist in Sign Language Theatre where deaf and hearing actors perform together on stage. Whenever a character speaks, the character speaking uses Sign Language but you’ll always hear the voice too. The voice comes from a different actor speaking through a microphone, sometimes on-stage and sometimes off-stage. Visually, the stage is filled with the movement of hands and bodies yet every word is spoken to make sure all audience members, both deaf and hearing, don’t miss a thing. It’s a magical blend of language created when performing a play simultaneously in spoken English and in the spatial beauty of American Sign Language.
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In the younger grade levels, students will see familiar stories leap from the page to the stage, making meaningful connections between reading and understanding. James and the Giant Peach is performed by the Sign on Stage Players and every word of the script is not only spoken but also performed in sign language simultaneously. The performances for fifth and eighth graders focus on music at a critical time in the educational careers of students. Fifth graders are preparing to enter middle school where they will have the opportunity to pursue a musical instrument in band. Eighth graders are at the point of determining whether or not to continue with band when they transition into high school. In addition to the school day performance of the Dallas Brass, students in school band programs will be offered a free band clinic the afternoon of the performance and will perform on stage with the Dallas Brass in an evening public performance.
In addition to the Presenting Arts Series, Bay Arts Alliance will be presenting the Dallas Brass the evening of December 7, 2007 and comedian, Wayne Brady on February 7, 2008 in conjunction with our Arts in Education programming. Your attendance at these events will also provide support to what we believe is a vital part of our programming.
 Dallas Brass – December 7, 2007, 7:30pm – Since its founding in 1983 by Michael Levine, the Dallas Brass has become one of America’s foremost musical ensembles. The group has established a unique blend of traditional brass instruments with a full complement of drums and percussion, which creates a performing entity of extraordinary range and musical challenges. The Dallas Brass repertoire includes classical masterpieces, Dixieland, swing, Broadway, Hollywood and patriotic music.
 Wayne Brady – February 7, 2008
7:30pm - Wayne Brady is an Emmy-winning American comedian, singer and television personality, best known for his role on ABC's television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and for his daytime talk show, The Wayne Brady Show. Join Bay Arts Alliance for a night of comedy and fun benefiting the Arts in Education programming for local Bay County children in grades 1, 3, 5 and 8.
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