24 Performing Arts Music

PERFORMING ARTS Registration starts August 13

Music Uke in the Park - Level 1 Uke in the Park - Level 2 Join the ukulele revolution! Beginners welcome! Learn how to hold and Have you mastered basic ukulele skills and can strum all four strings to strum a ukulele and play some easy chords taught by a very experienced play a simple recognizable tune? Sounds like you’re ready to take the next ukulele tutor. Each class will lead into new strumming skills and playing step and advance your ukulele skills. techniques. Various types of music will be introduced: rock and roll, pop, Lessons in single-string picking and plucking, strumming techniques, country, reggae, classics, ballads, and class participants’ music requests. including the five finger roll, staggered strum and rest strum, will be taught. Be warned, this little instrument is highly addictive! Remember to bring Advancing through the program the instructor will help you master the your ukulele. ukulele fretboard while playing a variety of and enhancing Omit: Nov 12 your new skills. Remember to bring your ukulele. Omit: Nov 12 Max 12 Festival Place Clover Bar Board Room Age: 13Y+ Max 12 130953 Age: 8Y - 12Y Oct 1 to Nov 26 Tue Festival Place Clover Bar Board Room 5 - 6 pm $95.00 130951 Oct 1 to Nov 26 Tue 130950 Age: 13Y+ Oct 1 to Nov 26 Tue 6:15 - 7:15 pm $95.00 7:30 - 8:30 pm $95.00

Visit Click-it for up-to-date program information www.strathcona.ca/registration Performing Arts 25 Drama and Musical Theatre/Teens/Fall Break Camp

Drama and Musical Theatre Imagination Theatre FALL BREAK CAMP Put an active imagination to work. Skills will be focused on the fundamentals of acting, voice projection, storytelling, and movement The Imagination Disco - dance, drama and music through dramatic games and exercises. Costumes, props and sets will Explore creativity in drama, dance and music. Each day will have a new be used to enhance the final performance. Students will collaborate to theme for kids to create kooky dramatic characters through a variety create and perform an original skit within the advertised theme. of stories, dance moves, music and crafts. The days will end with a disco Imagination Theatre Theme: The Ship Has Landed to showcase all the creations. Remember a bag lunch, water bottle, and indoor shoes - soft soled dance shoes recommended. Parents must fill When a spaceship lands in their back yard, the Sherwood family aren't out the consent form on the first day of camp. sure what to do about it. Until they discover there's a reward. Join the dramatic cast for an out of this world experience. Max 15 Omit: Oct 12, Nov 9, 12 Festival Place Ardrossan Room 130952 K - Grade 6 Nov 12 to Nov 15 Tue-Fri Max 10 9 am - 4 pm $180.00 Festival Place The Studios 130929 Grade 1 - 6 Sep 7 to Nov 23 Sat 2 - 3:30 pm $100.00 130928 Grade 1 - 6 Sep 10 to Nov 26 Tue 5:15 - 6:45 pm $110.00

Mini Musical Theatre Dance, sing, and act to children’s music and stories to create a mini musical skit. For the finishing touch, costumes and props will be introduced. Omit: Oct 31, Nov 14 Max 12 Festival Place The Studios 130937 Kindergarten Sep 12 to Nov 28 Thu 4:30 - 5:30 pm $107.25

Musical Theatre Are you up for the challenge of a musical? Experience what it takes to sing, dance, and act your way through the world of musical theatre. Students will show their talents and amaze the audience at the final performance. Omit: Oct 31, Nov 14 Max 15 Festival Place The Studios 130938 Grade 1 - 3 Sep 12 to Nov 28 Thu 5:40 - 6:40 pm $107.25 130939 Grade 4 - 6 Sep 12 to Nov 28 Thu 6:45 - 7:45 pm $107.25

Teens The Improv Zone Be fast and funny, while unlocking your creativity. Learn to perform without the safety net of a script. Embrace the unexpected and take the Soft sole dance slippers are audience on a wild ride through your imagination. recommended for all dance programs. Omit: Oct 31, Nov 14 Max 15 Festival Place The Studios Most programs wrap up with a final performance, which 130946 Grade 7 - 12 Sep 12 to Nov 28 Thu will be held on Saturday, November 30. Performance 7:45 - 9 pm $110.00 times will be determined by November 2.

Fall 2019 26 Performing Arts Dance

Dance Classic Tutus Students who have a desire to dance like a ballerina should have Two’s Groove - Parented the opportunity to explore their dreams. This program introduces What to do with a two year old? They have loads of energy and are not creative movement and age-appropriate dance steps and technique quite old enough for ‘Mini Moves’. This program is the next best thing. while exploring classical and modern music. Performers will delight the Children will experience many types of dance moves and styles of music. audience at the final performance. Omit: Oct 14, Nov 11, 12 Omit: Oct 12, 14, Nov 9, 11 Max 12 Max 15 Festival Place The Studios Festival Place Clover Bar Board Room 130949 Age: 2Y Sep 9 to Nov 25 Mon 130921 K - Grade 4 Sep 9 to Nov 25 Mon 9:30 - 10:15 am $74.25 7 - 8 pm $87.75 130948 Age: 2Y Sep 10 to Nov 26 Tue Max 12 10:30 - 11:15 am $82.50 Festival Place The Studios Mini Moves 130922 K - Grade 4 Sep 7 to Nov 23 Sat 12:45 - 1:45 pm $87.75 They may be mini, but they have mighty energy levels. This program is designed to touch on many types of dance movements. Your child will Kidz ‘R’ Movin’ explore introductory steps in ballet, tap and jazz/hip-hop. A combination This upbeat high-energy class uses pop music to get young dance of dance steps with a variety of upbeat music will be sure to please. enthusiasts exploring an array of dance steps, rhythm, and timing. No Omit: Oct 12, 14, Nov 9, 11 experience is required. The final performance will have the audience Max 12 energized. Festival Place The Studios Omit: Oct 12, 14, Nov 9, 11, 13 Sep 9 to Nov 25 Mon Max 15 130931 Age: 3Y - 4Y 11 - 11:45 am $74.25 Festival Place The Studios 130930 Age: 3Y - 4Y 12 - 12:45 pm $74.25 130944 K - Grade 3 Sep 7 to Nov 23 Sat Sep 11 to Nov 27 Wed 11:30 am - 12:30 pm $87.75 130933 Age: 3Y - 4Y 10:30 - 11:15 am $82.50 130940 K - Grade 3 Sep 9 to Nov 25 Mon 130932 Age: 3Y - 4Y 11:30 am - 12:15 pm $82.50 4:30 - 5:30 pm $87.75 130942 Grade 4 - 6 Sep 9 to Nov 25 Mon Sep 7 to Nov 23 Sat 5:45 - 6:45 pm $87.75 130934 Age: 3Y - 4Y 10:30 - 11:15 am $74.25 130945 Girls: Grade 1 - 4 Sep 11 to Nov 27 Wed Max 12 5:45 - 6:45 pm $107.75 Ardrossan Recreation Complex Aspen Room 130941 Boys: Grade 1 - 4 Sep 11 to Nov 27 Wed Sep 7 to Nov 23 Sat 6:50 - 7:50 pm $107.75 130936 Age: 3Y - 4Y 9:30 - 10:15 am $74.25 Max 15 130935 Age: 3Y - 4Y 10:30 - 11:15 am $74.25 Ardrossan Recreation Complex Aspen Room Dancing Tutus 130943 K - Grade 3 Sep 7 to Nov 23 Sat 11:30 am - 12:30 pm $87.75 Do you have a ‘wannabe’ ballerina in your home? Creative movement and age-appropriate dance steps and technique are taught while exploring classical and modern music. Omit: Oct 12, 14, Nov 9, 11, 13 Max 12 Festival Place The Studios 130925 Age: 3Y - 4Y Sep 7 to Nov 23 Sat 9:30 - 10:15 am $74.25 130923 Age: 3Y - 4Y Sep 9 to Nov 25 Mon 1 - 1:45 pm $74.25 130924 Age: 3Y - 4Y Sep 11 to Nov 27 Wed 9:30 - 10:15 am $82.75

Most programs wrap up with a final performance, which Soft sole dance slippers are will be held on Saturday, November 30. Performance recommended for all dance programs. times will be determined by November 2.

Visit Click-it for up-to-date program information www.strathcona.ca/registration Performing Arts 27 Christmas Programs

Christmas Programs Sing Along Bus - Christmas Carolling Share the sound of song in your community! Participants will gather at Festival Place and be guided through the songs that will be performed at select venues throughout Strathcona County. You will then board the double-decker bus and return to Festival Place for Christmas treats at the end of the event. Registration includes song books, song leaders, and transportation to selected venues and back to Festival Place. Participating in Please dress for the weather. Children under 12 must register enables people toperforming express themselves arts with a responsible guardian. No singing experience needed. in ways they didn’t know they could. Holiday Ukulele Workshop Celebrate the chilly holiday season by warming up with the ukulele. Instructor Taking part in drama, music, Gary will teach the melody and the rhythms for traditional Christmas songs. and dance helps with: Jingle Bells, What Child is This and a few more Christmas songs will be taught. Remember to bring your ukulele and singing voice. • Self-esteem • Concentration For details please contact Susan at 780-410-8566. • Imagination • Cooperation and collaboration • Cognitive skills • Motor skills • Language skills • Problem solving • Social and emotional development

Information provided by the Drama Education Network and the Arts Health Network.

OPEN AUDITIONS THIS SEPTEMBER! To audition for these productions or be added to our auditions mailing list, contact Allene Hodgins at [email protected]

Christmas Production Kids Production December 12 - 30, 2019 March 5 - 8, 2020 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Fall 2019