Posts Tagged ‘Summer Camps’

For the love of country

As a country music performer is getting bad press for comments made about President Obama, Lynn Trimble shares news of others in the world of country music who are out there helping children and families living with developmental disabilities.

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From ukelele to clogging

Know a child, teen or adult who’d enjoy having a place to learn music, dance or theater in the West Valley? Lynn Trimble shares news of a new facility in the community of Verrado that promises everything from ukelele and clogging to songwriting and sight-reading.

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Shakespeare shorts

Shakespeare is well represented in the Valley this week — in a Tempe summer camp, on a Phoenix stage and via the airwaves of an education access television channel. Learn more about ways you can enjoy Shakespeare in coming days — and months.

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Annie tales

With just two days until Sunday’s CBS broadcast of the 2011 Tony Awards, Lynn Trimble turns to a local twist on yet another Tony Award winning show–talking with the young actress performing the role of “Annie” with Valley Youth Theatre in Phoenix through June 26.

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Art camp alert!

Savvy parents know that the best summer camps fill quickly. If you’re still looking for summer options with an arts twist, check out these Valley offerings for children and teens.

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Last call for theater camps!

Lynn Trimble, whose daughter has gone from attending summer theater camps to interning with them, makes exploring theater camp options a bit easier by compiling links to more than 30 Valley organizations offering summer camps with a theater theme.

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Theater camp can change a life

Lynn Trimble talks with an ASU student who hopes to “travel the world and dance across it” about her early arts experiences, her dreams for the future and the role a Valley theater camp played in sparking her true passion. Trimble also shares a companion post with links to more than 30 Valley organizations offering theater camps.

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Anthem tales

First, a conversation with aspiring singer and actress Sarah Miller of Anthem about performing with Starlight Community Theater and Musical Theatre of Anthem. Then, reflections from mom and daughter duo Samantha and Sophie Utpadel on volunteering and performing with Spotlight Youth Theatre in Glendale.

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Here a choir, there a choir…

Here a choir. There a choir. Everywhere a choir, choir. You get the feeling the Phoenix Boys Choir is single-handedly working to make it happen. They’ve been around since 1947, and boast about 150 members (ages 7-14) today. The Phoenix Boys Choir presents a 2011-12 “Thursday Concert Series” starting Oct 6 — featuring “mini-concerts” to [...]

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The many faces of Childsplay

Lynn Trimble previews Friday’s gala to benefit arts in education programs at Childsplay in Tempe, then reveals details about what Childsplay artists do in their “spare time.”

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A crash landing leaves teenager Kitai Raige (Jaden Smith) and his legendary father Cypher (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity’s escape. With Cypher critically injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an [...]
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