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Issue 123 | Barn Lowering a Success | Young Performers Theater, Dispatch 3: Curtains Fall | Student Art Show
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Join Us in Fostering Community Through the Arts
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Holiday Tree Lighting, December 13th
Sitka Fine Arts Camp is partnering with Sitka Summer Music Festival to present the 4th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting! This festive event will begin with the downtown holiday parade and will culminate on the Sheldon Jackson Campus with the tree lighting. There will be carols from the girls scouts and cookies and hot cider at Stevenson Hall, all followed by a visit with Santa at Kettleson in Stratton. The parade begins at 5:30pm at ANB Hall, immediately followed by the tree lighting at 6pm.
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Celtic Dance Performance
On December 13th, the Sitka Fine Arts Camp is proud to present the Winter Solstice Performances by the Sitka Spruce Celtic Dancers. A children's performance will take place at 1PM, and a grand performance will take place at 6PM, both at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. There is a suggested donation of $10 per person.
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2015 Camp Registration Begins January 1st at www.fineartscamp.org
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Job Opportunity with SFAC
Sitka Fine Arts Camp is excited to announce that we are looking for a VISTA Volunteer! For more information about the position, which focuses on community outreach and economic development surrounding the Sheldon Jackson Campus, visit the job posting here. |
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Greetings!,
Saturday before last was a thrilling day. The ambition was grand: to lower and relocate a pole barn in the space of just a few days. By the end of the day Saturday, the metal from the walls and roof was stacked neatly in piles, as was the lumber from the vast majority of the framing and ceiling joists. The building went from intact to broken down to the barest of frames in the space of one Saturday. It was truly inspiring progress.
The volunteer effort was unlike any seen this fall/winter season. A total of twenty six volunteers rallied over the course of the day in weather hovering around thirty degrees fahrenheit, cloudless, stunning, lovely, and cool. A conservative estimate places volunteer hours logged for that Saturday and the two days following at well over 150. Thanks to James Poulson and Connie Kreiss for the photos. More images from the project below:
 
The barn will be reconstructed in the near future in SFAC's maintenance compound.
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Young Performers Theater, Dispatch 3
The paint on the set was dry. The prop tables were full. Behind the red curtain a small army of jittery young actors brimmed with excitement, fidgeting with the sleeves of their costume, or going over their lines one final time. On the other side of the curtain the auditorium quivered with equal excitement. And then the lights faded away, the curtains opened, and the strains of quiet flute music filled the hall. Each young actor quieted his or her nerves, stepped out onto that stage and performed with brio.
This past weekend the Odess Theater in Allen Hall came alive with the magical and mysterious land East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Our two casts, 32 young people in total, gave five magnificent performances to over 400 people from around the community. We performed for a large portion of the Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School, as well as the entire SEER school and all of Baranof Elementary. And though the theater now stands empty, it is a blank canvas, just waiting for our next Young Performers Theater production. Be on the lookout for Annie at the end of February!
--Photo courtesy of James Poulson, Write up courtesy Zeke Blackwell |
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Thank you for your ongoing support, Sitka Fine Arts Camp Staff www.fineartscamp.org 907-747-3085
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