August 2, 2012
Issue 58

Sitka Fine Arts Camp Newsletter 

We Can Do It, If We All Work Together! 
 
 
Greetings!
Camp ended with style this year, culminating with three performances of the Musical Theater Camp's Bye Bye Birdie.  The campers,  knocked it out of the park.  The buzz around town has lasted for days after the show- I think people will be talking about this one for a while. The show was full of energy and very entertaining. Thank you to WT McRae, Andrew Hames, Ed Littlefield, Susan Wingrove and Ryan Moller for your instruction and direction, and to the campers for all of your hard work.  I am thoroughly impressed!

Your Contributions at Work
Camp is over for the summer, but the activity continues. Volunteers, here as part of the Yale initiative Bulldogs on Baranof, have been painting the outside of Yaw Art Center (pictured above.) The work crew will be here through August, making improvements on the campus and getting to know Sitka.

Last fall, the Sitka Fine Arts Camp received a $100,000 donation for campus maintenance. Local contractor, Pete Weiland, has been hired to replace the roof on Whitmore Hall. This is an example of your donations at work, and the local investments that will continue to bring this campus back to life.

Alaska Dream Donation!
Alaska Dream Cruises donated the proceeds from an auction of one of their fabulous Southeast Cruises.

The 8-day cruise went for a final price of $3130.00 with over 2,000 site views. Thank you to Alaska Dream Cruises and Allen Marine for the incredible donation!

     

Or checks to Alaska Arts SE

PO Box 3086, Sitka, AK 99835

 

A Word on My Ear
to benefit Sitka Fine Arts Camp 

Sitka Fine Arts Camp staff member, Rhiannon Guevin, will be hosting a benefit concert for the Camp. 

 

Saturday, August 4, 7:30pm, Sitka Performing Arts Center

 

Whether you are an opera fan, an opera foe, or fall somewhere in between, you will be moved to tears and laughter by "A Word on My Ear: An Evening of Opera and Art Songs."

 

Joining Rhiannon (soprano) will be fellow University of Puget Sound School of Music graduate Kat Deininger (soprano) and senior vocal performance major Patrick Schneider, (baritone.) Accompaniment by Juneau pianist Douglas Smith; guest performer Dorothy Orbison, flute. Refreshments to follow.

 

The concert will include contemporary and humorous pieces as well as opera's more traditional and serious repertoire.

 

Tickets are $10 general, $5 for children 12 and under, and can be purchased in advance at Old Harbor Books, or at the door.

 

Information: Cindy Litman, 623.3969, cindylitman@gmail.com 

 







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Thanks for the ongoing support,
Cassi Olson, Development Director
Laura Schmidt and Wendy Alderson, Volunteer Coordinators