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Thank you to everyone who has already contributed to our $100,000 matching challenge! This summer, your donation has twice the impact!
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Dear Friends,
Another week has passed, it is almost time for our Middle School Final Performances. Come check out our talented campers at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. Final performance schedule can be found here.
Join us this Saturday for Jazz on the Waterfront! Experience the magic of a 20-piece big band as we transform historic Allen Hall into a 1920s jazz club. Enjoy great music and support arts education. Click here to reserve your ticket today! |
Journey in Time with Jazz
by Margo Roseum
7pm, Saturday, June 29th - A catered New-Orleans style dinner will be followed by dancing to a live speakeasy-era themed benefit concert with five sets by a 20 piece big band. Take a journey in time.
Start in the roaring 1920s with sweet swinging jazz.
Move forward with music inspired by 1930s artists such as Glen Miller and Paul Whiteman.
The evening will come to life with the smooth, sophisticated sounds of western music infused with the power and majesty of African and Cuban rhythms.
Land in the fourth set with Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Prima in a Las Vegas showroom.
Then finish out the night with the funky inspiration of the 70s and 80s from artists such as Michael Jackson, James Brown, and Earth Wind and Fire.
The proceeds of this benefit event go towards helping campers of all ages reach their artistic potential. Tuition for a student covers less than half of the cost of sending a child to camp so events such as these are crucial for providing students with a top quality arts education.
Reserve your ticket online or at Old Harbor Books.
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Middle School Final Performances
June 26, 27, 28 at 7pm at the Performing Arts Center Afternoon Showcase: June 28 1-4pm on Campus
It's hard to believe, but Middle School Camp 2013 is quickly drawing (and juggling, writing, cartwheeling, singing, and painting) to a close! Over the last ten days, more than 200 students have been working hard honing their art skills and developing new ones. Interested in seeing what all the buzz is about? Come see the Final Performances, Daytime Art Show, and Rock Band Show!
The Final Performances at the Sitka PAC will feature our performing arts classes such as music, theater, dance, and circus arts. The Daytime Art Show on the Sheldon Jackson Campus offers an opportunity to see many of the visual arts, writing, acting, and small ensemble students present their work throughout the campus buildings. Finally, return to Allen Hall late Saturday night to rock out with our middle school rock band students!
Learn more about the Final Performance schedule here.
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An Anniversary Series:
40 Years of History (Part 3 of 4)
To celebrate the 40th summer since the incorporation of Sitka Fine Arts Camp in 1973, our June newsletters will feature historical highlights on SFAC and the Sheldon Jackson Campus.
Camp through the Generations
by Anne O'Brien
This week, our historic spotlight focuses on campers who have returned as teachers, parents, and lifelong friends of SFAC.
Paul Cox attended Camp from 1983-1986. He focused primarily on music, but remembers Camp as a place that exposed him to art forms beyond his own specialty. "I remember watching Roblin and Scott Davis mime together; to see people my age perform an art that I had never seen before opened my eyes to the idea that I could explore new things, too." Today, as the director of Sitka Fest and a percussion instructor, Paul carries on this idea of broadening creative horizons. "In my music composition class, we listen to Balinese gamelan music as well as Italian opera. I came back in 2001 because I wanted to help revive Sitka Fine Arts Camp and help kids create the kinds of memories I did when I was a student."
Tracy Turner was a camper during the summers of 1976 and 1977, pursuing her talents in creative writing and music. For her, Camp meant a sense of freedom both from everyday life and from judgment. "It feels like so much of adolescence is spent peeking out from behind a fence. 'What part of myself do I have to keep hidden today?' Camp gives you freedom to explore and be yourself." Years after attending Camp, Tracy sent her own children to join in the Camp experience as off-campus students. They weren't the only campers who used the Turner house as home-base: Tracy and her husband Mat soon started hosting out-of-town campers at their home in Sitka. "One of my passions as a volunteer and a Board member is to allow off-campus students to get as close to the same experience as on-campus kids do. We've always housed kids at our home; during Camp time, it's normal to have fifteen people at our dinner table." This spirit of involvement runs in the family: over the past few years, SFAC has benefited from the generosity of three generations of Turner volunteers.
Tune in next week for the final installment of our 40th Anniversary series!
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Thanks for your ongoing support, Chelsea Andreozzi Program Administrator
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