Sing-a-long to the Wizard of Oz Movie A Big Hit!

Over 100 people attended the Wizard of Oz sing-a-long tonight. Approximately 75% were in costume, including me, the Director. My costume? Why Oz, of course! The person behind the scenes. ;-) People of all ages were in attendance. What a fun pre-Halloween event!

Oz Lecture

In celebration of Judy Garland, we have three Oz events. This first event consisted of Wayne Schuetter enlightening the audience on the real story behind Frank L. Baum's Wizard of Oz books. We had some real Oz fans attend this one.

Congressional Debate at Jasper Arts Center

Just two weeks before election day, we hosted a Congressional debate for Indiana's 9th district. Although this one didn't receive as much publicity as the gubernatorial debate that we had last month, we still had over 200 people turn out. It was also aired on regional TV and radio. Thanks to our good neighbors at VUJC, the even went off without a hitch.

Mauvais Sort Performs at Jasper High School

Over 1,000 students enjoyed the Mauvais Sort concerts at Jasper High School today. It's great fun to see an entire gym filled with kids doing a Quebec line dance.

House Concert for Mauvais Sort

One of the events that Mauvais Sort participated in this week was a house contert at the home of one of our board members for Tri Cap. This was an informal event to promote the Arts Midwest Worldfest group in our community. They even had some members up and dancing!

Mauvais Sort

Bon jour! Mauvais Sort, a French-Canadian group is visiting us all week through the Arts Midwest program, Midwest Worldfest. They started their week off today with two informational performances at Tenth Street School. Over 400 children participated with clapping, stomping and singing. Nick and Patrick even got Principal, Kent Taylor up to dance. Way to go, Mr. Taylor!

New York Theatre Ballet Performs at Jasper Arts Center

Nearly 1,000 children, grades K through 2, were entertained at the Jasper Arts Center by the New York Theatre Ballet. Following their two day-time performances, the ballet troupe conducted an entirely different public performance in the evening for people of all ages. The first Act was He Said, She Said: A Radio Reverie which took the audience down memory lane with a review of Gershwin favorites. Act II consisted of three short ballets: Trio con Brio, Suite form MAZURKAS, and two dances from Carousel. The dancers met with the audience in the lobby afterwards for photos and to sign autographs. It was a fun...but very long day!