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February 2013 "Legendary Locals of Plymouth"
The Joanne Winkleman Hulce Center for the Arts on Sheldon Road is home to The Plymouth Community Arts Council and The Michigan Philharmonic. We are all proud to have three of the featured “Legendary Locals of Plymouth” in Leis Duzet-Miller’s new book based right here in our building…Jo Winkleman Hulce, Debra Madonna and Nan Washburn.
Learn more about Plymouth’s history and other influential residents at the Friends of the Plymouth Historical Museum Monthly Meeting and Book Signing Event
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
155 S. Main Street, Plymouth, MI 48170
The book draws upon numerous collections and stories of those in Plymouth's past and current residents who affected change within the community. Joanne Winkleman Hulce whose vision and love of the arts has added to the quality of life in Plymouth; Debra Madonna, a promoter of arts and education who is devoted to children with special needs; Nan Washburn, conductor of The Michigan Philharmonic who has opened up minds and hearts with her passion for music. Leis will talk about the book and will sign purchased copies. Leis is a volunteer at the Plymouth Historical Museum and a long-time resident and educator.
http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Locals-Plymouth-Leis-Dauzet-Miller/dp/146710
Learn more about Plymouth’s history and other influential residents at the Friends of the Plymouth Historical Museum Monthly Meeting and Book Signing Event
Thursday, February 14, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
155 S. Main Street, Plymouth, MI 48170
The book draws upon numerous collections and stories of those in Plymouth's past and current residents who affected change within the community. Joanne Winkleman Hulce whose vision and love of the arts has added to the quality of life in Plymouth; Debra Madonna, a promoter of arts and education who is devoted to children with special needs; Nan Washburn, conductor of The Michigan Philharmonic who has opened up minds and hearts with her passion for music. Leis will talk about the book and will sign purchased copies. Leis is a volunteer at the Plymouth Historical Museum and a long-time resident and educator.
http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Locals-Plymouth-Leis-Dauzet-Miller/dp/146710
PCAC puts young artists' works on view
Budding artists and their parents filled Plymouth's Joanne Winkelman Hulce Center for the Arts on Friday to celebrate a summer of self-expression.
It was the Plymouth Community Arts Council's youth arts camps exhibit, a combination art show, reception and family picnic.
Each of the hundreds of participants in the 2012 PCAC's visual arts camps — in photography, painting, drawing, pottery, animation and more — had at least one piece in the show, and young artists and their parents got to view their finished works, professionally displayed, as well as those of classmates and other fellow art campers. Refreshments were served — hot dogs, veggies, punch and crackers.
“This was a lot of fun,” said Sylwia Nowakowski of Northville Township, whose son Filip attended the week-long construction art camp, creating things with clay and everyday objects. “It was nice, working, building with the clay,” she said.
Nick Sowizral of Plymouth, an eighth-grader at West Middle School, said he learned a lot in the two camps he attended — acrylic painting and advanced pottery.
“I like to put art down on paper and make things myself,” said Nick, who had a clay Hopi water bowl and an “owl fetish” — a hollow figurine with wings and a beak — displayed Friday.
Nick has long made art, but with little formal training. His drawing of a Yokuts (an American Indian group) elder found success in a nationwide contest recently and was published in a book of the contest's top entries.
Nick's mother, Justine Sowizral, said Nick loves all art.
“It's given him more structure to his art, because he's for the most part self taught,” she said of art camp.
Nick wants to become an anthropologist, but said he can envision a career in which he puts artistic talent to use. As an anthropologist, he mused, he might have reason to sketch ancient objects he uncovers in the field.
Friday's exhibit also included paintings, drawings, abstracts made from yarn and other materials, and photographs.
Many of the PCAC's youth arts camps this summer were fairly specialized, like landscape painting, for example, or drawing the face. Others had campers working in several media, or studying and imitating the art styles of various cultures.
Photographer Elizabeth Wight led the digital photography camp for 8- to 16-year-olds. Each of the 16 students had a different digital camera, she said, but that potential obstacle was quickly overcome, and students proved to be motivated and helpful.
“They loved it,” said Wight, a first-time PCAC teacher who also teaches at the Ann Arbor Art Center. “I had a lot of fun teaching it.”
mjachman@hometownlife.com (313) 222-2405
It was the Plymouth Community Arts Council's youth arts camps exhibit, a combination art show, reception and family picnic.
Each of the hundreds of participants in the 2012 PCAC's visual arts camps — in photography, painting, drawing, pottery, animation and more — had at least one piece in the show, and young artists and their parents got to view their finished works, professionally displayed, as well as those of classmates and other fellow art campers. Refreshments were served — hot dogs, veggies, punch and crackers.
“This was a lot of fun,” said Sylwia Nowakowski of Northville Township, whose son Filip attended the week-long construction art camp, creating things with clay and everyday objects. “It was nice, working, building with the clay,” she said.
Nick Sowizral of Plymouth, an eighth-grader at West Middle School, said he learned a lot in the two camps he attended — acrylic painting and advanced pottery.
“I like to put art down on paper and make things myself,” said Nick, who had a clay Hopi water bowl and an “owl fetish” — a hollow figurine with wings and a beak — displayed Friday.
Nick has long made art, but with little formal training. His drawing of a Yokuts (an American Indian group) elder found success in a nationwide contest recently and was published in a book of the contest's top entries.
Nick's mother, Justine Sowizral, said Nick loves all art.
“It's given him more structure to his art, because he's for the most part self taught,” she said of art camp.
Nick wants to become an anthropologist, but said he can envision a career in which he puts artistic talent to use. As an anthropologist, he mused, he might have reason to sketch ancient objects he uncovers in the field.
Friday's exhibit also included paintings, drawings, abstracts made from yarn and other materials, and photographs.
Many of the PCAC's youth arts camps this summer were fairly specialized, like landscape painting, for example, or drawing the face. Others had campers working in several media, or studying and imitating the art styles of various cultures.
Photographer Elizabeth Wight led the digital photography camp for 8- to 16-year-olds. Each of the 16 students had a different digital camera, she said, but that potential obstacle was quickly overcome, and students proved to be motivated and helpful.
“They loved it,” said Wight, a first-time PCAC teacher who also teaches at the Ann Arbor Art Center. “I had a lot of fun teaching it.”
mjachman@hometownlife.com (313) 222-2405
Clay-making magic Kids take pottery skills to ‘new heights'
Turning out elaborate platters, wheel-thrown bowls and plates, decorative figurines and a slant-roofed birdhouse, young artisans have been honing their skills in Plymouth.
About 10 students participated in the Plymouth Community Arts Council's advanced pottery camp last week, spending three hours each afternoon at the Joanne Winkleman Hulce Center for the Arts practicing techniques and working on assigned and free-choice projects.
The students, many of whom were in other PCAC arts camps earlier this summer, had to have taken at least one pottery course there in order to qualify for the advanced class. Some had taken two or more pottery classes.
“You can see the skill level go to new heights here,” said instructor Jeff Burda, who is also the PCAC's executive director.
The small class size allows for more detailed instruction, Burda said, and more time to complete projects and practice on the potting wheel, of which the PCAC has two.
Arts veterans
The wheel is the favorite pottery technique among many of the campers.
“You can make whatever you want. It always turns out smooth,” said Valerie Itsell, 9, of Plymouth Township, who made two plates, a large one and a small one, on the wheel.
Valerie was working on a birdhouse Thursday using the slab technique, joining seven rectangular pieces of clay that she had rolled out and cut — four for the walls, one for the floor and two for the slanted roof. The completed birdhouse will have a water bowl on the outside, Valerie said.
Advanced pottery was Valerie's fourth PCAC arts camp this summer; the others included Drawing the Face earlier this month and Digital Photography, which was a morning camp last week.
Siblings Shayla, Trevor and Gavin French, of Plymouth Township, are also arts camp veterans.
“I like working on the wheel to make plates,” said Shayla, 12, who had made two plates last week to give away as gifts. On Thursday, she was using the coil technique to fashion a canister to hold the treats the family makes for its pet dog.
Trevor, 10, said his favorite art medium is cartooning. One of his cartoons earned first place in a state of Michigan-sponsored anti-smoking campaign, and earned Trevor a trip to Washington, D.C., this summer, he said. Burda said the poster was turned into an anti-smoking billboard.
Gavin, 8, made a miniature stop sign Thursday during the camp's required small-figures project (animal figurines, jewelry or a chess piece, for example, Burda explained). What was he going to do with the sign?
“No clue,” Gavin said, adding, “I have cars.”
Pottery is universal
Nick Sowizral of Plymouth, who expresses a keen interest in Native Americans, made an Apache “owl fetish” figure, a small, hollow pot with wings and a beak.
“It was like a pinch pot, but I smoothed it out,” Nick, 12, said of his technique.
Nick, who has also taken PCAC drawing and painting camps, said the universal nature of pottery appeals to him.
“Pretty much every race on the planet has something to do with clay” for decorations and utilitarian items, Nick said. “I enjoy the process. I like getting my hands all dirty.”
Nick's other projects last week included a textured platter, a bowl he threw on the potting wheel (“Maybe like a salsa bowl,” he said) and a Hopi water bowl, complete with ladle, that he made with the coil technique.
Campers were to glaze their projects Friday, and they will be fired, in kilns the PCAC has on its site, in time for a Friday, Aug. 31, PCAC art show for campers and their parents. Every child who participated in a camp this summer will have a piece in the show, Burda said.
Burda said an expansion of PCAC arts camps this summer paid off, with about 560 campers going through the program, taking courses that included pottery, acrylic painting, watercolor painting, animation, drawing, jewelry-making and performing arts. Camp enrollment was up over last year by more than 140 children, he said.
The Plymouth Community Arts Council has spots available in three arts camps that begin Monday: Animation and Cartooning (ages 7-16), Performing Arts (ages 5-13) and Mixed Studio arts (an evening camp for ages 12 and up). In addition, a three-day basic pottery camp has been added, from 9 a.m. to noon beginning Monday, Aug. 27, for students ages 5-12. Visit www.plymoutharts.com or call (734) 416-4278 for more information.
mjachman@hometownlife.com (313) 222-2405
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012208190458
About 10 students participated in the Plymouth Community Arts Council's advanced pottery camp last week, spending three hours each afternoon at the Joanne Winkleman Hulce Center for the Arts practicing techniques and working on assigned and free-choice projects.
The students, many of whom were in other PCAC arts camps earlier this summer, had to have taken at least one pottery course there in order to qualify for the advanced class. Some had taken two or more pottery classes.
“You can see the skill level go to new heights here,” said instructor Jeff Burda, who is also the PCAC's executive director.
The small class size allows for more detailed instruction, Burda said, and more time to complete projects and practice on the potting wheel, of which the PCAC has two.
Arts veterans
The wheel is the favorite pottery technique among many of the campers.
“You can make whatever you want. It always turns out smooth,” said Valerie Itsell, 9, of Plymouth Township, who made two plates, a large one and a small one, on the wheel.
Valerie was working on a birdhouse Thursday using the slab technique, joining seven rectangular pieces of clay that she had rolled out and cut — four for the walls, one for the floor and two for the slanted roof. The completed birdhouse will have a water bowl on the outside, Valerie said.
Advanced pottery was Valerie's fourth PCAC arts camp this summer; the others included Drawing the Face earlier this month and Digital Photography, which was a morning camp last week.
Siblings Shayla, Trevor and Gavin French, of Plymouth Township, are also arts camp veterans.
“I like working on the wheel to make plates,” said Shayla, 12, who had made two plates last week to give away as gifts. On Thursday, she was using the coil technique to fashion a canister to hold the treats the family makes for its pet dog.
Trevor, 10, said his favorite art medium is cartooning. One of his cartoons earned first place in a state of Michigan-sponsored anti-smoking campaign, and earned Trevor a trip to Washington, D.C., this summer, he said. Burda said the poster was turned into an anti-smoking billboard.
Gavin, 8, made a miniature stop sign Thursday during the camp's required small-figures project (animal figurines, jewelry or a chess piece, for example, Burda explained). What was he going to do with the sign?
“No clue,” Gavin said, adding, “I have cars.”
Pottery is universal
Nick Sowizral of Plymouth, who expresses a keen interest in Native Americans, made an Apache “owl fetish” figure, a small, hollow pot with wings and a beak.
“It was like a pinch pot, but I smoothed it out,” Nick, 12, said of his technique.
Nick, who has also taken PCAC drawing and painting camps, said the universal nature of pottery appeals to him.
“Pretty much every race on the planet has something to do with clay” for decorations and utilitarian items, Nick said. “I enjoy the process. I like getting my hands all dirty.”
Nick's other projects last week included a textured platter, a bowl he threw on the potting wheel (“Maybe like a salsa bowl,” he said) and a Hopi water bowl, complete with ladle, that he made with the coil technique.
Campers were to glaze their projects Friday, and they will be fired, in kilns the PCAC has on its site, in time for a Friday, Aug. 31, PCAC art show for campers and their parents. Every child who participated in a camp this summer will have a piece in the show, Burda said.
Burda said an expansion of PCAC arts camps this summer paid off, with about 560 campers going through the program, taking courses that included pottery, acrylic painting, watercolor painting, animation, drawing, jewelry-making and performing arts. Camp enrollment was up over last year by more than 140 children, he said.
The Plymouth Community Arts Council has spots available in three arts camps that begin Monday: Animation and Cartooning (ages 7-16), Performing Arts (ages 5-13) and Mixed Studio arts (an evening camp for ages 12 and up). In addition, a three-day basic pottery camp has been added, from 9 a.m. to noon beginning Monday, Aug. 27, for students ages 5-12. Visit www.plymoutharts.com or call (734) 416-4278 for more information.
mjachman@hometownlife.com (313) 222-2405
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012208190458
Artist readies antique press for new prints
In a world of virtual typesetting, ink-jet printers and computer graphics programs that allow limitless variety, Mike Mullen takes a slower, hands-on approach to his printing.
“I get results that I could never imagine,” said Mullen, a printmaker, art instructor and musician, of old-fashioned relief printmaking. “The process really takes over and takes you places where you'd never get on your own.”
Mullen, who lives in Northville Township, recently bought a 121-year-old, pedal-powered platen press that he's in the process of restoring. For its post-restoration debut — and its first printing job in about 30 years — he is planning a limited-edition linocut print that is to be the centerpiece of an arts fundraiser in Plymouth next month.
Mullen will donate 100 copies of the print, Endless Possibilities, to the Plymouth Community Arts Council, which has a two-day fundraiser — also called Endless Possibilities — planned for Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28. Prints number one through five will be auctioned off through the PCAC (bids will be accepted beginning Friday, March 30), and prints six through 100 will be available during the fundraiser for $100 each. The press itself, which weighs about 1,100 pounds, will be displayed at the PCAC that weekend.
Musical guests
Mullen will also be performing with his folk group, the Pairadocs Trio, at the PCAC on April 27 to help kick off the fundraiser, which will feature several other musical acts the next evening. Mullen, who plays guitar, is president of the BaseLine Folk Society, which gathers at the PCAC, September through May, for coffeehouse-style folk concerts.
According to Jeff Burda, executive director of the PCAC, Endless Possibilities will depict a child holding something undefined — a pencil? a paintbrush? a conductor's baton? — and poised to create art, symbolizing the possibilities of the work's title. The theme, Burda said, is tied to the PCAC's wide reach in the community and its array of arts programs, which include exhibits, workshops and classes in art, theater and music, summer arts camps for children, and concerts. Burda teaches part time at an area high school and is a PCAC pottery instructor.
Mullen says he has the print's design sketched out and plans to carve it into linoleum — from whence the word linocut — for his press. The carving will be a mirror image of the finished print; Mullen said part of the challenge of that style of printmaking is that it forces him to think in reverse.
“You ink the surface and whatever's left on the block takes the ink,” he said.
Press ‘revolutionized' trade
Mullen is thrilled with his antique press, an 1891 model “jobber” press built by Chandler & Price of Cleveland. He bought it from a man in Westland who kept it in his basement but hadn't used it in decades. The man had bought it as a 14-year-old and had used it for small jobs to earn some cash.
“Most kids at that time had a paper route. He had a printing press,” Mullen said.
The “jobber,” with a maximum printing area of 8 by 12 inches, could accommodate smaller-sized projects, such as business cards and stationary, in a more cost-effective way than other presses of its time, Mullen said. “This particular style of press revolutionized the printing industry,” he said.
Mullen began cleaning up the Chandler & Price, one thing led to another and pretty soon it was being completely restored, he said. He hopes to have the project finished in early April.
“That's typical when you get into a project. You think it's going to be a week or two, and now it's been three months,” he said.
Foot power
The former owner had a motor mounted on the press to power it, Mullen said, but he didn't want that, preferring to use the original foot treadle instead. That'll give him more precise control over the process, he said.
Once Mullen has the linoleum carved, the printing itself should only take a couple of hours, he said. And once finished, according to Burda, the carving will be destroyed, leaving the prints as the only ones of their kind.
“You can only get it here,” Burda said.
The PCAC will also receive an artist's proof of the print to hang on the walls of its headquarters in Plymouth.
Mullen, who also made a limited-run print for a recent Northville District Library fundraiser, said he's glad to be able to help out. The PCAC has worked out well as a headquarters for BaseLine, which is in its third season there, and he wants to give back, Mullen said.
“That organization has bent over backwards for us and welcomed us with open arms,” Mullen said.
mjachman@hometownlife.com (313) 222-2405
From Observer & Eccentric, March 18, 2012.
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20120318/NEWS15/203180420/Artist-readies-antique-press-new-prints?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Plymouth|p
“I get results that I could never imagine,” said Mullen, a printmaker, art instructor and musician, of old-fashioned relief printmaking. “The process really takes over and takes you places where you'd never get on your own.”
Mullen, who lives in Northville Township, recently bought a 121-year-old, pedal-powered platen press that he's in the process of restoring. For its post-restoration debut — and its first printing job in about 30 years — he is planning a limited-edition linocut print that is to be the centerpiece of an arts fundraiser in Plymouth next month.
Mullen will donate 100 copies of the print, Endless Possibilities, to the Plymouth Community Arts Council, which has a two-day fundraiser — also called Endless Possibilities — planned for Friday, April 27, and Saturday, April 28. Prints number one through five will be auctioned off through the PCAC (bids will be accepted beginning Friday, March 30), and prints six through 100 will be available during the fundraiser for $100 each. The press itself, which weighs about 1,100 pounds, will be displayed at the PCAC that weekend.
Musical guests
Mullen will also be performing with his folk group, the Pairadocs Trio, at the PCAC on April 27 to help kick off the fundraiser, which will feature several other musical acts the next evening. Mullen, who plays guitar, is president of the BaseLine Folk Society, which gathers at the PCAC, September through May, for coffeehouse-style folk concerts.
According to Jeff Burda, executive director of the PCAC, Endless Possibilities will depict a child holding something undefined — a pencil? a paintbrush? a conductor's baton? — and poised to create art, symbolizing the possibilities of the work's title. The theme, Burda said, is tied to the PCAC's wide reach in the community and its array of arts programs, which include exhibits, workshops and classes in art, theater and music, summer arts camps for children, and concerts. Burda teaches part time at an area high school and is a PCAC pottery instructor.
Mullen says he has the print's design sketched out and plans to carve it into linoleum — from whence the word linocut — for his press. The carving will be a mirror image of the finished print; Mullen said part of the challenge of that style of printmaking is that it forces him to think in reverse.
“You ink the surface and whatever's left on the block takes the ink,” he said.
Press ‘revolutionized' trade
Mullen is thrilled with his antique press, an 1891 model “jobber” press built by Chandler & Price of Cleveland. He bought it from a man in Westland who kept it in his basement but hadn't used it in decades. The man had bought it as a 14-year-old and had used it for small jobs to earn some cash.
“Most kids at that time had a paper route. He had a printing press,” Mullen said.
The “jobber,” with a maximum printing area of 8 by 12 inches, could accommodate smaller-sized projects, such as business cards and stationary, in a more cost-effective way than other presses of its time, Mullen said. “This particular style of press revolutionized the printing industry,” he said.
Mullen began cleaning up the Chandler & Price, one thing led to another and pretty soon it was being completely restored, he said. He hopes to have the project finished in early April.
“That's typical when you get into a project. You think it's going to be a week or two, and now it's been three months,” he said.
Foot power
The former owner had a motor mounted on the press to power it, Mullen said, but he didn't want that, preferring to use the original foot treadle instead. That'll give him more precise control over the process, he said.
Once Mullen has the linoleum carved, the printing itself should only take a couple of hours, he said. And once finished, according to Burda, the carving will be destroyed, leaving the prints as the only ones of their kind.
“You can only get it here,” Burda said.
The PCAC will also receive an artist's proof of the print to hang on the walls of its headquarters in Plymouth.
Mullen, who also made a limited-run print for a recent Northville District Library fundraiser, said he's glad to be able to help out. The PCAC has worked out well as a headquarters for BaseLine, which is in its third season there, and he wants to give back, Mullen said.
“That organization has bent over backwards for us and welcomed us with open arms,” Mullen said.
mjachman@hometownlife.com (313) 222-2405
From Observer & Eccentric, March 18, 2012.
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20120318/NEWS15/203180420/Artist-readies-antique-press-new-prints?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Plymouth|p
Uptown players hold auditions for new season
"The Plymouth Community Arts Council is looking forward to another successful children's theater season with director Katelyn Sigworth and assistants Cara Bosco and Kimmy Elliot.
Now all they need are actors.
Drop-in auditions for the Plymouth Uptown Players will be held at the PCAC (774 N. Sheldon Road, Plymouth) on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 5-9 p.m. Once your child has auditioned they are free to leave. Everyone who auditions will get a part.
The main goal of the PUPS program, PCAC officials point out, is to “make the participants feel comfortable and confident” in front of a live audience. Children will learn stage direction, cues, blocking, voice projection, role play, characterization and improvisation. As always, young people who join PUPS can expect to participate in games and exercises that will stimulate their inner performer.
Rehearsals are every Sunday beginning Sept. 11, with the times dependent on age and cast. The season will conclude with a weekend of performances Dec. 9-11.
For more information about this program visit the PCAC website (www.plymoutharts.com) or call (734) 416-4278."
From Observer & Eccentric, September 1, 2011.
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109010601
Now all they need are actors.
Drop-in auditions for the Plymouth Uptown Players will be held at the PCAC (774 N. Sheldon Road, Plymouth) on Thursday, Sept. 8, from 5-9 p.m. Once your child has auditioned they are free to leave. Everyone who auditions will get a part.
The main goal of the PUPS program, PCAC officials point out, is to “make the participants feel comfortable and confident” in front of a live audience. Children will learn stage direction, cues, blocking, voice projection, role play, characterization and improvisation. As always, young people who join PUPS can expect to participate in games and exercises that will stimulate their inner performer.
Rehearsals are every Sunday beginning Sept. 11, with the times dependent on age and cast. The season will conclude with a weekend of performances Dec. 9-11.
For more information about this program visit the PCAC website (www.plymoutharts.com) or call (734) 416-4278."
From Observer & Eccentric, September 1, 2011.
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109010601
Everyone will earn a role at auditions
"Drop in auditions for the Plymouth Uptown Players (PUPS) will be held 5-9 p.m., Thursday, Sept., 8, at the Plymouth Community Arts Council, 774 N. Sheldon Road, Plymouth. Katelyn Sigworth directs PUPS, with help from assistants Cara Bosco and Kimmy Elliot.
The PUPS program, designed for students in middle school and elementary school, aims to make the participants feel comfortable and confident in front of a live audience. Children will learn stage direction, cues, blocking, voice projection, role play, characterization and improvisation. Youngsters who join PUPS can expect to participate in games and exercises that will stimulate their inner performer.
Everyone who auditions will get a part. Rehearsals are every Sunday beginning Sept. 11, with the times dependent on age and cast.
The season will conclude with a weekend of performances Dec. 9-11 at the Plymouth Community Arts Council.
Visit the PCAC Web site at www.plymoutharts.com, or call (734) 416-4278."
From Observer & Eccentric, September 1, 2011.
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109010490
The PUPS program, designed for students in middle school and elementary school, aims to make the participants feel comfortable and confident in front of a live audience. Children will learn stage direction, cues, blocking, voice projection, role play, characterization and improvisation. Youngsters who join PUPS can expect to participate in games and exercises that will stimulate their inner performer.
Everyone who auditions will get a part. Rehearsals are every Sunday beginning Sept. 11, with the times dependent on age and cast.
The season will conclude with a weekend of performances Dec. 9-11 at the Plymouth Community Arts Council.
Visit the PCAC Web site at www.plymoutharts.com, or call (734) 416-4278."
From Observer & Eccentric, September 1, 2011.
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109010490
Music dies down after a successful season
Beverly Meyer, “The Music Lady,” closed out the 27th annual Music in the Park series last week. The series is hosted by the Plymouth Community Arts Council, with The Wilcox Foundation as the major sponsor. / Bill Bresler | staff photographer
"By Brad Kadrich
Observer Staff Writer
It started back in June with the opening-day appearance by Josh White Jr. It included a pair of performances from perennial crowd favorite Guy Louis & Chautauqua Express.
And it ended last week with Beverly Meyer, “The Music Lady.”
And through the two-month schedule, the Plymouth Community Arts Council's 27th annual “Music in the Park” concert series entertained thousands of children and their families adorning the grass of downtown Plymouth's Kellogg Park.
“It's a simple formula ... a place where people can gather and hear good music,” said Deb Madonna, who organizes the concerts every year. “Musicians love the reception they get and are eager to come back. Having a park like Kellogg Park in the middle of town provides a place where people love to gather.”
Madonna estimates the concerts draw as many as 25,000 people a year over the three-month schedule. And, while the concerts are geared toward children, the age range of the audience always tickles Madonna.
“The wide range of audience members makes you smile,” she said. “You get young babies, families, day care groups, senior citizens. What other program can you think of has that wide of a range in ages?”
Despite all of those attributes, Madonna knows the series would be tough to present without the sponsors. Once again, The Wilcox Foundation was the series' major sponsor. Other sponsors include Huron Valley Ambulance, Monroe Bank & Trust, Rotary Club of Plymouth A.M., the Miracle League of Plymouth, The Cupcake Station, Genuine Toy, Plymouth-Canton Montessori School, Chair-iot of Canton, Kilwin's and Kona Ice.
“What amazes me is that, even though we have experienced very tough times and Michigan's economy has been very hard hit, business owners and individuals kindly pitched in to provide this program for our community,” Madonna said.
bkadrich@hometownlife.com (313) 222-8899"
From Observer & Eccentric, September 1, 2011.
http://www.hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F201109010650%2FNEWS15%2F109010596
Observer Staff Writer
It started back in June with the opening-day appearance by Josh White Jr. It included a pair of performances from perennial crowd favorite Guy Louis & Chautauqua Express.
And it ended last week with Beverly Meyer, “The Music Lady.”
And through the two-month schedule, the Plymouth Community Arts Council's 27th annual “Music in the Park” concert series entertained thousands of children and their families adorning the grass of downtown Plymouth's Kellogg Park.
“It's a simple formula ... a place where people can gather and hear good music,” said Deb Madonna, who organizes the concerts every year. “Musicians love the reception they get and are eager to come back. Having a park like Kellogg Park in the middle of town provides a place where people love to gather.”
Madonna estimates the concerts draw as many as 25,000 people a year over the three-month schedule. And, while the concerts are geared toward children, the age range of the audience always tickles Madonna.
“The wide range of audience members makes you smile,” she said. “You get young babies, families, day care groups, senior citizens. What other program can you think of has that wide of a range in ages?”
Despite all of those attributes, Madonna knows the series would be tough to present without the sponsors. Once again, The Wilcox Foundation was the series' major sponsor. Other sponsors include Huron Valley Ambulance, Monroe Bank & Trust, Rotary Club of Plymouth A.M., the Miracle League of Plymouth, The Cupcake Station, Genuine Toy, Plymouth-Canton Montessori School, Chair-iot of Canton, Kilwin's and Kona Ice.
“What amazes me is that, even though we have experienced very tough times and Michigan's economy has been very hard hit, business owners and individuals kindly pitched in to provide this program for our community,” Madonna said.
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From Observer & Eccentric, September 1, 2011.
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