Youth Enrichment
Young Park Singers
Tune up your vocal chords and dust off your dance shoes!
The apprentice group of the Decatur Park Singers will hold auditions this winter for the Summer of 2010. If you're finishing grades 8 - 12 and want to further your singing and dancing career, this program is for you! The Young Park Singers perform over 20 times at concerts throughout the summer with the Decatur Park Singers.
The 2009 Young Park Singers
2010 Park Singers Schedule
May 29, 6 p.m. - Cookin' with the Chorale, Fairview Park
June 5, 7 p.m. - Moweaqua Pow-Wow Days
June 12, 6 p.m. - Millikin Homestead
June 13, 2 p.m. - Macon County Fair
June 16, 7 p.m. - Cresthaven Park
June 19, 1 p.m. - Juneteenth Celebration, Central Park
June 20, 6:30 p.m. - Primrose Retirement Village
June 21, 7 p.m. - Sinawik Park
June 23, 6 p.m. - South Shores Park
June 26, 7 p.m. - Paris, IL
June 28, 6 p.m. - Weaver Park
June 30, 7 p.m. - Lincoln Park
July 1, 12:30 p.m. - Macon County Senior Center
July 2, 7 p.m. - Tuscola Ervin Park
July 3, 6:30 p.m. - Pana Central Park
July 6, 7 p.m. - Hess Park
July 7, 7 p.m. - Oak Grove Park
July 10, 6:30 p.m. - First Baptist Church
June 14, 6 p.m. - Kiwanis Park
July 18, 5:30 p.m. - Scovill Zoo Ice Cream Social
July 19, 7 p.m. - Monroe Park
July 21, 6 p.m. - Children's Museum
July 22, 7:30 p.m. - Rockford, IL
July 29, 7 p.m. - Mueller Park
Park Singers Camp
Come sing and dance with the Decatur Park Singers! Participants will learn new choreography and lyrics to perform on stage at the Park Singers concert on July 29!
Date: July 26 - 29
Time: 10 a.m. - Noon (age 6 - 8)
1 - 3 p.m. (age 9 - 12)
Location: Arts & Recreation Center (2020 N. Oakland)
Fee: $50/resident & $60/non-resident
Note: Performance tee shirt included
Best of Summer Stock (B.O.S.S.)
Gotta sing? Gotta dance? Come join the B.O.S.S. musical theatre summer camps! Participants will work together learning songs, dances, and scenes as they bring a musical to life. Actors will learn team work, musical theatre technique adn skills in preparation for a musical theatre production complete with sets, costuming, props, and lights. Each camp is led by a professional, experienced musical theatre staff. The program is directed by Marie Jagger-Taylor.
Registration ends June 11, 2010
Fees: $150 R/$175 NR
Fee includes performance tee shirt, script, and practice CD.
B.O.S.S. Jr. participants are required to supply show shoes/pants.
B.O.S.S. Sr. participants must supply show shoes.
B.O.S.S. Jr.
Date: Monday - Thursday, June 21 – July 31, 2010
Time: 9 a.m. - noon
Age: Grades 1 - 4 (2009 - 2010 school year)
Location: Arts & Recreation Center, 2020 N. Oakland
Show: Disney's Cinderella
B.O.S.S. Sr.
Date: Monday - Thursday, June 21 - August 1, 2010
Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
Age: Grades 5 - 9 (2009 - 2010 school year)
Location: Arts & Recreation Center, 2020 N. Oakland
Show: Guys & Dolls
2010 B.O.S.S. Performances
Catch a free preview performance of the Best of Summer Stock (B.O.S.S.) in Central Park on Friday, July 16, 2010 at Noon.
B.O.S.S. Jr. - Disney's Cinderella
Friday, July 30, 2010 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 31, 2010 2 p.m.
B.O.S.S. Sr. - Guys & Dolls
Saturday, July 31, 2010 7 p.m.
Sunday, August 1, 2010 2 p.m.
Tickets:
Performances are $7.00 for reserved seating at the Decatur Civic Center Theatre. Sales begin July 12 and may be purchased at 620 E. Riverside Ave., by phone (422-5911), online at www.decatur-parks.org or one hour prior to show time at the Theatre.
Greater Decatur Youth Band
You don't have to wait until fall to perform with the band! Tune up your music skills with friends in the Greater Decatur Youth Band! This program is designed for area band instrumentalists who are looking for superior summer instruction and a chance to perform at various special events. Musicians perform under the direction of Dr. Gary Shaw, Millikin University’s Director of Bands. Please call 422-5911 for more information.
Date: Mondays & Wednesdays,
June 9 - August 7, 2010
Time: Red Band : 9 - 10:15 a.m. (grades 5 - 6)
Blue Band: 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. (grades 7 - 9)
Location: Rm. K136, Kirkland Fine Arts Center at Millikin University
Age: Students in grades 4 - 6 will be in the Red Band; those in 7 - 10 will be in the Blue Band. Designed for musicians who have played brass, perussion, or woodwind instruments for at least one year.
Fee: $60.00 R/$72.00 NR
Greater Decatur Summer Strings
If you're looking for top-notch orchestra over the summer, join the Greater Decatur Summer Strings program. Designed for students in grades 1 - 9, this exciting 4-week program allows you to enhance your skills and perform at various special events. Instructed by Jason Zimmerman.
Date: Monday - Thursday, June 7 - July 1, 2010
Time: Reading Orchestra: 12 - 12:45 p.m.
- For elementary students with 1 year of playing experience.
Summer Strings: 1 - 1:45 p.m.
- For elementary students with 2 years of playing experience.
Summer Orchestra: 2 - 3 p.m.
- For elementary or middle school students with 3 or more years of playing
experience.
Location: French Academy
Age: $60 for residents & $72 for non-residents