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South Lake Tahoe native Ashley Kern (left), works with a student participant in Japan during a Young Americans workshop. The workshop returns to South Lake Tahoe Nov. 1–3.
The Young Americans, a performance group with more than 250 singers, musicians, actors and technicians from 40 states and 7 countries, will have 47 of their members return to South Lake Tahoe Nov. 1–3 for a music outreach workshop that will culminate in a two-hour show on the final evening.
The workshops will be held at the St. Theresa School gym and is open to students of all abilities from first grade through high school. The cost of the workshop is $65, which includes a T-shirt to be worn in the performance.
The Young Americans will host a faced-paced workshop where students learn to create and perform a live musical concert that incorporates an array of music and dance styles, lighting, staging, costumes and props. Music, dance and performance become the bond that brings the students together and serves as the vehicle for their learning.
The Young American teacher-performers set the example and lead the way with inspiration, patience and support. They create an environment where students quickly learn the value and joy of hard work, focus and commitment. The resulting two-hour concert is performed to an audience of family, friends and community. The Young Americans perform the first act, while the second act is performed by the entire cast of students.
In 2005, the Young Americans first came to South Lake Tahoe and more than 160 kids participated. Two of the student performers, Ashley Kern and Becca Lincoln, went on to become Young Americans teachers-performers. Lincoln is on tour and will be joining the South Lake Tahoe workshop. Both women have traveled to Germany, Japan, Africa the United Kingdom and throughout the United States.
Hosting these workshops is a rewarding experience for the Young Americans and also the students, Kern said.
"We usually hate to leave a town and the kids hate to see us go,” Kern said. "We encourage everyone to try this. It is for everyone even if you don't dance or sing.”
Registration for the workshop is available Monday through Friday at Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio, 2107 James Ave., or at 264 Lake Tahoe Blvd. #6, or by calling Kern and Lincoln at (530) 541-3041 to sign up or for more information. Online registration forms are available at www.ayakodance.com.
Late registration will be available on workshop day beginning at noon. Parents are encouraged to sign up their children early.
The workshops will begin Sunday, Nov. 1 from 1–8 p.m., continuing Nov. 2 from 4–9 p.m. and Nov. 3 from 4–6:30 p.m. The final show begins that evening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door; doors open at 7 p.m.
The Young Americans, a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1962. For information about Young Americans, visit www.youngamericans.org.
The workshops will be held at the St. Theresa School gym and is open to students of all abilities from first grade through high school. The cost of the workshop is $65, which includes a T-shirt to be worn in the performance.
The Young Americans will host a faced-paced workshop where students learn to create and perform a live musical concert that incorporates an array of music and dance styles, lighting, staging, costumes and props. Music, dance and performance become the bond that brings the students together and serves as the vehicle for their learning.
The Young American teacher-performers set the example and lead the way with inspiration, patience and support. They create an environment where students quickly learn the value and joy of hard work, focus and commitment. The resulting two-hour concert is performed to an audience of family, friends and community. The Young Americans perform the first act, while the second act is performed by the entire cast of students.
In 2005, the Young Americans first came to South Lake Tahoe and more than 160 kids participated. Two of the student performers, Ashley Kern and Becca Lincoln, went on to become Young Americans teachers-performers. Lincoln is on tour and will be joining the South Lake Tahoe workshop. Both women have traveled to Germany, Japan, Africa the United Kingdom and throughout the United States.
Hosting these workshops is a rewarding experience for the Young Americans and also the students, Kern said.
"We usually hate to leave a town and the kids hate to see us go,” Kern said. "We encourage everyone to try this. It is for everyone even if you don't dance or sing.”
Registration for the workshop is available Monday through Friday at Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio, 2107 James Ave., or at 264 Lake Tahoe Blvd. #6, or by calling Kern and Lincoln at (530) 541-3041 to sign up or for more information. Online registration forms are available at www.ayakodance.com.
Late registration will be available on workshop day beginning at noon. Parents are encouraged to sign up their children early.
The workshops will begin Sunday, Nov. 1 from 1–8 p.m., continuing Nov. 2 from 4–9 p.m. and Nov. 3 from 4–6:30 p.m. The final show begins that evening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door; doors open at 7 p.m.
The Young Americans, a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1962. For information about Young Americans, visit www.youngamericans.org.
