Historical October 1982 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The West End Neighborhood Arts Council has organized storytelling sessions that will be held at the Hamilton School, St. Roch’s School and the Academic-Athletic Academy.
The talented performers Lynn Rubright, Annette Harrison and Ruthilde Kronberg are being offered through the Young Audiences Organization.
These classroom performances will feature Folk Tales, Myths, legends and Missouri Tall Tales as told by professional storytellers.
The program for each school will take place during the first week of November and will include 3-4 sessions per school. Young Audiences offers students the best in the performing arts.
The St. Louis Chapter of Young Audiences is one of thirty-six affiliated with the national organization.
Now in its 24th year, the chapter produces 1,000 performances, workshops and residencies each year … playing for approximately 225,000 students. Young Audiences objectives are to expose students to the best in the performing arts, to introduce students to the arts in an educational way, to foster students’ creative growth and critical awareness and to develop discriminating audiences for the future. Young Audiences performers are carefully chosen for their professionalism and their ability to relate to students. Young Audiences will create a program which is specifically designed for the needs of each school.
The West End Neighborhood Arts Council is pleased to provide the Hamilton School, St. Roch’s and the AcademicAthletic Academy with this outstanding program.
This program is being sponsored by: The Missouri Arts Council, The Arts and Humanities Commission of St. Louis, with additional funding provided by the Washington Heights Neighbors, the Rosedale Neighborhood Association and the Parkview Agents.
Originally published in The Neighborhood Paper, October 1982.
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