{"id":7044,"date":"2011-06-29T20:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=7044"},"modified":"2011-06-29T13:31:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T18:31:21","slug":"community-arts-program-at-apsu-hosts-inaugural-musical-theater-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/06\/29\/community-arts-program-at-apsu-hosts-inaugural-musical-theater-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Arts Program at APSU Hosts Inaugural Musical Theater Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Last Friday afternoon, a new musical premiered at the Austin Peay State University Music\/Mass Communication Building\u2019s Concert Hall. The show, \u201cIntergalactic Space Trip,\u201d was an ambitious, 15-minute production, featuring several musical numbers sung in a half dozen different languages.<\/p>\n

When the cast, made up of local 8 to 12 year olds, took their final bow at the end of the show, the parents sitting in the audience agreed that it was a success. They were happy to see what their children had learned in only five days.<\/p>\n

\"Students<\/a>

Students perform a scene as part of \u201cIntergalactic Space Trip.\u201d (Photo by Beth Liggett\/APSU Public Relations and Marketing)<\/p><\/div>\n

Friday\u2019s performance was the final production in a weeklong musical theater day camp, hosted by APSU\u2019s Community School for the Arts. It was the first camp of its type ever to be hosted by that program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey spent the week learning different songs, designing costumes and some scenery and props and learning some different rhythm instruments to accompany themselves,\u201d JoAnn McIntosh, CSA coordinator, said. \u201cAnd they pretty much came up with the story line on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly before Friday\u2019s performance, Briana Larsen, the camp\u2019s artistic director, busied herself backstage, making sure everyone was in costume and that they remembered their lines. Larsen, a senior in vocal performance at APSU, has worked in musical theater since she was in elementary school, and she regularly performs in the University\u2019s opera productions.<\/p>\n

Last December, she gave her senior recital, which was the culmination of her years of hard work at APSU. She had to perform works in Italian, French and German, in addition to complex pieces in English, for that program, and she applied this requirement to her young students at the day camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll week we\u2019ve done research on different countries around the world, and the kids have learned a song from each country in its native language,\u201d Larsen said. \u201cThey\u2019ve divided into groups and written skits about the different countries. All of this has pretty much been done by the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 14 students in the inaugural camp crafted the \u201cIntergalactic Space Trip\u201d musical about a school class of alien children studying the different planets. In the 15-minute play, the alien children are specifically focused on the planet Earth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey helped with the choreography, they designed their masks, made rain sticks, helped with T-shirts,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moments before the curtain rose, someone asked the group of young actors if they\u2019d enjoyed themselves that week. A collective \u201cyes\u201d rang out from their eager mouths, while a few stragglers appeared from the dressing rooms to reaffirm this enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

McIntosh said the camp\u2019s success will likely make it an annual summer event on the APSU campus. The CSA was founded in 1990 with the goal of promoting and increasing awareness of the arts throughout the surrounding area. The program serves approximately 350 students of all ages and skill levels through programs in music, dance and the visual arts.<\/p>\n

For information on other CSA programs, visit www.apsu.edu\/csa<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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