Arts & Entertainment News May 6, 2009

Library Volunteer Readers

A planning meeting for Summer Reading Program volunteers will be held at the Globe Public Library on Wednesday, May 13th, at 5:00 p.m. in the library community room. The program will be held for four weeks in June and July on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. This year's theme is "Be Creative @ your library." Ideas are needed for stories, songs, games, and crafts. Interested persons are urged to contact Marion Steele or Ellen Watters at the library, 425-6111.

Summer Piano Lessons

June 1st- July 10th. Call 928-812- 3218. Location: Copper Valley Academy of Music at the Old Courthouse. Six 1/2 hour private lesson. Ages 5 and up. $100 + books. Flexible scheduling available. OR Five 1 hour group lessons. This is a one week class that meets every Summer Piano Lessons day for an hour. $75. Ages 7 and up. No at home practice required. Beginners welcome. Have fun with ensemble performance and games. OR Adult Recreational Piano Just for fun! Everyone is welcome. No prior experience needed.Five 1 hour group sessions. $75.

SYMTP Announces Summer Workshops

Summer will be here soon! The Summer Youth Musical Theater Program at the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts is gearing up for its 2009 season. SYMTP will be offering a variety of Theater Arts workshops for ages 5 through High SchooL These are a great way to add color and creativity to the vacation. All workshops are held mornings, Monday through Friday, in the Old Courthouse Theater facilities on the third floor of the Cobre Valley Center for the Arts (CVCA). MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Registration begins at the CVCA, 101 N. Broad Street in Globe, on May 11th. Some of the sessions fi ll up quickly. There are financial aid scholarships available to children for whom the tuition would be prohibitive. One week sessions run the weeks of June 1st: Masks and Movement, Adventures in Rhythm, Rockin Recorders, and June 8th - Puppets and Story and Musical Boomwhackers©. These are "hands-on" experiences where children ages 5 through 12 , (ages vary with the particular session), make all the creative choices guided by the staff of teacher/artists. The Musical Theater workshop, ages 8 through High School, is five weeks long and will be presenting Disney's "Jungle Book, Kids" in Youth Matinees, public SYMTP Announces Summer Workshops performances and nursing home concerts. All the participants appear onstage singing, acting and dancing. They also help with the scenery, props and other parts of the production. One of the most exciting parts of the program is the staff, which includes Diana Tunis, Carol Rios, Linda Gustafson, Karen Webb, Laura Belvado and Suzanne Lederman. They are all excited about their art and really like working with young people. If you wish more information about the program, please call Suzanne Lederman at 425- 0844.