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The Fitzgeralds, step-dancing fiddling siblings from Canada’s Ottawa
Valley, will perform for
high school students in all local public
schools September 17 through 20, opening
Darke County Center for the
Arts’ Arts In Education 2019-2020 season.
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DCCA Arts in Education opens with Step-Dancing Fitzgeralds
The Fitzgeralds, step-dancing fiddling siblings from Canada’s Ottawa
Valley, will perform for high school students in all local public
schools September 17 through 20, opening Darke County Center for the
Arts’ Arts In Education 2019-2020 season. “The Fitzgeralds
energetically share their cultural heritage through the music and dance
that they have been immersed in for their entire lives,” said DCCA
Artistic Director David Warner. “Our students will be entertained,
educated, and inspired by these amazing artists who are simply doing
what they were born to do,” he concluded.
DCCA’s A.I.E. program annually presents high quality professional
artists who perform for students in all grade levels in each local
public school at no cost to the students. Other presentations during
the upcoming year include DuffleBag Theatre’s interactive celebration
of storytelling for kindergarten through third grade students September
30 through October 4, a cappella group VoicePlay performing for junior
high students at Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall December 10 through 13,
and Guitar Man Jim McCutcheon bringing his highly contagious enthusiasm
and love for music to fourth through sixth-graders January 6 through 10.
Sponsors of DCCA’s Arts In Education series are Bach to Rock, Richard
Baker, Greenville Federal, Maid-Rite Sandwich Shoppe, Gordon
Orthodontics, Greenville Technology, Inc., The Mandy Green Fund, Edison
State Community College, Ramco, Wayne Health Care, Jordan Insurance
Agency, the John R. and Miriam Knick Fund of the Darke County
Foundation, the Ketrow Foundation, Lydia E. Schaurer Memorial Trust,
and the Harry D. Stephens Memorial Trust. The Ohio Arts Council helps
fund this program with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. DCCA
membership contributions also help support A.I.E., as do all local
school districts.
The Fitzgeralds will also open DCCA’s Artists Series season with a
performance at Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall on Saturday, September 21
at 8 p.m. Tickets for that show are $25, and can be obtained by
contacting DCCA at 937-547-0908 or online at www.darkecountyarts.org,
or at the door if any remain by showtime. Arts In Education
presentations are free and open to the public; performance times are
scheduled in cooperation with the schools. Contact DCCA for more
information.
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