Students...Get Ready
For Exciting Arts Programs

For the fifth consecutive year, the arts council’s Students Take pART in the ARTs will bring a professional performing arts program to every grade level in Cabarrus, Kannapolis and participating private and home schools.

Each program will include a study guide that relates the performance to the N.C. Standard Course of Study.  The arts council will also offer five teacher workshops to help educators use the arts as a teaching tool.

Theatre IV will transport children in grades K-2 to another time and place with the musical drama The Song of Mulan.  This noble Chinese folk tale features an extraordinary heroine, authentic costumes and props, and lovely songs as it provides an educational journey to the heart of an ancient civilization.

The Magic of African Rhythm’s Why Yaa Does Everything in Rhythm will allow students in grades 3-5 to experience the excitement and magic of Africa.  Featuring drums, dance, costumes, songs and drama, this performance will show students how rhythm connects all elements of traditional village life. 

The South’s oldest active improvisational theater, Transactors Improv combines dramatic skill, music, dance movement and storytelling to create a one-of-a-kind performance that students in grades 6 and 7 will not soon forget.  The performances will be improvisational -- based entirely on students’ suggestions.

In One Noble Journey, virtuoso actor Mike Wiley will show eighth graders  the 1849 story of how Henry “Box” Brown entombed himself in a small crate and shipped himself to Philadelphia. The inspirational drama also depicts the lives of William and Ellen Craft who triumphed over overwhelming odds to gain their freedom.

EbzB Productions’ Songs and Letters of World War II will treat high school students to a living history cabaret that will bring American history to life.  Featuring talented singers and actors David zum Brunnen and Serena Ebhardt, the production is a warm reminiscence and a harrowing reminder of a pivotal time in world history.

All school performances are sponsored by CT Communications, First Charter and The Independent Tribune.