“ And you know there are about 10 kids in drama school. And residents were duped into a $20M tax for their theater. There were better options than sucking residents dry.”
WHAT?!?!?!
Where did you get the numbers for kids in the theatre program?
I just choreographed the Wizard of Oz and we had more than 30 kids in the ensemble alone, nevermind the leads and secondary parts. There are over 30 kids in the high school band next year, plus chorus, musical theatre, and the different guitar and theory classes.
At the middle school level, there is over 80 students in the two bands, not counting the chorus. The little mermaid musical I choreographed for them had well over 30 students in it.
The music and theatre program at Mascoma is quickly out populating the athletic programs, which no one seems to bat an eye at the budget for.
There is also an active AV club at both the middle school and high school levels; some of the students having been accepted to the prestigious St. Paul’s summer school to further their education in the AV industry.
Having performed in just about every theatre in the upper valley, this theatre is one of the nicest for performers and audiences alike and, eventually, the district should be able to pull in funds from traveling performers because, when it becomes available to the public, the public will choose this theatre. Maybe that’s the conversation we need to be having.
All that aside, it is well documented through excessive research that studying music develops areas of the brain that cannot be simulated with any other form of academics. It is the only thing my children go to the school for; it is that important to brain development.
Music and theatre, literally, make our students more intelligent and successful.
Mostly, your *fact of “ten kids…” is 100% wrong, so please do not spread misinformation.
Tammi Moriglioni DeFelice
Dancer, Artist, Home School Mom
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