Show Bizness - 08/04/11 Cont'd
Thursday, 18 August 2011 18:36
Last Updated on Friday, 02 September 2011 13:45
| Cirque du Soleil donated $250,000 to the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, which is currently under construction in downtown Orlando. The funds will support the collaboration and planning between the two companies to develop programs targeted at emerging artists and children without access to the performing arts. When complete, the center will be home to three main theaters, educational facilities and a public performance plaza, all serving the center’s mission to educated artists, arts organizations, audiences and students throughout Florida. |
 While conducting research for a screenplay, Winter Garden resident Tammy Middleton experiences a day in the life of a Weeki Wachee Springs State Park “mermaid.” |
As part of her research for a screenplay, writer and photographer Tammy Middleton attended mermaid camp at Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. During her experience, she learned how to swim wearing a tail and encountered a manatee in the wild. The Winter Garden resident also interviewed former and current “mermaids.” |
RISING STARS ...
 Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance students (front, l. to r.) Cammy Lake, Emma Bautista, Sarah White, Madison Brinkman, Patrice Binkys, (second row, l.to r.) Marieke Carter, Savannah Spears, Liz Stroud, Caroline Lee, Uma Budhu, Elizabeth Victor, (third row, l. to r.) Lauren Mogg, Danielle Witten, Samantha Morris, Allie McHale, Isabella Katz, (fourth row, l. to r.), Angela Amore, Ciana Bello, Maria Mandese, Melissa Blackburn, (back, l. to r.) Krista Kline, Patricia Victor, Savannah Couch, Samantha McCoy, Sara Beth Burkett, Mandy Nall and Sophie Carter perform during the school’s 30th anniversary dance recital. |
Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance in Windermere presented its 30th anniversary dance recital, which took a year’s worth of preparation, at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. Students performed in kick lines, a hoedown number, a dance with their fathers, and a patriotic adult tap dance. For the finale, former students, faculty and staff members were invited to join other dancers onstage. |
 Lakes of Windermere resident and rising ninth-grader Noah Schnacky performs during Florida Virtual School and Connections Academy’s annual talent show. |
