News Release
April 8, 2005
"Create And Celebrate The Arts," A Community Celebration Of The Arts At Denver Public Schools, Is Saturday, May 7
On Saturday, May 7, 2005 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the 73 schools of the southeast and northeast quadrants of Denver Public Schools will present "Create and Celebrate the Arts," a community celebration of the arts at Denver Public Schools. The event will be held at the Denver School of the Arts, 7111 Montview Blvd.
The event will kick off at 10 a.m. with a fanfare of music and a presentation of art banners from every school represented. This will be followed by a day of concerts, dances, drama and art-making activities.
At noon a special event will honor arts supporters and include the debut of our "Create and Celebrate" song, written by Dixie Lingler of Hamilton Middle School and a video on "Celebrating the Arts in the Denver Public Schools" by students in the video cinema program at the Denver School of the Arts.
Groups will perform all over the building, including Lowry Elementary Percussion, George Washington High School dance and drama, Smith Renaissance dancers and actors, Bruce Randolph Chamber orchestra, Hill Middle School Choir and the Columbine Elementary Hand bells.
"Art Caps" will be a made all day and there will be classes and demonstrations in music and art taught by our arts teachers. Draw with our art teachers, watch a high school student do air brush painting, make an art cap, join in our sing-a-long for Create and Celebrate, catch Shakespeare and musicals.
Celebrate the arts, celebrate the Denver Public Schools, bring your family and join us anytime on Saturday, May 7. More information is available at curriculum.dpsk12.org/arts_createcelebrate.htm.
The event is free and open to the public. There will be food for sale on the back lawn at Denver School of the Arts at Montview and Olive from local eateries including Cold Stone Creamery, Chipotle, and Einstein Bagels. DSA parent groups will also be selling food items during the event.
Free parking and shuttle buses will be available from Hamilton Middle School, South High School, Montbello High School, Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School, Bruce Randolph Middle School and East High School starting at 9:30 a.m. This event is being held to thank our community for their support of the passage of the 2003 mill levy. Thanks to this mill levy, DPS has brought back the arts in all of the elementary schools.
For more information, please contact Julia Shepherd, southeast area arts specialist, 303-764-6947, or Kevin Fletcher, northeast area arts specialist, 303-764-6971.