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<DIV align=left><FONT color=#800000 size=2><STRONG>NEWS
RELEASE</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Contact: Melanie YC Pepe (330)
836-2626</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><A href=""><FONT
size=2>www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5><STRONG>Weathervane
Playhouse</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=4><STRONG>1301 Weathervane Lane
* Akron, Ohio 44313</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000 size=4
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Fall classes start September
17th!</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>** </STRONG></FONT><A href=""><EM><STRONG>CLICK
HERE to view bios for our instructors!</STRONG></EM></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT color=#000000
size=3><STRONG> **</STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT color=#000080>Imagine THAT! <I>The Wild
West</I><BR></FONT>Saturdays, 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.<BR>Ages 3 to 5</STRONG>
<BR><B class=CPprodPriceV>$130.00</B><BR></DIV>
<DIV align=center>Yee Haw! Imagine riding a horse and panning for gold. Imagine
tumbleweed and rattlesnakes. <I>Imagine THAT</I>, imagine anything! This class
specializes in storytelling through creative movement, improvisation, dramatic
play and music. Students will also be actively engaged in creating designs for
the stories they bring to the stage. We will have a ton of fun while traveling
wherever imaginations are willing to go! <BR><BR><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B><FONT
color=#000080>Introduction to Theater & Acting: Places,
Please!<BR></FONT>Ages 5 to 8<BR>Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30
a.m.</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B>$160</B> <BR><BR>The show is about to
start… <I>Places Please!</I> Is that a monkey I hear chattering at a little old
lady? Wait; its a Martian from another planet explaining how to work a toaster!
…and what is Little Red Riding Hood doing arm in arm with a Ninja? It’s just
students exploring the creative world of theater! This class specializes in
exploring characters through dramatic play and script study. This introductory
class is a great place to learn the basics of performing on the stage.
<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B><FONT color=#000080>Introduction to
Theater & Acting: Star Struck<BR></FONT>Ages 8 to 11<BR>Saturdays, 9:15 a.m.
- 10:15 a.m.</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B>$160<BR></DIV></B></SPAN>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet>Is your child sure that they are the
next iCarly? Have you heard every funny story the Disney Channel can dream up?
Don’t fret…send them to be <I>Star Struck</I> on the stage at Weathervane! We
will gladly take all the drama. Your child will work with our instructor to hone
their dramatic talents. They will learn how to give and take focus, analyze a
script to identify story structure elements and character objectives and use it
all to tell a clear story; beginning middle and end! <BR></DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B><FONT
color=#000080>Introduction to Theater & Acting: Enter Stage
Right<BR></FONT>Ages 11 to 14<BR>Saturdays, 10:15 a.m. - 11:30
a.m.</B></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B>$160</B>
<BR></DIV></SPAN></SPAN>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><SPAN class=CPprodDet>To be or not to
be, here is the question… Are you ready to tackle comedy and tragedy? Take a
turn as Hamlet’s ghost or poor tormented Juliet. Try your hand at “Who's on
First?” Can you build the laughs like Abbott and Costello? Get ready to <I>Enter
Stage Right</I> and learn to take “dramatic” risks within each scene by working
with a character’s inner monologue. These methods for developing and connecting
to a stage character makes the funny funnier and drama even more dramatic!
<BR></SPAN><BR></SPAN><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B><FONT color=#000080>Musical
Theater, Act One<BR></FONT>Ages 5 to 8<BR>Saturdays, 9:15 a.m. - 10:15
a.m.</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B>$180</B> <BR><BR>Gotta sing, gotta
dance? Gotta take Musical Theater! Our <I>Musical Theater: Act One</I> class
takes our entire core curriculum and puts it to music. Sing and dance your way
through some Broadway standards. Move over Kristin Chenoweth and Matthew
Morrison… here comes the next Broadway star! Students will work on musical
theater skills through group singing, creative and choreographed movement,
rhythm notation, and sight reading with solefege. <BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=CPprodDet><B><FONT color=#000080>Musical Theater, Act
Two<BR></FONT>Ages 8 to 12<BR>Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - 11:45
a.m.</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B>$180</B> <BR><BR>Not quite ready to
pack it up and move to New York? Looking for a toe tapping good time? Come sing
at Weathervane in <I>Musical Theater: Act Two</I>. This class covers the
objectives in Act One, and challenges experienced students through more complex
choreography and music theory. In addition to Act One goals, students will work
on solo singing, notes on the treble clef, notes on a keyboard, rhythmic
performance and healthy singing technique. <BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=CPprodDet><B><FONT color=#000080>The Science of Comedy<BR></FONT>Ages 9 to
14<BR>Saturdays, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B>$160</B> <BR><BR>Get serious about
comedy! The focus of <I>The Science of Comedy</I> is understanding the formulas
that are used to create jokes. Learn the grounds rules of comedy, how to build a
joke and how to improvise with others to perform a comic scene. As a class
students will use tried-and-true techniques to write and present their own
presentations on the last day of class. Just don’t slip on the banana peels on
the way into the theater! <BR><BR></DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV align=center><FONT font><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B><FONT
color=#000080>Drumming Circle<BR></FONT>Ages 7 to 16<BR>Saturdays, 9:30
a.m. - 10:30 a.m.<BR></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT font><SPAN
class=CPprodDet><B>$160</B> <BR><BR><I>Drumming Circle</I> is a hand
drumming workshop which teaches universal techniques for African,
Brazilian, Latin, and Middle-Eastern drumming. This interactive experience
with the world of rhythm and percussion will give students the opportunity
to play a variety of drums, learn the proper way to hold and strike a
drum, play a variety of simple and complex rhythms, use counterpoint and
improvise within a group. Drums will be provided to use in class. Student
will work together as an ensemble to create a musical masterpiece to be
presented on the last day of class. <BR></DIV></SPAN></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B><FONT color=#000080>Performance
Workshop, Aristocats<BR></FONT>Ages 8 to 15<BR>Saturdays, 1:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m.</B></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=center><SPAN class=CPprodDet><B>$300</B> <BR><BR>You’ve learned your
stage directions and worked on projection. You know where the <I>House</I> is
and why we call upstage “up” and downstage “down.” Now it is time to raise the
curtain and light the lights on this brand new class at Weathervane! This class
is intended for students with previous class or stage experience. Students will
learn about the rehearsal process and how to apply skills from other performance
classes in a theatrical rehearsal. Students will help create their own costumes
and set pieces, learn rehearsal process, working as an ensemble, active
listening, giving and taking focus, the use of improvisation in rehearsal,
character analysis, blocking notation, time management skills, memorization
techniques, performance techniques and the roles of the Director, Stage Manager
and Actors. Get ready to throw the roses as our actors put on a show. <BR><BR>
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size=4><FONT size=4 face=Arial><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/Scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=17"><EM><FONT
color=#0000ff>CLICK HERE to view FULL DESCRIPTIONS of our Fall
Classes</FONT></EM></A></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=4>or call
330-836-2626.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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