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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="http://www.WeathervanePlayhouse.com"><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 size=5><A
href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com"><FONT color=#000000
size=3>www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></A><FONT color=#000000>
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000>1301 Weathervane Lane * Akron,
Ohio 44313</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#000000
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="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/meettheinstructors.asp"><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>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><EM><FONT color=#800000>Classes run for 10
weeks.</FONT></EM></STRONG></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>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>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>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>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>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>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>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!</DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV align=center><FONT font><SPAN class=CPprodDet><SPAN class=CPprodDet><FONT
color=#000080><STRONG>Drumming Circle<BR></STRONG></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG>Ages 7 to 16<BR>Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. - 10:30
a.m.<BR></DIV></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT>
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color=#000000><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.
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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>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></DIV><SPAN
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<DIV align=center></FONT>For more information or to register,</DIV>
<DIV align=center></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=4>click here:
</FONT></STRONG><A href="http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/"><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff
size=4>http://www.weathervaneplayhouse.com</FONT></STRONG></A></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=4>or call
330-836-2626.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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