Musical Theatre Showtime

July 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16,
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. daily
Updated Location
Sir Winston Churchill High School
5220 Northland Dr. N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

See the registration form for camp fees.

Musical Theatre Showtime is a complete theatrical experience for students aged 10 to 19 years.

Students will plan, produce and present a scripted musical production, All students will be involved in all aspects of developing the work to share in a well-rounded theatrical experience.

This year's production will be Yearbook Reflections - Book by Steven Fendrich and Music by Scott DeTurk

Yearbook Reflections Synopsis

Yearbook Reflections is a sensitive, upbeat musical about the will power, compassion and humor that you find in every school.

Susan and Beth ask Jack and Eric to help move the boxes of hot-off-the-press yearbooks that have just arrived at their school. Between loads, they stop and flip through the pages of time, reflecting back on the year's highlights. With the help of flashback scenes, we meet superstitious Debbie, who sings about her "lucky" locker helping her get asked to the school dance. Cathy reminds us how difficult it is to be a new student at a school as she conquers her fear of walking down the hall known as "Jock Block."

In another scene, "What a Game!" tells the story of Tim, who carries the weight of winning the state basketball championship solely on his shoulders. Sadly, the four students also see the memorial page for Leslie, who tragically died in a car accident at the beginning of the school year, and realize their own vulnerability. They remember her favorite flower-the columbine-in a touching song that urges us all to search for peace within ourselves.

This rich blend of humorous, poignant and light vignettes comes to life with the help of an ensemble of students that remains on stage through the entire play. The score is phenomenal with other songs such as "Life is a Race," "Being Weird," and of course, "Yearbook." Everyone will thrive on the positive perspective the show places on today's youth.

Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.

2008 Teacher Profiles

DARREN DYCK, Director, has been teaching with the Calgary Board of Education for seventeen years and is currently an assistant principal at James Fowler High School. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Education Degree with a Drama Major and a Masters of Arts Degree in Drama Education. He has been involved in drama and theatre for the past 22 years and believes that students growth and development is achieved best when children are actively engaged in drama experiences. His credits as a director of theatre for young people include over 30 different shows and most recently include Bugsy Malone, Scarlett Letter and West Side Story.

KEN MORGAN, Set Design and Costume Designer, received his diploma from the Alberta College of Art in fine art painting and sculpture in 1974 and his Bachelor of Education at the University of Calgary in 1977. During the past twenty-eight years he has been employed by the Calgary Board of Education mainly at the junior high level. He worked with children from grades 1 through 6 for two years at the Victoria Community School. He enjoys the enthusiasm and spontaneity of the young and looks forward to working with this age group again. Mr. Morgan presented two workshops at the Arts 200 Conference and was on the ongoing committee for the Arts 2000 and 2001 conferences. Mr. Morgan is currently the fine arts curriculum leader at Tom Baines School where he teaches visual arts to students grades 7 through 9. He has taught in the CASSA summer camps for the past nine years.

DAYNA DUMAN, Choreographer, taught dance, drama and ESL at Clarence Samson Junior High School for several years. Dayna graduated from the University of Calgary faculties of Fine Arts and Education. She also studied abroad in Western Australia. Although most of her formal dance training has been within the ballet, jazz and modern disciplines, Dayna has expanded into tap and break dance. She is the past treasurer of the Junior High Drama Festival, Encore. She has also taught in Turkey.

TREVOR WATERS, Music Director, has been a music teacher with the Calgary Board of Education for more than 30 years. He has taught in several schools throughout the city, and currently teaches at William Aberhart High School, where he directs concert choir, jazz band and vocal jazz, and is also the Curriculum Leader for Fine Arts at Aberhart High School. He has a B. Ed. (Secondary Music), a Diploma of Fine Arts (Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Conducting) and a second Diploma of Fine Arts (Kodaly Music Education), all from the University of Calgary. In addition to his teaching, he is also an accompanist with Calgary Choral, and works as a clinician with both bands and choirs. He recognizes the importance of excellence in performing, but believes it is equally as important to foster and enjoyment and love for music that will last a lifetime.

Pianist Victoria Chow began studying piano at the age of seven with Eileen Craig and met Ingrid Clarfield at the age of ten while attending Calgary Arts Summer School Piano Camp. Miss Chow has won First Prize every year at the Annual Westminster Choir College Piano Competition. She was selected by the Piano Department to give a solo recital as part of a concert series in Fort Myers, Florida and and a Recital at Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania. Her outstanding academic standings have placed her on the Dean's List throughout her undergraduate career; she was also recognized as a Rider Scholar in both her freshman and sophomore year, an award that acknowledges students with the highest GPA). Miss Chow graduated in May 2008 with a Bachelor's of Music in Piano Pedagogy and Performance with Magna Cum Laude. She will be pursuing a Master's Degree at Westminster College in September 2008 under the direction of Professor Clarfield.

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May 27, 2008 6:43