NSAA Alumni Makes Impact in Israel

January 24th, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Jerusalem, Israel) Mequon native Talia Lakritz, former NSAA Gleek Club member and singer/songwriter student of NSAA instructor Angela Mack is making a musical mark in Israel.  After she graduated from high school, she decided to go oversees for a year and spend some time in Jerusalem.  She has been involved with writing more music, winning awards and benefiting underprivileged women in Israel.  We are very proud of her! Her singing group recently won FIRST PLACE in the KEDMA competition!

She writes Ms. Mack, “I’ve been involved in so many musical projects lately!  I’ve written more songs since I’ve been here, and I won studio time in an auction that we had so I’ll be able to record some of them! And girl in my apartment plays guitar and writes her own songs, so we’ve been working on one together.

I also co-headed my school’s choir for an inter-seminary competition. The event was last night, and guess what? We won!! I wrote part of the song and helped compile the rest of it (we used a few existing tunes) and teach it so it was very validating. I attached a picture of us with our award. The performance was set in the times of the Holy Temple, with priests dancing the Temple service. I hope we can meet again when I come back in June! -Talia”

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Count Down to Visual, Literary and Performing Arts Classes Jan. 16

January 5th, 2012

Classes begin January 16!

Our Winter/Spring Program Guide is full of great opportunities for all ages in the visual, literary and performing arts!  Enrich your own life or a child’s life by registering today!

FOR ADULTS

We have Zumba, Intro to Wheel Throwing, Visual Arts Walk in Studio, private music lessons, private dance lessons, Painting Studio, yoga, Piloxing and more!

FOR TEENS

We have our 2012 Seussical production to be performed at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, Just for Gleeks GLEE group, Painting Studio, Fundamentals of Music Theory, Intro to Wheel Throwing, Ballet, Lyrical, Tap, Hip Hop and Modern dance, Broadway Bound, School Daze Comedy, private lessons and more!

FOR ELEMENTARY AGE

We have Pizza Productions drama class, Aladdin KIDS, Willy Wonka KIDS, Seussical Jr., birthday parties, private lessons, Art Sampler, Sing Your Heart Out, dance classes, modeling classes, Lets Have Fun Sing-A-Long and more!

FOR PRE-K and/or KINDERGARTEN

Partners in Art, Naomi’s Music Together, Ballet and Jazz, Imagine Me in the Arts, private piano, birthday parties and more!

CONTACT

info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org or call 262.377.3514 or

REGISTER ONLINE today!!!

 

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GLOBAL FUSION: An International Evening of the Arts Feb. 4

January 5th, 2012

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Sign Up For Our 2nd Annual Golf Classic

January 5th, 2012

Please join us for the 2nd Annual NSAA Golf Classic!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Shotgun Start

The Bog, Saukville

 

Cost:  $150/Golfer includes: 

18 holes with cart,

Lunch, Events & Prizes.

Appetizers and Cash Bar to follow.

Raffle Tickets, Putting Contest & Mulligans will be for sale!


To register please return the following registration form with payment to:

Becky Jenkins, NSAA: Golf Classic, 1111 Broad Street, Grafton, WI 53024.

Make check payable to:  NSAA

Any questions?  beckyj@northshoreacademyofthearts.org   or call 414-416-8769.

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2011 “The Year in Review and Looking Ahead” Presented to the Board of Directors by NSAA Founder Sheri Bestor

January 2nd, 2012
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2012 Seussical Opens Up to High Schoolers

December 8th, 2011

Target Ages: 2nd grade-12th grade

A delight for youth to perform, Seussical is now one of  the most-performed shows in America!  In this fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza, Tony winners Lynn Ahrens  and Stephen Flaherty have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big  imagination–Jojo. “Oh, the Thinks You Can Think” captures the show’s spirit of imagination, as the colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos. General fee includes costume fee but does not include $30 Script & CD Fee. No Refunds, no exceptions.

Seussical Auditions: January 17, 2012 4:30-8:30
Seussical Rehearsals: Tuesday evenings 6-8pm beginning January 24, 2012
Show dates: March 30- April 1st 2012

All shows at the CPAC. For Tickets Contact the Box Office

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Fifty Five NSAA Jr. Stagekids Present ANNIE Kids December 5

November 17th, 2011

GRAFTON, WI

For Immediate Release

Contact 1.262.377.3514 or info@northshoreacademyofthearts.org

Photo Opportunity:  November 21 or November 28 between 5pm and 7:30pm, 1111 Broad Street Grafton WI

Fifty five southeastern Wisconsin children, ages 6 to 11, will be presenting the musical ANNIE Kids on December 5 at 5pm and 7pm.  The musical will be about 45 minutes long and held at the North Shore Academy of the Arts (NSAA), 1111 Broad Street Grafton, WI.  Admission is free and open to the public however donations will be collected at the door.

The musical consists of two casts.  The “Green Cast” will perform at 5pm and contains thirty three cast members.  The “Purple Cast” will perform at 7pm and contains twenty two cast members.

The NSAA Jr. Stagekids Program is directed by Angela Mack who is also the Marketing Director for NSAA.  “The Jr. Stagekids program is part of a spiraling and growing musical curriculum at NSAA.  Typically children enter through our Pre-K “Imagine Me” program, move onto “Stage-Kinder-Kids”, then Jr. Stagekids, Stagekids and all the way up to the adult level,” said Mack who has also played “Motormouth Maybelle” in Hairspray and “Narrator” in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center (CPAC).

Pictured above is the “Green Cast” Annie played by 4th grader Claire Holtebeck.  “Claire has been singing, dancing and acting since she could move and speak,” commented her mom Lisa.  “In her free time, she makes up commercials and videotapes herself for YouTube.  Claire also loves playing soccer and hanging with friends and family.  She is VERY excited to be a part of ‘Annie’–a lifelong dream!”

The “Purple Cast” Annie is played by an eight year old Greta Dane from Cedarburg (pictured above).  Greta was also recently cast as the lead in a traveling theater group based out of Milwaukee, WI.  “Greta is a pretty amazing kid…I have raised her to believe that she can do anything she wants if she puts her mind to it and I have yet to see her prove me wrong.  She loves to sing and spends time composing her own songs.  She also plays and loves piano and got an electric guitar for her 8th birthday last month which she is slowly teaching herself how to play. Her role as Annie is her first shot at acting”, said her mom Sharon.

NSAA is now registering for their 2012 productions which include Stagekids Seussical (target ages 2nd through 8th grade), Aladdin Kids, Willy Wonka Kids and a brand new 30-minute comedy for the middle schooled called “School Daze”.    Online registration and discounts are now being offered on the NSAA website. www.northshoreacademyofthearts.org

 

 

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Hot off the Press! NSAA Announces Winter/Spring Programming

October 30th, 2011

Register early for a discount!

View PDF Program Guide

 

Visual, Literary and Performing Arts for all ages!

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The NSAA Arts Mill Announces “At the H-Art of Giving”

October 21st, 2011

Contact:  Sheri Bestor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Email:sherib@northshoreacademyofthearts.org
 

The NSAA Arts Mill announces “AT THE H-ART OF GIVING”.

Celebrate wellness and the arts by 2 local organizations, North Shore Academy of the Arts and Unified Body Wellness Institute, for an evening of fine dining, sample wellness experiences and wonderful holiday shopping!

This event will take place on Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 from 5:30-9pm.

(Grafton, WI)  The NSAA Arts Mill in Grafton (1300 14th Avenue, Grafton, WI 53024) is pleased to announce a special event featuring fine dining & holiday shopping.  “At the H-ART of Giving” is an event featuring an organic vegetarian meal. Dinner is $25/per person.

Schedule of Events:
•5:30-6pm: Relax with complimentary sample experiences of massage and reiki.
•6-7:30pm: Sit and enjoy a vegetarian meal and cash, organic wine & refreshment bar with peaceful, live music.
•7:30-9pm: Complete your holiday shopping with locally-made and fair-trade gift items, wellness gift certificates and raffles.
•Browse and shop for art work created by professional, local artists in the Arts Mill Boutique and Gallery.
 

To reserve your space, call:
NSAA @ 262.377.3514 or register online www.northshoreacademyoftgearts.org
(please specify any dietary needs when you purchase your ticket)

Don’t miss this special evening to prepare for the holidays while supporting organizations whose missions are to educate and serve the community in wellness and the arts. If you can’t attend the dinner but would like to shop, it will be opening to the public at 8pm.

The North Shore Academy of the Arts is a Wisconsin not-for-profit organization dedicated to offering high caliber opportunities in the performing, visual and
literary arts to all ages. To learn more about this organization, visit them on-line at: http://northshoreacademyofthearts.com/
 

Unified Body Wellness Institute, Inc. is dedicated to inspiring individuals and communities through educational and wellness programming.  For more information on this organization, visit them on-line at: http://www.ubwellinstitute.org/

For more information on NSAA’s Arts Mill , check out our website at:
http://www.theartsmill.org

If you would like more information on this event, or to schedule an interview with Sheri Bestor, please email her at sherib@northshoreacademyofthearts.org.

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NOW REGISTERING ages 2nd through 12th grade for 2012 Production SEUSSICAL!

October 10th, 2011

More INFORMATION….

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