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Teen Improv Workshop August 13-Sept 10, 2016
Join the fun of our first TEEN IMPROV WORKSHOP!
OPEN TO
All teens (age 13-19) at all levels of interest.
Held 4 Saturdays 10:30 am – 12:00 noon on the indoor stage on August 13, 20 & 27, with a showcase on September 10.
$15 per class (or $60 for all 4 Saturdays). Take 1 or take all!
INSTRUCTOR
Lead by Kimberly D Garrett, who trained at Second City.
Kimberly gave our “Summertime On Stage” Drama Campers a preview and they loved it! Sign up your teen TODAY!
REGISTER
Contact the Park office:
815-724-3761
bipark@jolietcity.org
You may also register on the first day of class, August 13.
BENEFITS OF IMPROV
Here are just a few of the MANY benefits of improv:
Increased Confidence.
Improved Public Speaking Skills.
Enhanced Acting Abilities.
Gained Comfort in Social Settings.
Refined Brainstorming Abilities.
Improved Listening and Observation Skills.
Enhanced Creative-Thinking Abilities.
Improved Decision-Making Skills.
Team Development Skills.
Bicentennial Park is absolutely an advocate for personal growth, the arts, and your all around well being.
BILL BRICKEY: The Freedom Songs Workshop 2/29/16 – Rescheduling
Thank you to all who expressed interest in “The Freedom Songs” Workshop. Even though we regret to cancel, as we did not reach the number of responses needed at this time. We look forward to rescheduling Mr. Brickey when he becomes available. Stay tuned!
Below is the workshop we look forward to rescheduling. Groups are welcome to suggest dates for consideration.
- Monday, February 29, 2016
- 10:30 am – 11:30 am
- $5.00 each
- Great for grades 5-12
- Adults welcome!
- Register by February 19
- 815-724-3760 Park Office opt. 2
In honor of African American History Month, a special musical workshop will be presented on Monday, February 29, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Theatre, 201 W. Jefferson Street in Joliet. The event is co-sponsored by Bicentennial Park and St. Joseph Academy, an independent elementary school in Joliet’s City Center. The workshop is ideal for students in fifth grade through high school. Adults are also welcome.
Singer Songwriter Bill Brickey, formerly of Joliet, will lead the group in singing songs of the Civil Rights movement, as well as songs from modern pop music. In this interactive workshop, students will learn how the need of Civil Rights Freedom Fighters to communicate ideas that were clearly stated, concise, memorable, and motivational, resulted in the reshaping of field hollers, blues, and African American gospel music into the genres that we now call r&b, pop, and rap/hip-hop.
Participants in the workshop will learn to analyze and compare these styles, which were created by combining catchy rhythms, rhyming phrases, and simple melodic cadences.A graduate of Joliet West, Bill Brickey has been a performing artist all his life. He has studied musical theatre and has been a frontman in bands of almost every genre. For the past 22 years, Brickey has been a teacher at the Old Town School of Folk Music, where he teaches everything from rhythm to finger-style guitar, rhythm and blues ensembles, Wiggleworms, songwritng, singing and performance.
Cost for the workshop is $5 per participant. School groups as well as homeschool families are urged to call now to reserve their seats. Phone either the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park (815-724-3760) or St. Joseph Academy (815-723-4567). Reservations will be accepted through February 19.
