Las Vegas, NV - Artistic Pathways proudly presents the Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts’ Concert Fantasy and Fantasy on Friday, the 13th, Saturday the 14th, and Sunday, 15th of August at Cashman Theatre at 850 Las Vegas Blvd., North Las Vegas, NV 89101.This entertainment spectacular is an enjoyment for the entire family to enjoy.Tickets can be purchase from www.ShowTix4u.comor you can visit www.FernAdair.com for show and ticketing information.Ticket prices are $18 for orchestra, $15 and $12 for plaza seating.
Reserve your seats now for this family-oriented spectacular with featuring many genres of dance, theatre, vocal, gymnastics and martial arts.These concert performances allow students to not only have the enjoyment of performing but they receive the gift of giving back to other young ambitious performers.Nearly, 1,000 performers appear in these multi-media extravaganza featuring rear projection video and a variety of special effects.For over 35 years the Fern Adair Conservatory have directed and choreography these benefits featuring performers from the ages of 3 to 18 years of age.These concerts have raised over $400,000.00 for local charities.“Dancing in the benefit has taught our younger generation about the gift and the responsibility of giving back to their community and other children,” said director Fern Adair.
All net proceeds from this benefit go to Artistic Pathways Inc, a non-profit organization that helps support the ambitions of young artists by granting educational and performing opportunities as well as supporting other non-profits entities such as Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Youth Symphony and has given numerous scholarships to students for artistic seminars such as Dance Educators of America and Triple Threat Intensive (A program focusing on vocal, theatre and dance training.) and sponsor the Thespian Players and the Children’s Theatre Workshop.
To learn more about information on Concert Fantasy and Fantasy Petite please visit www.fernadair.com and for more information on Artistic Pathways Inc. and its scholarships and fundraisers please contact Victoria Hetey at 702-458-7575.
Artistic Pathways Inc. is a non profit organization - Tax # 88-0172960
FREE ADMISSION TO MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS OF WILLIE WONKA
For Immediate Release: July 6, 2010
Contact: Victoria Hetey
Number: Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts – 458-7575 or cell 277-3233
FREE ADMISSION TO MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS OF WILLIE WONKA JR. PERFORMED BY THE FERN ADAIR CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS’ SUMMER THEATRE WORKSHOP
Henderson, NV – City of Henderson Department of Cultural Art and Tourism is sponsoring the Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts summer production of Willie Wonka Jr. performed by their Summer Theatre Workshop. Free and open to the public on Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, August 1 at 8 pm at the Henderson Events Plaza and Amphitheatre at 200 Water Street in Downtown Henderson.
Synopsis:Roald Dahl's timeless story of the world famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, which features the songs from the classic family film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." The memorable score features “The Candy Man”, “Pure Imagination”, “Oompa Loompa” and ”I Want it Now” by Academy® and Grammy® award winners Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, neatly fitted into a new script adapted under the auspices of the Dahl Estate. With a flexible cast size, featuring roles for children and a tour-de-force role in the title character.
Willie Wonka Jr. is directed by Maggie Saunders, choreographed by Kiala Fett and vocals directed by Lisa Fairweather.
For more information regarding,The Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts, the production ofWillie Wonka, Jr., or The Thespian -Players or The Children’s Theatre programs please visit www.fernadair.com or call 702-458-7575.
Any Questions Contact:
Robin Dyer
Phone: (702) 458-7575
Fax:(702) 458-6322
FERN ADAIR CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS PREPARES
ITS HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
With the holiday season upon us, the Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts prepares for its holiday performance schedule.
“Our students are encouraged to share their talents with the community, and do so at no charge to the organization,” explains Fern Adair, owner and artistic director of the Conservatory.The Conservatory’s performing groups have performed at a wide variety of venues including Disneyland, Kendall Tenney’s Annual 5K for Make-A-Wish of Southern Nevada, Royal Caribbean’s Viking Serenade Cruise, and Six Flags Magic Mountain, just to name a few.
Each year the Conservatory heads out into the community with their “Annual Holiday Bus Tour”.At least 55 performing group members will travel by bus stopping at different locations to perform holiday programs.This year’s stops include the Galleria Mall, Town Square, SuttonTerraceRetirementCenter, and two performances at OpportunityVillage’s MagicalForest.“The fulfillment our kids feel by going into some of the retirement homes and performing for the senior community is indescribable.Our kids feel that they have for one moment spread the holiday spirit”, says Adair.
To request a performance or for more information call (702) 458-7575.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 15, 2008
FERN ADAIR CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS WELCOMES
JAPANESE DANCE STUDENTS
On September 29th and October 2nd, over 100 Japanese dance students will be visiting Las Vegas to attend a workshop intensive via The McDonald Selznick Agency of Los Angeles and Brian Burke, resident Artistic Director for Celine Dion's "A New Day" at CaesarsPalace and Le Reve at The Wynn.
During the two-day workshop the students will be taking Theater Dance classes from professional teachers. These students travel several times per year to the U.S. and will first be visiting Los Angeles to study with multiple teachers before finishing here in Las Vegas at Fern AdairConservatory of the Arts. Due to the popularity of this program the students have been coming continually for the past 5 years as part of a dance education exchange.
2008 Las Vegas Workshop Instructors:
Tina Canon - Dance Captain for Celine Dion's "A New Day" at CaesarsPalace. Broadway national tour of "Fosse". Hubbard Street Dance Company in Chicago and is currently performing in Cirque du Soleil's LOVE at The Mirage.
Craig Hempstead - Choreographer for "Imagine" at The Luxor and "Spellbound" at Harrah's in Las Vegas. Artistic Director of PRO Dance Centers, Las Vegas., and is on Staff with Dance Educators of America and Dance Masters of America.
Christopher Childers - Cirque du Soleil's Mystere (Red-Bird & Resident Choreographer) at Treasure Island and "O" (Dance Coach) at The Bellagio. Madonna's "Girlie Show" world tour. Spiderman movement coach and professional Choreographer.
Don Bellamy - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City. Celine Dion's "A New Day" at CaesarsPalace. Instructor at Tara Foy Summer Intensive in Las Vegas. Resident Dance Instructor at Tara Foy Studios.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 9, 2008
FERN ADAIR CONSERVATORY OF THE ARTS WELCOMES A NEW MEMBER TO THEIR MUSIC DEPARTMENT
The Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts is pleased to announce the addition of Scott Sherman.Scott will be teaching all string and brass instruments, vocal, piano, and organ.Scott was born and raised in the Boston, Massachusetts area. By the time Scott graduated from WhitinsvilleChristianSchool, he had learned two instruments from every family and secured a scholarship at GordonCollege in Wenham, MA. After college, Scott performed in a variety of groups including the Boston Pops. Scott has performed in many musical theatre productions; his favorite roles are Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Mordred in Camelot and Danny in Making Scents. Scott teaches all string instruments plus voice and piano.Currently Scott is a section leader and fill-in organist for First Christian Church of Las Vegas.
Scott will be working in conjunction with Maggie Saunders, our Children’s Theatre Director.Maggie Saunders as an accomplished theatrical practitioner, Maggie has toured globally.She has lived and worked in Las Vegas for the past 18 years.Maggie enjoys working with the children and hopes to continue to build the theatre department at the Conservatory.Maggie’s credits include “Lend Me a Tenor”, “Lover’s Leap”, “Run for Your Wife”, “Beyond Therapy”, and “I Hate Hamlet”.Plays she has directed for the Conservatory were “School House Rocks”, “Dear Edwina” and currently “Seussical”.
Frank LaSpina, a popular TV and radio personality in our community for the past 15 plus years, will be returning this year teaching piano and voice.Frank originally came to Las Vegas as a musical entertainer and has performed at most of the major hotels. Early on, he discovered he also had a knack and a passion for sharing his craft of voice and piano with others and has had the reward of seeing many of his young students go on to become professionals themselves. One of Frank's specialties is teaching showy - yet not overly difficult - numbers for recitals and competitions, as he did for a winner of the Miss Ohio title in the Miss America Pageant. A number of well-established singers credit Frank with saving their careers by correcting the vocal damage done by improper mechanics. Among Frank's own instructors was one who studied with the same coach who taught Frank Sinatra.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2010
Contact: Maggie Saunders
Mobile: 702.592.6692
FREE ADMISSION TO MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE JR.
Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts presents the Thespian Players production of the 2002 Tony Award winning musical.
HENDERSON, NV – City of Henderson Department of Cultural Art and Tourism is sponsoring the Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts production of Thoroughly Modern Millie, performed by theThespian Players – Free and open to the public on Saturday May 15, at 7:00 pm and Sunday May 16 at 2:00 pm at the Henderson Events Plaza and Amphitheatre 203 Water Street, Henderson, Nevada.
Thoroughly Modern Millie takes place in New York City in 1922, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It's a New York full of intrigue and jazz - a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever. Based on the popular movie, the stage version of Thoroughly Modern Millie includes new songs and bright dance numbers. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment.
"At a time when the arts are being taken out of schools due to budget cuts it is important for our children to have an outlet to express their creativity." said Maggie Saunders, Thoroughly Modern Millie director. The Thespian Players, under the direction of Maggie Saunders, is an advanced theatre-performing group at the Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts. This program requires student actors age 12 to 16 years old to act, sing and dance. At the end of their 12-week session they perform for family, friends and the public.
Thoroughly Modern Millie is directed by Maggie Saunders, choreographed by Kiala Fett, and vocal director Scott Sherman.
For more information regarding Fern Adair Conservatory of the Arts, Thoroughly Modern Millie, or Thespian Players the please visit www.fernadair.com.
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Scott Sherman - Director New to the music department, Scott was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts area. By the time Scott graduated from WhitinsvilleChristianSchool, he had learned two instruments from every family and secured a scholarship at GordonCollege in Wenham, MA. After college, Scott performed in a variety of groups including the Boston Pops. Scott has performed in many musical theatre productions; his favorite roles are Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music, Mordred in Camelot and Danny in Making Scents. Scott teaches all string instruments plus voice and piano.
Concert Fantasy and Fantasy Petite 2010