Saturday, May 10, 2008 11am-8pm at the Rotary Centennial Pavilion
(100 South St. Downtown Gastonia).
Come shop for Mother’s Day gifts! Live music all day, food vendors, children’s activates and fine arts & crafts for sale.
Gaston Dance Theater:
Gaston Dance Theatre will be presenting "Peter and the Wolf" along with selections from Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" May 2-4. Student performances will be Friday May 2; performances on Saturday May 3 and Sunday May 4 will be open to the public. Saturday evening performance will be at 7:00. Sunday matinee is at 2:30. For the public performances Gaston Dance will be joined by dancers from Greensboro Ballet. All performances are in the Pamela Kimbrell Warlick Performing Arts Center at Gaston Day School. General admission tickets are $5. .
The School of Gaston Dance Theatre is offering summer dance camps and classes. We are once again partnering with Gaston School of the Arts with the popular "First Taste of the Arts" program. In this program for preschoolers ages 3-4 children will have drama, music and art, as well as dance and movement for restless little feet. These camps will be taught at the Gaston School of the Arts facility on Union Road. In our studios at Unity Place we will be offering Fairy Tale Ballet camps for ages 5-7, as well as Ballet, Jazz and Tap for ages 8 and up. For more information on these and other events please call the Gaston Dance office at (704)865-5943, or email thetheatre@bellsouth.net .
Gaston School of the Arts:
Gaston School of the Arts will be moving to its new home at 825 Union Rd. (former Armstrong Presbyterian on the corner of Garrison & Union Roads) and is gearing up for the summer. For more information visit www.gastonschoolofthearts.org or call 704-866-8822.
Registration Continues
Throughout the school year our faculty and staff are on hand to answer questions and register students for individual classes in music and group classes in art and drama for throughout the school year.. To view class offerings, click on registration forms at left. Information available online at www.gastonschoolofthearts.org
2008-2009 Gaston Concert Association Series:
Cynthia Lawing with William Lawing - Saturday, October 18, 2008
University of South Carolina Chorus – Friday, November 14, 2008
Pinanafiddle – Friday, January 23, 2009
The Kingston Trio – Saturday, April 18,2009
For series membership mail $45 to Gaston Concert Association, PO Box 2242
Gastonia, NC 28053. For further information call (704) 867-7166.
Gaston County Public Library
Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:45 p.m.
As the Page Turns Book Club – free book discussion group for interested adults. Union Road Branch Library, 5800 Union Road, Gastonia, North Carolina. Information: 704-852-4073.
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Darin Aldridge in Concert - Free public event for adults and older students sponsored by the Gaston Arts Council, Gaston County Public Library, and Friends of the Gaston County Public Library. Presented in conjunction with the Friends of the Gaston County Public Library’s Annual Gathering. Following the concert and meeting, light refreshments will be served. Auditorium – Gaston County Public Library, 1555 East Garrison Boulevard, Gastonia, North Carolina. Information: 704-868-2164 / Dial 4.
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.
Kids’ Concert with Timmy Abell. Free live concert performance for school-age children presented by Gaston County Public Library in partnership with Friends of the Gaston County Public Library as part of the 2006/2007 Live @ YOUR LIBRARY family performing arts series. Advance reservations required for organized groups. Auditorium – Gaston County Public Library, 1555 East Garrison Boulevard, Gastonia, North Carolina. Information: 704-868-2164 / Dial 4.
Kids’ Concert with Timmy Abell will also be presented on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the Ferguson Branch Library, 913 North Pryor Street in Gastonia, North Carolina.
Thursday, May 29, 2008 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Teen Game Night – free board, trivia, skills, and chance group games play for students in grades 6 through 12.Presented by Gaston County Public Library. Union Road Branch Library, 5800 Union Road, Gastonia. Information 704-852-4073.
|
