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Arts at Darton Day to be held Tuesday (Exclusive to thealbanyjournal.com)

By Walter L. Johnson II

Local high school students with an interest in the arts will have the chance to express their appreciation for it closer to home

The Albany-based two-year college will host the third-annual “Arts at Darton Day”, this Tuesday, Feb. 8, on the Darton campus.

Darton professor of music Jeff Kluball says the “Arts at Darton Day” is a tremendous opportunity for high school students to gain greater awareness, as well as exposure to, the arts at the constantly growing institution.

“It provides us a way to actually educate, and let high school students in the area come in, and experience college life first hand, instead of just a traditional recruiting day where students come and visit the college, and pick up brochures,” Kluball said. “We actually have them come in, and experience the arts at Darton College.  They go to theatre classes, art classes, music classes, and theatre and dance classes.”

Kluball added: “They leave here better artists, and better prepared.  Plus, they know what it’s like to be at college for a day.  They’re actually in classes with college students, and they play their instruments, they play the musical instruments, their try their dance shoes, they participate in that, and they also put together things in the theatre.  So, it’s quite an experience, it lets them know what college is all about.”

Participants in the “Arts at Darton Day” will also learn how to use computer art to make images of themselves, including magazine covers, art professor John Dimino said.

“We’re learning different programs like Photoshop and In Design,” Dimino said, “but we’re teaching the students to use the computers as art-making tools. So, at the ‘Arts at Darton Day’, we’re going to have the (high school) students work in different areas, like the computer lab, and then they’ll work in ceramics, and we’ll have them doing drawing, so they can experience what it’s like to be an art student at Darton for the day.”

Kluball says the response to the “Arts at Darton Day” has grown positively in the two years that it’s been held on campus.

“It’s been well-received every year, and we have high school sponsors and counselors that bring students up,” Kluball said, “and students can come over on their own as well, and we’ve had very good feedback on it.  It actually serves a purpose as well, because it lets high school students know there’s more things to do in the arts beyond high school.”

Kluball also expects to see about the same numbers attending the “Arts at Darton Day.”

“We’ve averaged almost 100 students every year,” said Kluball. “We’re already anticipating at least that this year.  We have over 75 (students) that have already confirmed reservations, and we have some very nice things to offer them since we started the ‘Arts at Darton Day.’

Additionally, students who attend Darton from outside of Albany/Dougherty County will also be encouraged to make the most of the new student center that opened last year, as well as the on-campus housing, Kluball added.

“We do have new dormitories,” Kluball said. “We’re in our second year with dormitories.  We have a brand-new student center that is great for student activities.”

Dimino hope students take away a lot of things they’ll learn from the “Arts at Darton Day.”

“We’re just looking forward to meeting the high school students that will be here,” Dimino said, “and to show them what we do, give them the opportunity to work in the ceramics room, and to make something to take home with them.”

For more information on the “Arts at Darton Day”, contact Jeff Kluball at (229) 317-6852, or send e-mail to jeff.kluball@darton.edu, or Gail Apperson at (229) 317-6554, or send e-mail to gail.apperson@darton.edu.   Students can also register online at http://www.darton.edu.

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Summer Astronomy Series continues Tuesday at the Wetherbee Planetarium

The next Thronateeska Heritage Center Summer Astronomy Series program on Tuesday August 24th at the Wetherbee Planetarium. 

 The Science Museum will be open at 7:00 p.m.  After introductions, guests will view a planetarium show followed by a presentation on the latest observations and theories on black holes and the life cycle of stars to be followed by questions and answers.  The program will last approximately until 8:30 p.m.

Oasis in Space will start off the program and the evening continues with information on the latest discoveries in our galaxy.  Visitors will also investigate deep space objects and constellations.

Admission to the series is $3.50 plus tax per person.  Thronateeska members are admitted at no charge.  While reservations are not required, seating is limited.  Program content is suitable for all ages.  For more information call 229-432-6955.

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Albany Marine Band performs free concert Tuesday

The Albany Marine Band with Marine Corps Logistics Command is scheduled to perform a free concert for Marines, civilian-Marines and their families Tuesday, Aug. 24, from noon to about 1:30 p.m. at the Base Theater.
Tuesday’s concert is a replica of the concert they are scheduled to perform at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vt., Aug. 30. The band will perform at other locations in Vermont Aug. 28-Sept. 1.

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GRACE & GLORIE

Francie Michas (Glorie) and Joy Johnson (Grace) in a scene from Theatre Albany’s production of GRACE & GLORIE playing its final week Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. with a Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m.

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Chehaw Frontier Festival January 8 -9 2010

Celebrating the history of the old frontier

Special to the Journal

Take an adventure by stepping back in time to the eighteenth and nineteenth century for the annual Frontier Festival at Chehaw. It is set to take place the weekend this Friday through Sunday. The festival will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

This festival is reminiscent of the annual black powder rendezvous held in the Rocky Mountains during the mid-eighteen hundreds. It was here that trappers would exchange their beaver pelts for necessary goods to make it through the year.

Along with the rendezvous, this festival exists to educate the public on the history and tradition of the early 1700’s through 1840.

“This event is a wonderful way to learn about and even experience daily life on the American frontier,” says Ben Kirkland, Chehaw’s natural fesources manager.

The festival is comprised of two main areas, trader’s row and the buck skinners camp. The participants in these areas are dressed in period clothes and camp in authentic dwellings from this time period.

Some skills that were essential to life on the frontier will be demonstrated on site by the buck skinners included firing building, candle making, tomahawk throwing, firing flintlock rifles, wood working and bead working. On trader’s row, the participants will be selling items from this era including clothing, moccasins, tomahawks, tin ware, candles and leather goods.

ABOUT THE PARKS AT CHEHAW

Featuring one of only two zoos in Georgia accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), Chehaw also includes a BMX bicycle race track, 18-hole disc golf course, Wild Trail for walkers and runners and one of the largest playgrounds in the state.

Chehaw hosts special events throughout the year, like the Native American Cultural Festival in the spring, Swamp Stomp Summer Camps in the summer and Festival of Lights during the holidays.

Chehaw offers one of the area’s finest facilities for events such as weddings, family reunions and birthday parties.  more information, visit www.chehaw.org or become a Facebook fan at www.facebook.com/chehaw

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Dec 5, 2009, Block Party at Henderson Community Center

The public is invited to the “Hands on the Community” Block Party sponsored by Stand Up Again Inc. and the Albany Parks and Recreation Department. The event is planned for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, at Henderson Community Center, 701 Willard St.

Holiday food boxes, complete with a turkey, will be given to the first 500 people that qualify. I.D. and proof of income are required. There will be food and entertainment, as well as information regarding services provided by military and college recruiters, the Health Department, the SOWEGA Council on Aging and others.

If you have a teenager (grades 6-12) in need of mentoring, there will be information regarding programs for them. The first 200 kids will receive free cotton candy or popcorn and a drawing for bicycles will be held for teenagers that sign up at the “Generation Now” booth. You don’t want to miss it! For more information, please call 854-1969.

Brenda Godwin,  Albany

Will you be going?  Tell us how it went in the comment section below.

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Jingle Bell Jog

One of Albany’s most popular and scenic footraces, the Jingle Bell Jog, is this Saturday. Funds raised from the event help provide specialized euipment and programs to help pediatric patients at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Claire Thompson was only 3 lbs and 5 ounces when she was born at Phoebe. She was 32 weeks premature and was cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for 30 days. Now 23 years old, she helps save the lives of premature babies everyday at the NICU, where she started out life as a patient.

“I love working here,” she said. “The care these babies receive from the nursing staff at Phoebe is incredible.”

Funds raised through the Children’s Miracle Network help benefit infants in Phoebe’s NICU and children in Albany by providing specialized equipment and programs to help pediatric patients at Phoebe.

“The special beds that the most premature babies are placed in are necessary,” said Thompson. “Having these purchased through CMN has saved many lives. Some babies wouldn’t survive without them.”

Although Claire is a self proclaimed “gym rat” and not a runner, she is looking forward to running in this year’s Jingle Bell Jog to help support the Children’s Miracle Network and the babies she cares for every day.

“There are many nurses running together,” she said. “It is a way for us to stay healthy, help children in Albany and have a great time.”

The 22nd annual Jingle Bell Jog will kick off at 8 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at 311 Third Avenue – rain or shine. The race will include a 10K run, 5K run/walk and a 1-mile fun walk. This year, there are new pre-certified courses and designated parking on Phoebe campus. Children can enjoy taking pictures with Jingles the reindeer and face painting.

For questions about the 2009 Jingle Bell Jog, please contact Phoebe HealthWorks at (229) 312-2200.

Children’s Miracle Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children’s hospitals across North America. Each year, 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals provide the finest medical care, life-saving research and preventative education to help millions of children overcome diseases and injuries of every kind.

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