I was lucky to be invited to the annual Fund for the Arts Showcase and Campaign Kickoff and was delighted to accept! Louisville may seem like a small town to many but we have one of the best arts scenes in the country. Symphony, Theatre, Dance, Opera, etc. Louisville has it all and is always a stop along the way for any tour that happens to be cruising the country/world.
Growing up as a dancer in Louisville, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by so many avenues that supported the arts. I was fortunate to attend and graduate from the Youth Performing Arts School, do commercials for Stage One, attend performances by Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, and get tickets to many, many shows that came to the Kentucky Center for the Arts. I still take classes at the Louisville Ballet School. The arts are kind of a big deal to me.
The bigger this fund gets,
the more arts, the more arts jobs, the more arts education
for those living in and around this city!
Here’s a look at the event:
My girlfriend, Abby was there as well!
A fellow dancer who works the Kentucky Center.
First up, a performance by the Louisville Youth Choir
“Oh Freedom” by the Kentucky Opera
A scene from The Nutcracker, by the Louisville Ballet
I was so enthralled by the dancing, I almost forgot to shoot a photo!
Took this at the last second.
A scene from Hamlet by Kentucky Shakespeare
Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal was so much fun
when performed by the Louisville Youth Orchestra
Actors Theatre of Louisville presenting a scene from
Pirates of Penzance – which I hear is hilarious!
An excellent performance by the children from Walden Theatre
And Mr. Jenkins from the Louisville Visual Art Association
who started with this:
And by the end of the performance had this:
Lastly, Louisville native, Andrea Davidson
And no event like this is complete without a stop to the sponsor backdrop.
(Amanda was my date to the event.)
And we’ll just go ahead and throw in a selfie for good measure…
Lastly, I believe I’ll switch my title to “Internet Journalist.”
; )
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and support the connection of the
people of this community with the creative world.
