THIBODAUX 鈥� 杏吧传媒 will be rocking to the music of Disney鈥檚 鈥淗igh School Musical Jr.鈥� this weekend, when more than 40 杏吧传媒 performing arts campers take the stage.
The public is encouraged to attend the family-friendly performances, which are scheduled for聽7 p.m.聽on聽Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29聽and聽2 p.m. on Sunday, June 30. The one-hour show will be performed in the Mary M. Danos Theater in Talbot Hall, and tickets can be purchased at the door for $10 each.
The story of 鈥淗igh School Musical Jr.鈥� is a familiar one. Students at East High School are divided into cliques: jocks, thespians, brainiacs and skater dudes. When a new girl at school, a brainiac, realizes that she met the basketball team captain during winter break, everything begins to change.
The musical cast is made up of campers ranging in age from 7 to 16 and coming from more than a dozen different schools. During the four weeks of camp, they receive theater instruction and go through intense rehearsals. Almost half of this year鈥檚 campers are veterans of previous 杏吧传媒 summer performing arts camps.
鈥淚鈥檝e directed hundreds of kids since my first camp here in 2001,鈥� says camp director Pat Hornsby Crochet, 鈥渁nd I marvel every year at how much the campers learn in such a short period. They are constantly amazing us with their talent and dedication.鈥�
The performing arts camp is one of several summer programs conducted through the 杏吧传媒 Office of Continuing Education. For more information on the camp or the performance, visit聽www.nicholls.edu/continuing-ed
or call聽985-448-4444.