by Dave Brumbaugh | Jan 25, 2020 | Upcoming Events
Captain Fantastic: SOLD OUT Yesterday we sold out the Community Arts Center… We had seen the ticket sales rising, and when it passed 1500 we celebrated. When it hit 1700 we were stunned. As it closed in on capacity we were all in disbelief, expecting the sales...
by Dave Brumbaugh | Jan 21, 2020 | Upcoming Events
Captain Fantastic: Putting it All Together This week we held an extra rehearsal on Wednesday to catch up, after after my decision a week ago to hold extra walk through’s of each set instead of full rehearsals. Although, that extra time on for each piece was well...
by Dave Brumbaugh | Jan 14, 2020 | Upcoming Events
Captain Fantastic: The First Walk Thru After a relaxing holiday season. The students in SPG1 and I returned to work knowing that our next performance, Captain Fantastic and the Piano Man will hit the stage at the Community Arts Center in just 3 weeks. Yesterday we...
by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 7, 2019 | Upcoming Events
Walk This Way: Keeping the Fire Burning You know when you ask someone to do something (or to stop doing something) several times and they give you a real positive affirming look like they really understand, but then they don’t do anything about it…...
by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 7, 2019 | Upcoming Events
Walk This Way: A Wednesday Rehearsal & More Repetitions I dislike weeknight rehearsals. The energy that I crave from UMC students is usually not there after a long day of school. Particularly when the rehearsal is book-ended with video recording sessions in front...
by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 6, 2019 | Upcoming Events
Walk This Way: Trust, Choice and the Second Full Rehearsal Special Performance Group participants are exceptional in a lot of ways. It’s rare in the world of youth oriented activities to have students who come from so many different areas, some close and some...