2010-2011 Arts in the Schools

   Poetry Alive at the Ashe County Middle School and the Ashe

  County High School   (September 12)

  Sean Driscoll's Story Ship at Blue Ridge,

 Mountain View and Westwood Elementary Schools

 (September 15 and 16  K-3 grades)

 Thaddeus Rex at Blue Ridge, Mountain View and

  Westwood Elementary Schools (September 16  4-6 grades)

  Georgann Eubanks Creative Writing Workshop:

Many Beginnings at the Ashe County High School

(September 16)

All of the above events are part of the Ashe County Literary Festival: On the Same Page

   Atlantic Coast Theatre will perform Sherlock Holmes and

  The Opera Mystery at Blue Ridge, Mountain View and

  Westwood Elementary Schools (grades 4-6) and

  the Ashe Middle School (grade 8) (October 3 and 4)  

   Missoula Children's Theatre presents The Tortoise and

   the Hare with over 50 local Ashe County students. A

   week long theatre residency and a culminating

   performance on Saturday, October 26.

   Drama workshops at Westwood Elementary.

  Shakespeare on Trial, presented by Jeremny Webb's Off The

  Leash productions at the Ashe County High School, explores

  the Bard's accessibility and relevance in the world today.

  (October 28 grades 9-10)                                            

  Jeremy Webb presents One Man Christmas Carol at the Ashe

  Middle School performing all thirty roles in this classic tale.

  (October 28 grade 7)

  Appalachian State University's Steely Pan Drum Band

  at Blue Ridge and Mountain View Elementary Schools

  ( November 4  grades K-6)

  Mike Wiley Productions will present Jackie Robinson and One Noble

  Journey at Ashe Middle School. (January 17 grades 7-8)

 Latin guitartist David Burgess at the Ashe County High School.

  (January 27  grades 11-12)

  Bill Harley at Blue Ridge, Mountain View and Westwood

  Elementary schools  (February 22-24  grades K-6)

Appalachian State University's YPT at Blue Ridge,Mountain View and Westwood Elementary Schools (March 22, 27,29 grades K-6)

  North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble at the Ashe Civic Center

  for Blue Ridge Elementary (March 30 grades 4-6)