Karen Brown’s En Pointe Plus Dance Mastery Institute team in collaboration with the City of Augusta, the Augusta Commission, the Richmond County Board of Education, and the Augusta Recreation and Parks Department will hold a free virtual Sand Hills Summer Youth Program.  This year’s theme is “Resiliency.” The campers will explore the meaning of resiliency through the lens of “Still I Rise,” a poem by Maya Angelou.  The free annual arts enrichment summer youth program is for students ages 10 – 14.  This year’s program will be presented on the Zoom platform.  Participants will be provided with necessary supplies as they are available. 

Instruction and activities will be scheduled in two-hour blocks of time for each grade level, with adequate breaks during the sessions.  Level appropriate dance, poetry and vocal instruction will be given to each participant.  Age appropriate awards will be given at the end of each day, with grand prizes awarded during the final event.  

To register call (762) 233-0882 or go to https://forms.augustaga.gov/Forms/SandHillsSummerProgram

WHAT: 2020 Sand Hills Community Center 2020 Summer Youth Program 

WHEN: July 27 through August 7, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: Online via Video Conferencing Platform – link will be provided after registration

WHO: For the third year, Karen Brown is the Creative Program Director of the Sand Hills Community Center 2020 Summer Youth Program.  A legendary former ballerina with Dance Theatre of Harlem, she is an Augusta native.  Go to www.thekarenbrown.com for more details about her background. Other notable instructors include Broadway actor Russell Joel Brown.  His “Project: Inspire” weaves content from “The Lion King,” which he performed with for over a decade.  En Pointe Plus Dance Mastery Institute will partner with Contemporary Ballet Theatre to produce the culminating event entitled “Rise Up...Motivation in Motion” inspired by Maya Angelou’s poem, Still I Rise. The production includes song, dance, spoken word, literary and visual arts created by the campers.  Sister Sala Adenike, A.K.A. “Sister Sala,” a multi-faceted visual artist who creates through painting, writing, dancing, singing, teaching and learning will be the visual arts instructor.