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Medina High Teacher Wins Award

Congratulations to Arts Council member Keith Holliday who was named School Orchestra Teacher of the Year by the Ohio String Teachers of Ohio.

Holiday has completed 30 years of teaching and has guided his students through a long history of Superior ratings at Ohio Music Education Association of Ohio adjudicated events. In the past few years, his student groups at Medina High School have traveled around the world, performing at prestigious festivals in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, and Canada. They have performed at the Grand Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Carnegie Hall in New York City. Holliday is also a freelance musician and violist with the Akron Symphony Orchestra, the Lakeside Summer Symphony Orchestra, and the Divertimento String Quartet.

“Walk with Spirits of the Past” To Present New Characters

The Medina County Historical Society and Medina Show Biz Company, assisted by The Medina County Arts Council are once again at work planning, a new version of “A Walk with Spirits of the Past” for production next September. New research on local pioneers will produce drafts of new dramatic scripts to turn over to actors, and rehearsals will be underway in August. Donna Bica has held auditions will direct the actors, Joanne King is working on scripts, and Marlene Jividen will be scheduling guides starting in August.

The Medina event will be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 11, 12, and 13, 2009. This will be the Fourteenth Annual “Walk” in Medina. For information call 330-723-2201. The walk will start at the County Administration Building, 144 N. Broadway, then move to various locations surrounding Public Square. Check local newspapers and our web site in late August for details.

General questions may be addressed to Dan Hostetler, Arts Council President and Countywide Chair of the Spirit Walk Committee, at 330-722-5502.

Upcoming Summer Show

CAMEO will present the musical OLIVER! on July 24, 25, 31, and August 1 at 7:30 p.m. There will also be Sunday productions on July 26 and August 2 at 2 p.m. The show will be on the Mainstage of the Medina High School Performing Arts Center.

Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. Tickets will be on sale at www.cameo-medina.org and all Medina County Buehler's Grocery Stores beginning July 1.

Brunswick ACT Presents the Hit Broadway Musical Guys and Dolls

Tickets for ACT’s production of Guys and Dolls are now on sale. The show will be presented on the Brunswick High School Performing Arts Center Mainstage on Friday and Saturday, July 17, 18, 24, and 25. Curtain times will be 8 p.m. each evening. Directors are David Vosburgh and Keith Stiver.

The show is Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon. Music and lyrics are by Frank Loesser with book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.

Tickets may be ordered on ACT’s Web site: www.brunswickact.org. Tickets may also be purchased at Buehlers in Brunswick. All tickets are $12.

The show is produced through arrangement with Music Theatre International.

What’s the ArtBUZZ?

It’s what people are talking about! Visual Arts classes – right here, in Medina county!

We, at ArtBUZZ are pleased to announce our second year of offering Visual Art classes for young residents: “Cartooning and Humorous Illustration” with Jim Gill, artist and illustrator extraordinaire!

This class is designed for boys and girls in grades 3-6 and will be held on two Tuesdays and two Thursdays, July 7, July 9, July 14 and July 16,2009, from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at 222 South Broadway - a part of the Historic Public Square in Medina. The fee is $55.00 and class size is limited, so register now! The class is supported and sponsorted by the Medina County Arts Council. “Cartooning and Humorous Illustration” explores the building blocks of effective cartooning, humorous illustration and visual storytelling. Basic drawing principles, including scale, perspective, and the reduction of complex images into geometric shapes, will be covered. Rendering facial expressions will coincide with balloon/thought bubble usage. This is a wonderful class for youngsters to express their creativity and have a laugh while they’re at it!

For more information and/or to register, call 330.725.6443.

Now get buzzin‘ and sign up!