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Experiencing the Arts, Taking the Freshman class to Romeo and Juliet and Celebrating our 200 Experiences!



Experiencing the Arts has once again made it possible for an entire class to share an enrichment experience. Back in March of 2006, Experiencing the Arts broke the 100 experience number taking the entire Freshman class to a play (Of Mice and Men) and now, just three short years later it seems appropriate that we are repeating the event to break the 200 experience number! Tuesday, March 3, 2009 10:00 AM, all Freshmen will see Romeo and Juliet at the Capital Center for the Arts, in Concord, NH.

How do we feel about the impact of these 200 enrichment experiences? How has having these opportunities broadened the horizons of the participating teachers, students and the community? Look over the Performance Histories below to see the variety of experiences that are included in these 200 experiences.

Experiencing the Arts has sponsored (on average) annually: 16 field trips, two artists in residence, four all school assemblies, four guest artists, the Read Across America program, art and writing contests, the literary arts magazine, and has sponsored dozens of workshops for the hands on theme week and Student Showcase Festival that has grown from 45 class periods of programming three years ago to 157 last Spring (see: www.experiencingthearts.com). Please contact Christopher Morse at oculuspress@valley.net if you or your employer would be interested in sponsoring any Experiencing the Arts activities.

Performance History 2008 - 2009



Number attending, Event and Location, Participating classes
38 9/25/08 The Hood Museum of Art, Alma-Tadema and Antiquity: Imagining Classical Sculpture in Late-19th -Century Britain. Art 1 (3 classes ).
32 9/23, 30. 10/7, 14, 21, 11/3 Figure Drawing with Dierdre Dennis, Art Club
30 10/16 The Hood Museum of Art, Immanence and Revelation: Paintings and Drawings by Ben Frank Moss And Coastline to Skyline: The Philip H. Greene Gift of California Watercolors, 1930-1960, October 16, 10 A.M.. Mrs Wenig AP Biology and Biology 1
39 10/20 The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, What is Art? Mrs. Grout Humanities and AP English (45) Art 2, Drawing, and Portfolio
3 11/22 Painting Competition a Toyota Tacoma Truck, Art Club, White River Junction, VT
500 11/24 African Troupe Acrobats, Mascoma High School, all school assembly.
104 12/17 Northern Stage, White River Jct. VT, Les Miserables, Dec. 17, 2008, 10 am, French Classes with Madame Beaufays and Mrs. Grout AP English
211 12/15-17 Synergy Brass Quintet residency, 211 band students Elementary, Middle, & High School
500 12/16 Synergy Assembly performance, Indian River School
750 12/16 Mascoma High School, Community Performance of all bands with Synergy Brass Quintet
300 12/17 Lebanon Opera House, Youth Education Series, Synergy Brass Quintet & Mascoma Band
100 12/17 Hanover High School, Synergy workshop and performance with aproximately 80 band students from Hanover's band and Mascoma's high school band, plus audience
12/19/08, Litterary Arts contest "Life's Lessons."
15 1/14 Educational Poster Show, reception with remarks by Interim Superintendant, Patrick Andrew.
22 Hopkins Center (SPS), Hanover Jazz Reach, Stolen Moments: The First One Hundred Years of Jazz Tuesday, February 3 * 10:00 am * Spaulding Auditorium, MAP, Mr. Wilson's Jazz Band

The 200th Event!!! Capital Center for the Arts, Concord, NH, Romeo and Juliet, Tue, March 3, 2009 10:00 AM All Freshman (112) + 10 Chaperones, 122 tickets 118 + 4 free


22 The Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, European Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art March 4, 10 A.M., Mrs Grout, Humanities, Mr. Carr, AP European History
Northern Stage, White River Jct. VT , The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, April 1, 2009, 10 am, Mrs. Grout Humanities and AP English, 45 + 4 Chaperones 49 tickets
Capital Center for the Arts, Concord, NH, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Mon, April 6, 2009 10:00 AM, MAP (15) and Mrs Coons Fitness Experience (17) + 3 Chaperones 35 tickets. 34 + 1
Hopkins Center (SPS), Hanover, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Wednesday, April 8, 10:00 am, The Moore Theater, MAP (10) and Mrs Coons Fitness Experience (17) 3 Chapreones 30 Tickets
5/1/09, Litterary Arts contest, "Dreams."
Hopkins Center (SPS), Hanover, Viva Quetzal, Tuesday, May 12, 10:00 am Spaulding Auditorium, MAP (10) New Spanish Teacher Spanish 2 (37), 3 (22) and 4 (12) 88 tickets
May 2009, "Letters Home" Griffin Theatre, Two shows, MVRHS All School Assembly, IRS 6-8 grades

2007/08 Experiencing the Arts Field Trips & Community Events


# Attending Date Location & Event, Classes attending
39 10/2/07, Lebanon Opera House NOTE: Experiencing the Arts participated with the Ballet Folklurico de Mexico evening performance as our peak community event: Tuesday, 7:30 P.M.
29 10/11/07, HOP Dartmouth Imani Winds, chamber music & jazz, African & American, Thurs. 10 A.M. Music students, Experiencing the Arts and MAP
22 9/07-11/07, Six weeks of Figure Drawing with Dierdre Dennis.
18 10/19/07, Recycling club field trip to Dartmouth
30 10/23/07, Hood Museum Wenda Gu: The Green House. Contemporary Chinese artist. Exp Arts
29 11/2/07, Palace Theatre, Manchester, French Reflections, w/ French 3 & 4, MAP, Exp Arts
30 11/14/07, HOP Dartmouth Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts, drum music Monk, Metheny, Lennon
20 12/4/07, Hood Museum American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights - Hood Museum of Art.
20 12/4/07, HOP Dartmouth Yamato Drummers of Japan, 9:15 & 11:15 A.M., Taiko drums.
3 Prize winners for the "Memories" Literary Arts contest
500 12/17/07, A Christmas Carol, by Advice to the Players, all school assembly.
23 NH performers in Advice to the Players A Christmas Carol
1625 1/8/08, Synergy Brass Quintet, assemblies at all 4 area schools, evening performance for the public, hour workshop with Mascoma's band, hour 1 on 1 with their trumpet player and Mascoma's first trumpet Nick Dauphanis.
50 January, 31 2008 - Date TBA, Scholastics Art Awards, Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH, all Art classes
11 1/17/08, Lebanon Opera House Traveling Blues bluesman Guy Davis, Thurs., 10:00 AM
25 1/17/08, Mascoma High School, Master Class with Blues musician Guy Davis
27 2/6/08, HOP Omaha Theatre Company, Old Yeller, Wed., 9:15 A.M. Canaan Elementary.
10 Cash for Dragons finalists - 1st prize, $50, 2nd, $25, 3rd, $10.
7 2/11/08, Hood Museum Sean Scully. Abstract American artist.
250 3/3/08, Read Across America program graphic artist Stephen Bissette
29 3/7/08, Cap. Center Arts Portland Taiko - taiko (Japanese drums), Show times: Fri ,10:00 AM
1000 3/21, Rob Serette Amazing Hero Show (in partnership with the PTO)
5 4/3 televised. Students who worked on the "Kick Butts" mural for Mascoma Health Initiative
500 4/4 "What is Class?" assembly Dartmouth Class Divide partnership with MAP & Sociology
21 Students participating in "What is Class?"
11 4/7 - 4/15 Director Morse drives French Students to Montreal and Quebec for many activities
70 4/7 - 4/15 Artist in Residence with Gary Hamel - all Art classes, five days.
4/21-26/08, Environment & Arts Week & Festival, 157 class periods of programming below:
50 Northeast Shakespeare Ensemble (NESE) 6 day residency in Mr. DeFilippo's 9th grade English
58 Manchester Tango three day residency with Spanish Classes and Gym Class
6 Consumer Education students involved in 5 town quilting project.
12 Consumer Education students presenting their cultural food final at festival.
500 Assembly program Anne Sibley O'Brian
90 Residency with Anne Sibley O'Brian and Kobe Van Beest!=s Graphic Novels classes
80 French Class students working on a cultural food fund raiser at Festival
70 Eco Art artist Cynthia Robinson 6 day residency with Art students
12 Students who created Experiencing the Arts Eagle Celebration & monumental sculpture.
100 Ways of the Woods mobile museum 4th, 7th grade and high school wood classes, etc..
50 Dartmouth Thayre School of Engineering run recycling and workshops for 9th grade Science
50 Carbon Curriculum, UNH!=s Sarah Silverburg works with Mary Wenig's AP Biology
500 4/26/08, Environment & Arts Festival, April 26, 2008
3 Prize winners for the "What's Cool?" Literary Arts contest
29 5/9/08, Cap. Center Arts Taylor 2, Paul Taylor Dance
14 4/19/08. Margarittas Restaurant cultural food field trip workshop Consumer Education class.
30 07/08 More than 30 students participated in Art Club activities and contributed to the magazine.
43 06/08 Students submitting art for 08/09 school agenda cover - 10 finalists, 1 winner with prizes.

Experiencing the Arts

Performance History 2006/07



Number attending, Date of event, Description of event, Classes that went

53 September 29th Hopkins Center, Dartmouth A Midsummer Night's Dream Exp. Arts, Mr. Friedline's English, MAP
45 October 5th The Hood Museum of Art Globalization in Ancient Costa Rican & Peruvian Pottery, Exp Arts, Spanish
23 students and adults six weeks of Figure Drawing with Dierdre Dennis
100 November 8th Hopkins Center, Dartmouth Inca Son. Exp Arts, MAP, all Spanish classes
16 December 7th The Hood Museum of Art Dreaming Their Way: Aboriginal Australian Women Painters, Exp Arts
500 2/5 Mayhem Poets All School Assembly performance.
200 2/5-8 Mayhem Poets residency 9th grade, 3 classes Sophomores, Exp Arts, 18 juniors/seniors
10 2/8 students perform slam poetry in Winter Carnival Talent Show 4 Freshmen, 1 Sophomore, 2 Juniors, 3 Seniors
500 2/8 audience for Winter Carnival Talent Show enjoying student's original poetry
38 1/16 Jerry Quickley Young Writers Workshop
25 January 19th Hopkins Center, Dartmouth Bang on a Can All Stars, Raw edgy experimental music, Exp Arts, MAP
80 January 30th Bedford Mall, Bedford, NH Scholastic Art Awards, Exp Arts, Art 1, Art 2, Portfolio
35 February 7th Hopkins Center, Dartmouth A Midnight Cry: The Underground Railroad to Freedom, Exp Arts and MAP
10 Cash for Dragons finalists - 1st prize, $50, 2nd, $25, 3rd, $10.
3 Prize winners for the "Local Texture" Literary Arts contest
25 March 6th Hopkins Center, Dartmouth Soweto Gospel Choir, Exp Arts, MAP
99 March 5th or 9th, Northern Stage, WRJ "The Crucible" Exp Arts, Grout's English classes, Jensvold's Am Literature
22 March 29 Northeast Shakespeare Ensemble!=s Sean Eastman & Mr. Dukeshire's 9th grade English
20 March 30 Recycled crochet bags Mrs. Jesperson!=s Home Economics & Dartmouth's Zooey Zullo
70 April 3rd Capital Center for the Arts, Concord Macbeth, Exp Arts, Jensvold's English 10
30 April 6th Hopkins Center & Hood Museum, Pilobolus dance & "Thin Ice: Climate and Change and the Inuit Sense of Weather" & "Our Land: Contemporary Art from the Arctic."
500 April 9th through April 14th Environment and Arts Week & Festival
200 April 14th Environment & Arts Festival.
367 April 30th Capital Center for the Arts, Concord, "The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial" All School Field Trip.
3 Prize winners for the "Local Textures" Literary Arts contest
750 "The Sound of Music" Experiencing the Arts sponsored the musicial accompaniment, costumes, Experiencing the Arts Director, Christopher Morse designed and constructed the sets.
70 May 3rd follow up Environment and Arts Week Lebanon Airport and CRREL Institute, Biology

Aproximately 717 artists including about 600 represented at the Scholastic Art Awards, about 651 of these were NH artists, including exhibitors at the Environment and Arts Festival. 3778 attended Experiencing the Arts sponsored events.

Experiencing the Arts 2005/06 Performance History


Field Trips: LO = Lebanon Opera House, SPS = Hopkins Center, H = Hood Museum, MVRHS = Mascoma Valley Regional High School

Number Attended    Date

26 SPS 9/28/05 Yunaan Revealed, Exp Arts, & MAP students
39 H 10/18, tours of Collectana and Fred Wilson
Also, Montshire Museum to see Chinese Dinosaurs, Art 2 students, and Exp. Arts.
32 H 10/20, Shakespeare on your Feet! workshop, Exp. Arts, Drama Class, Chorus, English
90 LO, Much Ado About Nothing, Northeast Shakespeare Ensemble (NESE), parents, faculty, students.
27 11/16, SPS Wednesday, November 16, double 10:00, Catch Karamazov Brothers
Also, 11/16th, Hood Museum Permanent Collection 12:30 - 1:30, Exp. Arts & MAP
500 11/29, MVRHS Skip Gorman Music from the Wild West Assembly
500 12/5, Indian River School, Skip Gorman Music from the Wild West Assembly.
100 12/12 - 12/16, Ara Cardew ceramics residency, all art classes.
43 1/20 SPS Grandchildren Buffalo Soldiers, Exp. Arts, MAP, Drama, US History.
71 2/1, Bedford, NH, Scholastic Art Awards, All Art Classes & 16 Indian River Art Students.
30 2/8, SPS Warabi-Za Japanese Music Exp Arts, MAP, Drama.
30 1/16, YES, Mayhem Poets theatrical (slam) poetry, Exp. Arts, MAP.
500 3/1 MVRHS, Alash, Tuvan throat singers assembly
15 3/1, Canaan Library, Art Club Opening, Salon des Refuse, (up through March).
200 3/2, MVRHS, Author/Illustrator, DB Johnson, Read Across America Day, Art and English classes.
170 3/17, Northern Stage's Of Mice and Men, Exp. Arts, all freshmen, other English classes, MAP.
3/20, MVRHS, Joe Bonnamassa Blues Guitar Master Class, by invitation.
123 3/31, SPS Friday, March 31, 11 A.M. Jarocho Festival Exp. Arts, all Spanish classes.
1/6 MVRHS, Shakespeare, Earth, Wind, Fire and Water, workshop.
4/12 10:00, Hood Museum, Dancing Spirits Art of New Guinea, plus trip to Tannery Island instal panels
200 4/10-15 Environment & Art Week, workshops, residencies, etc., Exp. Arts, Science, Theatre, Tech. Ed..
500 4/10, MVRHS, FLOCK Dance Troupe, assembly
500 4/13, MVRHS, David Deen, Connecticut River Steward, Power Point assembly presentation.
200 4/15 Huse Park, Enfield, Environment & Arts Festival.
30 4/25 H Tuesday, double, 10:00, Rembrandt,
Also, 4/25, tour of the Cartoon School White River Jct. VT
40 5/12 SPS Friday, 10:00, Pamyua Indigenous Alaskan Music

Experiencing the Arts 2004/05 Performance History

38 H 9/16, 10am, Louis Gispert and woman photographers
12 MVRHS, 10/4-5 Shadow Puppet workshop with Savage Nursery
500 MVRHS, 10/5, Assembly, Orchid Ensemble
38 LO 10/6, Tom Sawyer and Cornish Colony
500 MVRHS 10/15, Briggs Opera House, Shakespeare Assembly
20 H 10/26, 10am, East Meets West
52 LO 11/4, 7pm, Fry Daddy and Dr. Burma -- Peak Community Event
30 SPS 11/17, 9:15am, Polygraph Lounge and AVA Gallery
100 + MVRHS 11/29 for two week residency, League of NH Craftsman potter Sarah Heimann
30 MVRHS 12/22, Donald Hall & Thomas Geoghegan an evening of Poetry and Guitar
39 SPS 1/13, 9:15am LINES Ballet
40 LO 1/28/05, Fly Dance
90 Bedford, NH 1/31/05, Scholastic Art Awards
500 MVRHS 2/7/05, Assembly with Carlos O'Cassio guitar
38 SPS 2/9, 9:15am, Soweto Gospel Choir
500 MVRHS Read Across America (all school) workshop with author, Howard Frank Mosher
145 3/16, Briggs Opera House, 10am, White River Junction, VT, The Diary of Anne Frank
500 MVRHS 3/18 (all school) Workshops with filmaker Jay Craven (Howard Frank Mosher's stories Read Across America Day follow up)
500 MVRHS 3/28/05, all school assembly, Theatre, Shape Of A Girl
28 LO 3/29/05, Shape Of A Girl
57 SPS 4/1, 10am, Aquila Theater: 12th Night (with 3 English Classes)
36 LO 4/8/05, Cinderella ballet
36 SPS 4/13, 9:15am, Cudamani
100 Lebanon Elks Hall, Punk Show- 6 bands, Jonee Earthquake, Vimps, Rydells, Catastrophes, Yarbles, Love Handles
40 LO 5/4, Vermont Symphony Orchestra
40 SPS 5/6, 10am, Keola Beamer
100 + MVRHS 5/19,20,25,26, Expressionism in Raku residency, NH League potter, Christine Merriman
40 H 5/27, 10am, Marks of Distinction

Experiencing the Arts Performance History, 2003 -04



Number attending, Date of event, Description of event, Classes that went

21 5/14, Hood Museum Art in the East and West, AVA Gallery, 7 contemporary artists.
48 5/1, Peak Community Event, Melodrome concert, Lebanon Opera House (27 patrons plus Exp. Arts).
500 4/16 All School, Black Bear Moon drumming with 21 Exp. Arts, and 43 Chorus students performing.
37 4/16 Mrs. Breach's AP English class joined Exp. Arts, and MAP students, for the Reduced Shakespeare Co.
64 4/12-16 Resident Artists from Black Bear Moon work with 21 Exp. Arts and 43 Mascoma Chorus students.
36 4/6, Exp. Arts, MAP and 11 from Indian River Middle School, Freedom Train, Lebanon Opera House.
35 4/1, Exp. Arts, JAG, MAP, students attend The Flight Project, modern dance, Hopkins Center.
10 4/29, Lorie Andersen concert, Hopkins Center, students, faculty, parents, (ticket endowment fund).
200 4/ 30, Wreckless Abandon animation assembly, Hartford Career & Tech. Center.
21 4/30 Ahn Trio, Lebanon Opera House
21 3/21, 28 + 4/5/04 Experiencing the Arts students participate with guest jeweler Joseph De Robertis
40 Fall, 2003, 19 Experiencing the Arts students, Spring 2004, 21 Experiencing the Arts students
4 3/9 New Shanghai Circus, Lebanon Opera House (ticket endowment fund).
33 3/12, 8 Home School students, MAP, & Experiencing the Arts "Harlem Gospel Choir."
39 3/11 Ms. Patterson's History & Experiencing the Arts, "They Came for me, Remembering Anne Frank."
97 2/13 Canaan, Dorchester, Enfield, Grafton, Orange, Community Reggae Dance, Mascoma High School.
10 2/29 Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer, Lebanon Opera House, (ticket endowment fund).
458 2/11 students and faculty attended all school assemblies, La Guitar Quartet (school less class on field trip).
42 2/11, Exp. Arts, JAG, MAP, and Job Quest, students attend Theatre of the Deaf at Lebanon Opera House -- continuing to Vermont to watch glass blowing demonstration & tour at Simon Pierce Glassworks.
42 2/5, Portfolio, Art 2, Exp. Arts, docent tour of "Lateral Thinking: Art of the 1990's," Hood Museum of Art.
46 10/03, Mascoma Art & Indian River Art students & faculty attend Scholastic Art Show, Bedford, NH..
500 11/6 students attended all school assemblies, Fences.
500 12/10 students attended all school assemblies, Kunsun Ensemble, also numerous Indian River students.
30 12/11, attended Thursday, Kennedy Center's opera The Emperor's New Clothes.
38 1/15, attended the Doug Varone and Dancers (Experiencing the Arts, MAP students and JAG students).
13 11/14 Indian River students joined Experiencing the Arts field trip to hear Wayfaring Strangers.
100 11/8 attended Inner Visions reggae, Peak Community Event & Fund Raiser.
32 11/7, from Advanced Placement English Joined Experiencing the Arts for August Wilson's Fences.
14 11/5, Art 2 students joined Experiencing the Arts a presentation by guest artist Peter Bramhall.
19 10/17, attended Africa on Display, (Experiencing the Arts, MAP students).
80 10/6-10/03 students participated for a week with guest artists Deborah Andersen.
2 10/6-10/03 faculty participated for a week with guest artist Deborah Andersen.
500 9/29 students attended all school assemblies, Coyote's World.
30 9/25 attended Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Puppets, Followed by a tour of Coming of Age in Ancient Greece at the Hood Museum P.M. - 2:30 PM (Experiencing the Arts, MAP students and JAG students).

Experiencing the Arts Performance History, 2002/03



Number attending, Date of event, Description of event, Classes that went

21 H 6/8/02-12/15/02, art, Jose Clemente Orozco easel studies and mural studies
12 LO 9/21, folk music with Roger McGuinn & Special Guest
36 LO 10/9/02, Plena Libre, Exp. Arts & 18 from Spanish class.
32 SPS 10/10, flamenco dance, Noche Flamenca, Exp. Arts, MAP
34 SPS, 11/6 Snow day - a January Philobus dance replaced this, Exp. Arts Jobs for NH Grads
40 SPS 12/09/02, dance/theatre/music, Clara's Dream: A Jazz Nutcracker
24 H 1/4-3/9/03, photography, Ambassadors of Progress American Women Photographers in Paris, 1900-01
20 H 1/18- 3/9/03, photography, Carrie Mae Weems: Hampton Project African & Native Americans
20 LO 3/5/03, dance and music, WOFA: Percussion & Dance from Guinea, West Africa
15 H 3/25-5/25/03, art, Inside the Floating World: Japanese Prints from the Lenoir C. Wright Collection
28 H 4/12-5/25/03, art, They Still Draw Pictures: Children's Art in Wartime
26 SPS 4/16/03, Stolen Moments: 100 Years of Jazz, Cardigan music students & Kids Count
26 LO YES 5/7/03 American Dreams Lost and Found, Exp. Arts, Jobs for NH Grads.
30 SPS 5/9/03, Native American dance, Kevin Locke Trio, Exp. Arts & MAP
2002/03 Community Events
40 10/4/02, MVRHS, Groove Alliance school dance.
21 10/5/02, LO "Groove Alliance," R&B concert.
43 LO 3/4 "WOFA," African drumming and dance, free vouchers given to students and parents.
18 Raku night firing and Bar-B-Q, students, parents, faculty.
156 Northern Lights, bluegrass, Lebanon Opera House, 5/24/03.
2002/03 all school assemblies
500 "Perry Allen Theatre," Emmy nominated puppet show, Mascoma High School, 12/1/02.
500 "No Holds Bard," interactive Shakespeare theatre, Mascoma High School, 2/27/03.
500 "WOFA," African drumming and dance, Mascoma High School, 3/4/03.
500 "Peggy Seeger," folk diva, Mascoma High School, 4/11/03.
2002/03 Artists in residence
80 Mark Ragonese sculpture residency
80 Richard Foye Raku pottery residency
2002/03 Guest Artists
20 Dee Rogers, Stave Puzzle puzzel designer, Fall, 2002.