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Sand Hills Community Center Summer Youth Program | Week 1
June 13, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
Free 5th Annual Sand Hills Summer Youth Program
Online and in-person
Two one-week sessions presented by Karen Brown, En Pointe Plus Dance Mastery Institute, the City of Augusta, Augusta Commission, Augusta Recreation & Parks Department, and the Augusta Richmond County Board of Education for girls and boys ages 10-14 who are 6th, 7th and 8th graders. The Sand Hills Summer Youth Program will give students the opportunity to experience singing, dancing, painting, financial literary and athletic training with awards, prizes, and t-shirts with lunch and snacks daily.
WHEN: Monday through Friday, Online from 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM and in-person from 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Week 1 – June 13 – June 17 ; Week 2 – June 20– 24, 2022 and the program’s culminating events are on Jun 17 and June 24 from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
WHERE: In-person classes will be held at the Sand Hills Community Center, 2540 Wheeler Rd., Augusta, Georgia 30904
WHO: The students will be taught by several renowned instructors such as Baruti, Russell Joel Brown, Pepper, Funmi, A.Nick Brown and Karen Brown. The 5th Annual Sand Hills Community Center Summer Youth Program’s Creative Program Director, Karen Brown, is a native of Augusta, Georgia who spent 22 years as a Principal Ballerina touring the world as a featured artist, master teacher and lecturer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem, an international ballet company that was under the direction of the company’s founder, the late Arthur Mitchell. She’s had a long career of teaching in the dance world and has received numerous awards. In fall 2020, she was hired as a new Assistant Professor of Ballet at the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory. Please go to www.karenbrowndancemastery.com for more details about her dance career, teaching and performing around the world.
To register, click HERE!
INFORMATION: Call (302) 722-5538.
