ART CAMP 2012

JUNE 4-8

Primary Camp for children K- 2^nd grade

Elementary Camp for children 3^rd –  5^th grade

Art projects, Painting, Pottery, Music, Dance, Storytelling and Drama

Where:   Ashland Elementary School

When:   June 4-8    8:00AM – 12:00 PM

Tuition:   $60.00

(Campers will bring a snack  each day)

Discounts will be offered for families with more than one camper

For more information call:  Kim Crist 354-4225.    If no answer, please leave a message.

Space is limited, please register early!

Early Registration:  April 9^th At Clay County Arts League Office located in the Ashland City Water Building
3:00-7:00 p.m.

Download Registration Form:  Art Camp 2012 (29)

Meets every 3rd Monday of each month from 6 pm to 7:30 pm.

At:
70 Arena Road, Ashland, AL, 36251

For info, contact Lynn Williams CLAYCOSADDLECLUB@YAHOO.COM

The Lineville Merchant Association meetings are held each 3rd Thursday of the month and are held at Partner’s BBQ.

For more information call

Darlene @ 256.396.1201
Barbara @ 256.396.6143
Kathy @ 256.396-9121
Margaret @ 256.396.2704

Clay County Saddle Club Horse Show

Saturday, July 9th at the arena beginning at 2 pm.

Bring your horse or just come out and watch the show.  Refreshments available.

For more info, contact:
CLAYCOSADDLECLUB@YAHOO.COM
256-618-2565

Girl Scouts Recognize 2011 East Alabama Women of Distinction

The Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama will recognize six outstanding women at their annual Women of Distinction Luncheon, Thursday, March 24, 2011, from 11:30-1:00 pm at Jacksonville State University Leone Cole Auditorium. This Luncheon recognizes women from Etowah, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Randolph, St. Clair and Talladega counties.

The Women of Distinction program pays tribute to women who have made special contributions to their community through civic, academic or professional involvement.

This year’s Women of Distinction Honorees are:

• Brenda Yancey Emery of Gadsden, Assistant Vice President, Regions Bank (Retired)
• Kendall Lowe Hamilton of Gadsden, Vice President/General Manager, Devan Lowe Inc.
• Marie Manning of Wattsville, Member, St. Clair County Board of Education
• Jane Leatherbury Newman of Gadsden, Civic Leader
• Sandra Stephens of Sylacauga, Former CEO, SouthFirst Bank

In addition, Dr. Sally Smith of Talladega, Veterinarian, Sleeping Giant Veterinary Clinic, will receive the 2011 Frances E. Couch Lifetime Achievement Award at the Luncheon.

Dr. Valerie Richardson, Vice President of Gadsden State Community College, is the event chair. Committee members include Josephine Ayers, Millie Chastain, Donna Dase, Emily Hawk-Raley, Teresa Holderfield, Mickie Kerr, Christie King-Ray, Kaci Ogle, Misty Skinner, Sally Smith, Ashley Tucker, Barbara Walters and Brenda Wyatt.

Proceeds from the East Alabama Women of Distinction Luncheon provide direct support to Girl Scouts in North-Central Alabama, which serves more than 15,000 girls in 36 counties. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama is the presenting sponsor. Other primary benefactors for the Luncheon include: Alabama Power, Anniston Regional Medical Center, BR Williams Trucking, Inc., James S. Nolen, Southern States Bank, Sunny King Automotive and Webb Concrete & Building Materials. For more information on sponsorships, please contact Julie Carter at 800-734-4541 x1030 or visit www.girlscoutsnca.org/wodeast. Tickets to the Luncheon cost $50 for general admission and $35 for Girl Scout members.

About Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama Girl Scouting gives every girl access to life-changing experiences that inspire her to do something BIG! Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama is a United Way community partner and serves more than 15,000 girls ages 5-17, and 5,000 volunteers in programs across 36 counties. For more information, call 800-734-4541 or visit www.girlscoutsnca.org.

Clay County Arts League 2011 Arts Camp

Arts Camp this year is June 13-17, 2011
Ages 5-5th graders. Some 6th graders may attend with special permission.
8:00 am – 1:00 pm.
Snack is included in the $60.00 tuition.
Scholarships will be available.

Contact Kim Crist for more info.
256-276-0015 or 256-354-4225

TO CONCERN CITIZENS:

A group of educators, citizens, ministers, law enforcement, and city/county officials will meet to discuss issues and new programs for the youth of Clay County. Northeast Alabama Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that every child will have the opportunity to reach its full potential will be hosting the meeting.

We want to work with young males and females ages 10 and up who desire to be a young lady and a gentleman. These youth will learn how to begin choosing each day to turn their pain into purpose by participating in our Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today Program.

This meeting is scheduled for February 7th, 2011 at Springhill Baptist Church in Lineville, Alabama from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. If you would like more information about attending this meeting contact our office at 256-354-0252, 205-541-9839 or email us at bsandlinnacdc@att.net.

Respectfully Submitted,

Baron T. Sandlin
Executive Director
Northeast Alabama CDC

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Greater Alabama Boy Scout American Values Dinner

Saturday, March 5th 2011 at 6:00 PM

Shocco Springs Baptist Convention Center, Stephens Center

Featuring Chette Williams, Keynote Speaker
Auburn University – Team Captain

Honoring four great community leaders:
Beulah Garrett
Cleve Jacobs
Kenneth Scoggins
John Tinney

Event Chairs:
Becky Boddie
Avery Embry
Mack Ferguson
Becky Griffin
Marilyn Lawson
Wendy Westerhouse

This brief history of programs of the Clay County Alabama Arts League has been provided by Linda Rochester, our Membership Vice President, in hopes that you will consider becoming a member this year.

VISUAL ARTS
Do you know some of these names:  Nina Faye Bonner, Alma Browning, Barbara Bryan, Carrie Lou Campbell, Mrs. L. D. Clark, Alice Cowan, Phil Cornelison, Robert Duke, Judith Hornsby Jordan, Mrs. Homer Hyche, Eleanor Mattox, Barbara Pace, Mrs. Avery Phillips, Mrs. Walton Phillips, and Bill Wilson.  These are some of the ground-breakers who brought the arts into Clay County in 1971 with an art gallery on the square of Ashland and plays in the county schools.  The foundation was laid to encourage and support our county’s artists.  Judith Jordan was the director of many of these early events.

“Through the Artist’s Eyes” has been showcasing local artists, for the past five years, as they exhibit their work at the Clay County Health and Wellness Center. Clay County has talent – painting, pottery, photography, wood working, glass sculpting!!  Exhibitors are: Dannielle Aldredge, Jennifer Alam, Frank Andrus, Dyla Carson Corinne Cox, Shirley Dawkins, Geneva Finley, Frank Foster, Jim Gasser, Toni Grossman, Jack Hadder, Danny Heard, Patsy Ingram, Pat Jenkins, Judith Jordan, Gordon Kendrick, Lori McCain, Tommy Moorehead, Jean Morgan, Ron Newsome, Dee Perkins, Nanette Perry, Kay Robertson, Sydney Saxon, Sarah Sparks, Carol Spivey, Launa Stan, the Robert Steele family, Bonnie Wheeles, and the 4-H school children from Ashland and Lineville. Dee Perkins is chairperson for this program.

DRAMA
Do you remember all of those plays and events put on over the past twenty years?  Here are a few:  A Christmas Carol, Purlie, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe, Peter Pan, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, South Pacific, Grease, The Music Man, Wolf  Tales, Smoke on the Mountain, Covering Dish, Friends Forever, A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream, That’s Entertainment, Aladdin and His Wonderful Magic Lamp,  Off-Broadway, a Gala Celebration for the Arts, The Rosa Parks Story, Through the Years Follies, The Great Southern Satire, Caroling on the Square, Made in the U. S. A., and Rumpelstiltskin.  Ken Yates, Diane Giddens, Linda Rochester, Vicki Birdsall, Sheryl Bonner, Chris Carr, Kathy Murphy, and Lori Steele are some of the directors of these stage productions.

The Seasoned Performers, a senior adult theater group from Birmingham that has performed for the past two years at The Historic Ashland Theatre, will return in the spring. Elizabeth Moore has been the chairperson of this event.

MUSIC
Summer Sizzle has been entertaining Clay County with free outdoor concerts on Thursdays in July since 2004. The music ranges from gospel and big band swing to local mariachi and country! Even fireworks are provided after the program closest to the 4th of July. April Ice and Barbara Pollard have been chairpersons of this event.

The Arts League joined with the Clay County Chorus in 2008 in order to bring mixed choral music to the forefront of Clay County life.  Ken Yates directed the Clay County Chorus in a winter performance of Christmas music and a spring performance of Broadway tunes. In December of 2009, the Clay County Women’s Chorus, under the direction of Linda Rochester, presented a program of Christmas music. Plans are underway to combine the men and women again in the near future.

ARTS PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN / TEENS
We have been educating our children in the arts through Arts Camp since 1995.  We specialize in training young minds to love, cherish, and participate in the arts.  Some of the classes that have been offered are in singing, drama, music, pottery, drawing, painting, and even cooking! Murals completed by local artists and the children have been created and left behind as gifts to local schools. Many children attend Arts Camp every year on scholarship. The number of scholarships available depends on grants and donations received from the community. Kim Crist is the current chairperson for the camp. Tommy Moorehead, April Ice, Jennifer Alam, and Linda Rochester have also been chairpersons of our Arts Camps.

The Arts League has partnered with the school system on several occasions to bring theatre and visual artists into the county’s schools.

Scholarships have given by the Arts League to high school graduates who exhibit artistic ability and are entering further education in visual or performing arts.

If you have been a participant in one or more of our events or if you have been a part of our audience, you already know that we are in a continuous attempt to reinvent ourselves.

We have four meetings a year; the first is in October. All meetings are open, and we welcome your involvement.  The location of all Board meetings is in the Arts League Office in the Ashland Water Department Building. As a member, you may bring suggestions and business before the Board by contacting President Barbara Pollard.  Please consider attending our events and supporting the Clay County Arts League with your membership.  Dues for this year are $15 for individuals and $25 for families and businesses.  Your membership is important, because every dollar we raise locally is a dollar that can be matched for grant funding purposes.

Please don‘t let this opportunity pass. Join today! Mail your donation to P.O. Box 696, Ashland, AL 36251. This is one organization that has worked hard to earn your support.

The Clay County Arts League needs you! Over the years the Arts League has played a vital part in the cultural enhancement of our community. We hope you will join us as a member.

We have four meetings a year. All of our meetings are open, and we welcome your involvement.  As a member, you may bring suggestions and business before the board by contacting Barbara Pollard at 256-396-6143.

Please support us with your membership. Dues for this year are $15 for individuals and $25 for families and businesses. Your membership is important, because every dollar we raise locally is a dollar that can be used for matching grants and funding purposes. We will continue to work hard to earn your support. We also welcome donations in any amount.

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Barbara Pollard, President
Clay County Arts League