American Academy Of Performing Arts Co

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DANCE DRAMA MUSIC

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AAPAC's Mission and Vision Statement

At AAPAC our moto is "Developing Artistic Diversity". We are dedicated to spreading the love and appreciation of all areas of the performing arts through quality instruction at affordable tuition prices with scholarships, discounts and financial aid programs available. We are committed to providing a safe and fun learning environment that encourages students to be diverse in, and open to, all art forms and cultures. Our goal is to celebrate diversity through performance. We encourage community involvement and our school gives many performance opportunities at student and pre-professional levels throughout the community. We believe in teaching Care Accountability Respect Excellence and our instructors and students lead by example and show CARE in all that we do.

Quick Up-Dates

Fall Term began Sept. 20th

REGISTRATION FOR FALL CLASSES!

Registration has now come to a close for Fall term. Intro to Theatre is now FULL, and the deadline has passed for Intermediate and Advanced Drama. Creative Movement, Teen Beginning Ballet and Jazz 2 are full.
If you need new dance attire, or your new uniform leotard, call or email Marta to make an appointment for a fitting. 503-998-9947 cell or martadancn@msn.com

Local tap room, Seven Brides Brewery, is hosting an AWESOME fundraiser on AAPAC's behalf on Saturday, October 23rd. All food and beverage sales for our event (over cost) will benefit AAPAC's new dance floor! This is a hugely generous thing for them to do and we hope that you will give them your patronage in support of their business for their community support of us.
Please save the date, find a babysitter and join us for this FUN and worthy event! There is NO cover charge, and there will be great food, beer, wine, and entertainment!
DAY CARE! New!
AAPAC is now offering a day care service during all weekday morning and early afternoon fitness classes! Our day care is run by an experienced and certified day care provider (and our music instructor, Michelle Kurns) who also has experience raising 6 children of her own!
To take advantage of the day care program, you can pay either a drop in rate of $3 per child for the hour, or purchase a pre-paid punch card of $10 for 5 visits to our day care. Day care is onsite in the other studio adjacent to your fitness room. So now YOU can come and get a great FUN work out, while your child is in the next room having their own fun! Convenient!!!

In November, we will be beginning 3 more Zumba classes: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30-10:30 am, with Day Care available!
Zumba is included in our "Fitness Membership" program. Membership includes choice of 2 zumba classes a week and 2 other fitness classes such as Conditioning (Pilates based) and Shimmy Shape-Up (belly dancing fitness), all for only $45 a month!
Zumba is taught by licensed Zumba Instructors Enez Bradford, Emily Eikleberry and Darby Carkeek. Zumba is a Dance Aerobics class that incorporates many ethnic styles of dance to fun, hypnotic and rhythmic music! Zumba has been spreading like wildfire all over the world!
It's Here! Our New Dance Floor and MORE!
We are so excited about some up-grades we've done at AAPAC this week! Our new beautiful "marley" (vinyl), reversible dance floor is here and being installed as we speak! It's smooth, safe and oh-so-lovely!! The Gray side is for the classroom and the black side is for performing in the theatre!
Also, we just removed our old wall ballet barres and made new galvanized pipe, double level, portable ballet barres. They are super sturdy and can handle a LOT of leg weight. Not to mention a lower barre available for our little ones beginning barre work, AND they are portable so we can move them wherever we want, or have students on both sides!
The lobby got a fresh coat of paint and we are in the process of installing a retail wall racking system for our boutique items for easier display and shopping and, best of all, more space in the lobby! We hope to get the carpet in the lobby replaced with tile or linolium before the term begins, so we'll see....
Studio B is getting a sound system (monitors, mixer, etc) to match the one in studio A. So now everyone can have a great musical experience at AAPAC!

We have all of our Thriller workshops scheduled in preparation for our 3rd annual Thriller in the Streets Halloween event. Take a workshop to learn the dance and be in it! See our workshops page for more info. $15 per person and is a fundraiser for a new dance floor which is sorely needed at AAPAC.

We are fundraising for a new dance floor this summer. All of our Thriller In The Streets Workshop profits will go towards the floor. Also, we are in the midst of planning an event at Seven Brides Bewery Tap Room in Silverton. The band Intervision from Portland is coming down to play for the cause (donating their time free!) and Seven Brides is donating a portion of beer sales to AAPAC towards our floor payments. We'll keep you posted on the dates and details. Be prepared to come shake your booty this fall for a good cause!

Please welcome new staff members Michelle Kurns, Brenda Zajdel and Darby Carkeek! Michelle Kurns is our new choir and Creative Music instructor. Brenda and Darby are new Zumba instructors (beginning in October). Darby will also be teaching Conditioning and Shimmy Shape-up. Welcome to the family, ladies!

Congratulations to AAPAC alumni students Gavin Knox and Jasmine Kim who both qualified for National competition for Speach! They will be going to Kansas City this summer to compete. We are so proud of them! They are now the 3rd AAPAC students in 2 years to qualify for Nationals in speach. Yay!!!
Did you know that some of our students are already paid actors (professional)? Yep. Casey Magis-Agosta and Haley Karlson both got summer jobs acting at Enchanted Forest. Not bad for 17 year olds! Also, Serena Dufour is going to be in a Papa Murphy's Pizza commercial this year too! Way to go!

We are located at...
202 "A" Main Street, Silverton, OR 97381 (At the corner of Water and E. Main Streets in Silverton, above El Toro Mexican restaurant)