ShirleyArts! has received the rights to do the award winning musical-comedy
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Director and Choreographer will be Rob Houle.
Music Director will be Joanne Landry.
Auditions: Sun. Feb 28 (6-9) Monday March 1 (7-10), Callbacks Wednesday March 3 (7pm)
Rehearsals: Sun. 6-9, Mondays 7-10 Wednesdays 7-10 (March 7 through May 6)
Performances: May, 7, 8,15 @ 7:30 pm, May 16 @ 2pm
The cast calls for 6 adults playing roles as the child contestants,and 3 adults playing the parts of adults.
Everyone in the cast must be a strong vocal soloist.
Everything takes place at Shirley Middle School, 1 Hospital Road, Shirley, MA 01464
Email us for a complete character listing and audition description.
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Everyone can play the ukulele! We will offer ukulele workshops for ages 8 to 88 in the SMS Music Room starting Wednesday February10th with a class recital April 7th. The series tuition will be $30. You may either bring your own ukulele, or borrow one or buy one from us. Everyone is starting at 6:00 PM. Later on we may split into two groups with the advanced group coming at 7:00 PM. Instructor is Danno Sullivan. It's not too late to sign up.
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The Children's Touring Christmas Choir performance at the Bull Run Brunch to benefit the Shirley Friendship Fund had to be postponed to Sunday December 27th but still earned $400 for the Shirley Friendship Fund.
On Saturday December 19th, at 7:00 p.m.,we had a Community Christmas Concert to benefit Loaves and Fishes. Our Children's Touring Christmas Choir took part along with our teen/adult choir. Guest performers were from the madrigal group -A Goodlie Companye. That night we earned $725 for Loaves and Fishes and heard some wonderful music.
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Our first musical with adults and kids in the cast took place in November of 2009 and was a roaring success. Wizard of Oz had great audiences and a cast that is ready to sign up for another family show.
Remember that ShirleyArts! members get to help choose the productions. Our Annual Meeting will be Friday February 19th at tthe Bull Bun Restuarant. Bring or send in your suggestions for that evening's discussions.
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The 2009 Summer Children's Musical was Seussical Jr.
This colorful show, full of exciting production numbers, included teens and children from Shirley, Leominster, Groton, and Harvard. Audience members commented that it was one of the best they have seen us do. Parent involvement was wonderful for this show and all their efforts were much appreciated.
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The 2009 Children's Spring Musical was Tall Tales and Heroes and was performed at the Lura A. White School on Friday May 29th. Family and friends loved watching the young performers tell the tales and sing the songs. Favorite parts were the jokes, the lumberjacks, and the finale of telling who their personal heroes were and then singing God Bless the USA.
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The Middle School Drama Club presented Middle School Monologues at the Mass High School Drama Guild Middle School Festivalin Tewksbury on SaturdayMay 9, 2009. They were praised for bringing familiar middle school scenes to the stage and received a bronze medal. Given special recognition for their portrayals were Julie Maillet and Stevie Schaeffer.
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Moonlight and Valentino,under the direction of Lezli Whitehouse, was performed April 4th and 5th of 2009 by a wonderful cast of four women and one man at the Shirley Middle School Auditorium. The audience was emotionally touched by the problems faced by these women and the way that they supported each other and were changed.
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Warning - Please do not go by mapquest! For accurate directions to the Shirley Middle School, where many of our events take place, click here.
Possibilities - If you know a professional or amateur class or performance that you would like to see brought to Shirley, please tell us about it. For a production proposal form,contact us at
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SCHOLARSHIPS to arts events and arts classes are available through ShirleyArts! for All, a Youth Ventures program.ShirleyArts!will also be raising money to help SMS band students with their instrument rentals. Did you know that band and drama students do better on their SATs than math or science majors ? Please help us support the arts.
Some ShirleyArts! productions receive financial support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council through the local Shirley Cultural Council. This help is much appreciated.
For a History of our past productions, Click Here.
For membership information, Click Here.
Note that we are a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation and all your donations are tax-deductible.
Officers for ShirleyArts! for 2009 are President David Jerome, Treasurer John Rounds, Artistic Director Meredith Marcinkewicz, and Board Members Marcey Jerome, Kathryn Lyon, Lela Male, Laurie Marcinkewicz, and Rita Paradis.
New Officers for 2010 will be lected at the annual meeting in February.
