Outreach & Service Learning: Integrating Theatre, Music, and Literacy

"We are the music-makers,

And we are the dreamers of dreams.”
- Arthur O’Shaughnessy

This year the focus of the HYSA Musical PlayMates will be to promote multicultural awareness through the integration of music, improvisational theatre, and literature. What better way to launch the music and literacy service learning and outreach project's second year than to include HYSA's Irish student guests from DCU. 

Both fifth and second graders, at an area Title One school, enjoyed a taste of Irish language, learned a folk song and dance, and participated in a mini-performance of the Giant's Causeway myth. The young audience members and the DCU students exchanged suggestions of things to try and places to visit while in Ireland and Arizona.  As the second graders departed, they called back, "Come back soon!"

Since its charter the HYSA Thespian Society has actively engaged in sharing theatre arts within the community. For more information about the HYSA Thespian Society service learning projects and Performance Outreach Program, check out the links below:

 HYSA Thespian Society - Music Literacy Outreach & Service Learning
HYSA Thespian Society Performance Outreach Program

September Theatrical Events
Friday, September 8th - "Musical Interlude" AM & PM performance series
Friday, September 15th - HYSA Thespian Society Outreach (Robotics & Improvisation)
Wednesday, September 20th & 27th - HYSA Thespian Society Meetings
Friday, September 29th - "Whodunnit?" 4th Annual Classic Drive-in Movie Event