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The following are descriptions of GAP funded activities from 2003

Ben Hill County
The Fitzgerald-Ben Hill County Arts Council presented "Four Grands at The Grand," which featured four Fitzgerald musicians presenting a concert on four grand pianos at the Grand Theatre of Fitzgerald. The four musicians included familiar favorite selections, anecdotes between the pieces, and a selection of patriotic pieces.

Berrien County
The Berrien County Collaborative used their GAP funds on a project focused on an after school program for at-risk youth and their families. The project organizers brought in artist-in-residence Windell Campbell, the comedy program "Peanut Circus Show" and also animal trainers from a regional park zoo.

Cook County
The Cook County Council for the Arts presented the musical "Annie, Jr." The performance featured local talents, the costumes were designed and created by cast and crew. Local businesses distributed ads, the local School Board donated the space for rehearsals and for the performance, a local travel company provided the props and materials, and the local newspaper provided publicity for the project

Irwin County
The Ocilla Housing Authority presented their project "Beginning Violin", which involved children and their parents, residents of the Housing Authority. The children were enrolled in violin classes, and together with their parents, were transported to a nearby town for the lesson. Volunteers from the Housing Authority donated time and talent to practice with the children after school.

Tift County
La Fiesta Del Pueblo - a festival celebrating Hispanic heritage, The festival involves local businesses who set up sampling booths, local clubs and organizations sponsor an educational corner, and the local hospitals sponsor a health fair and free screening. Entertainers delight the crowd while the Mexican consulate services the needs of the local Hispanic population.
Tifton Museum of Arts and Heritage - the museum sponsored the exhibit "Africa: Her Heritage and Culture," a collection of authentic African art and artifacts.
Atlantic Coastline Artist Guild - the guild sponsored an art competition centered around Georgia Folk Life. The winning pieces, all of which were submitted by tremendously talented local artists, were framed and included in a traveling exhibit.

Turner County
The Turner County Arts Council together with the Historic Preservation committee and the Fireant Festival committee worked together to create awareness of the natural talents and resources present in this small rural county. This year's project was Phase One of a 3 year project which will involve a performance as a process of awakening self-confidence, effect social reconciliation among the community participants, and build a county-wide collaboration. The first phase involved collecting stories from local citizens, performances, and training of interviewers. The stories were transcribed and in the next phase will be sent to a playwright to being working on a script, to be used in a a performance and also to be used by a local museum.

Wilcox County
The Wilcox County Arts Council sponsored two separated projects. The first one focused on storytelling and involved puppeteer artists who entertained and educated adults and children in a series of performances. The second project was a patriotic concert by the Warner Robbins USAF Reserve Band in honor of all the people from the community who were called to serve in Iraq.

Worth County
The Worth County Margaret Jones Public Library hosted a vacation reading program with an art component called "Books Ahoy" The program included performances for the community by storyteller Sean Driscoll, as well as arts and crafts workshops sponsored by the local hardware store.
The Worth County Boy Scout Troop 100 sponsored a "Frontier Day". A local park in Sylvester was transformed back to the days of blacksmithing, knitting, quilting, corn shelling, and more. Local museums, parks and civic groups provided demonstrations, workshops, and performances.

 

 

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Food Tent at Fiesta del Pueblo 2003



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Climbing Wall at Fiesta del Pueblo 2003



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Posters from Fiesta del Pueblo 2003

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