National Performing Arts Festival Learning Highlights


PURPOSE:
The National Performing Arts Festival provides the opportunity for top High School/Middle School students from throughout the nation to perform for critique by a panel of theater professionals in an atmosphere of sharing and learning. This program is designed for all actors and stage crew.

LEARNING HIGHLIGHTS:
Promote theater through exposure to theater professionals in an educational setting.
  • Students will learn from theater professionals or university professors at a variety of acting workshops.
  • Professionals from acting, directing, dancing, and/or vocal fields will offer the students constructive critique of their performance.
Gain valuable performance experience.
  • Student troupes will gain experience performing before a live audience
  • Student troupes will be observe quality performances from other student groups.
Receive critical feedback from theater professionals
  • Following the performances, groups will receive a private, interactive feedback clinic about their performance.
Participate in educational Acting Workshops.
  • The workshops will include topics such as:  Audition Techniques, Vocal Techniques, Stage Movement, and/or Scene Development.
Solo and Duo Competition
  • Special performance opportunities for students who want personal instruction and critique.
  • Students perform a vocal, or dramatic interpretation for an audience of their peers and adjudication
Additional Learning Highlights:

New York City:
Additional learning opportunities include watching the world’s top artists perform on Broadway.
  • Fresh Talent: Learn from young performers about the challenges of pursuing a career in the performing arts
  • Broadway Classroom: All workshops are taught by qualified teaching artists and Broadway performers and are based on the National Standards for Art Education.
  • New York City educational sightseeing
Walt Disney World® Resort: Additional learning opportunities include the magic of the Disney Theme parks.
  • Tech Tours: Your stage crew will go behind the scenes and learn about costuming, set design, sound and lighting and see how special effects are done through "Disney Magic"!
  • Casting Director Workshop: Students will learn how to audition for a position at Walt Disney World® Resort
  • See Character Actors & Performances while visiting theme parks
  • Perform for a Live Audience: Showcase Award winners will have the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience on a Disney Stage
Bahamas Cruise:
Additional learning opportunities abound while you’re sailing the seas.
  • Live Performances: Your group will have the opportunity to view professional productions during the cruise
  • Perform for a Live Audience: Showcase Award winners will have the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience aboard the cruise ship
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Testimonials
  • Craig Cantrell  - East Hall High School, Gainesville, GA
    "Thank you so much for all your wonderful support through the entire experience of the Outback Bowl 2004. We really appreciate all the hard work and extra help you spent working with us during this trip. Because of your efforts, our students benefited from the entire experience and had a fantastic trip to Tampa. I look forward to working with you in the future!"
  • Sue Creager  - North High School Band Boosters, Springfield, OH
    "Thank you for the help with organizing our high school marching band to go to the Peach Bowl. Our Band had a great time and you enabled a small band to have a big half time experience. Parents and directors that helped plan and the chaperones were all impressed with your company's organization. I would highly recommend your company for future events!"
  • Don Wolfe  - Marion Harding High School, Marion, OH
    "I like the philosophy of National Events. My students enjoyed all the festival events, and they were never the same when they got home. They were a different group, a more mature group, and they were a group that was ready to work and improve."
  • Richard Rogers  - West High School Band, Knoxville, TN
    "I wanted to take this time to thank National Events for hosting my band in San Diego. Our trips with the West High School Band to the Holiday Bowl and related activities have all been enjoyed by my band students and the parents who chaperoned them."
  • Andrew Stoker  - Brockport High School Band, Brockport, NY
    "Thank you for all of the efforts and energies that went in to making the Brockport Band's recent trip to the Kentucky Music Festival a success. The arrangements that were made worked out very well, and the places were flexible with our occasional delays and/or early arrivals. Your attention to detail and accommodation of our requests, even the last minute ones, was outstanding."
  • Stephen L. Hand  - Alfred M. Barbe High School, Lake Charles, LA
    "Without a doubt, the National Events Presidential Inauguration Festival has been the highlight of my experiences. What sets National Events above most other festivals is that your primary objectives are musically oriented.I appreciated every personal detail directed toward our band and the chaperones. It is evident that the priority of National Events is Music education and the great unifying experience called performance."
  • Richard Lenz  - Stevenson High School
    "Our Choir has attended festivals with three different organizations, and by far, National Events was superior in service and quality."
  • Russ Nagel  - East High Band, Sioux City, IA
    "Thank you and your staff for another wonderful experience in San Diego. National Events is the best group I have ever worked with, and you and your staff continue to make the events better each time. My students and the parents traveling with us enjoyed so many of the performances. You helped make this a lifetime memory!"
  • Bucky Johnson  - Georgia Tech University
    "I am pleased to have been associated with National Events for many years. They are truly a leader in educational festivals. They provide a memorable experience for everyone involved by putting the needs of directors, students, and parents first. They are detail oriented and conduct business with a professional and caring attitude. National Events is a first class organization!"
  • Jim Gosnell  - Cedar Falls High School, Cedar Falls, IA
    "Thanks for a special time in San Diego. I have taken groups on tour with several organizations and our recent trip to the Holiday Bowl is one of the finest I have experienced. We had a great time!!! "
  • John Sierakowski - Patty Sampson - Steve Orland  - West Aurora Band Department
    "Greetings from the West Aurora Band Department! We wanted to thank you for the amazing experience at the Chick-fil-A Bowl! The staff, chaperones, and the band had a great time exploring the different areas of Atlanta, marching in the parade, and in performing the Georgia Dome. All the events planned by National Events were perfect and ran with great expertise."
Bowl Events
Poinsettia Bowl - 12/20/2009
Chick-fil-A Bowl - 12/28/2009
Outback Bowl - 12/29/2010