SOCSA eNEWS JANUARY 5, 2009 Featured in this SOCSA eNews: SOCSA FOUNDATION RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION: SOCSA Academy's Artistic Director, Ray Woods, and his wife donate $10,000 for the future Dana Hills High School Performing Arts Center 3 SOCSA PERFORMANCES IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS! First event is Tuesday night. SOCSA RELEASES 30-SECOND COMMERICIAL ONLINE FEATURING DANA POINT MAYOR FOR THE $4 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW THEATER NEW SOCSA JOURNAL ONLINE Scroll down to read more... READ HOW A SOCSA PERFORMANCE CHANGED ONE FAMILY'S LIFE SOCSA FOUNDATION RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION: SOCSA Academy's Artistic Director, Ray Woods, and his wife donate $10,000 for the future Dana Hills High School Performing Arts Center In late December 2008, Ray and Amy Woods, donated $10,000.00 to the SOCSA Foundation earmarked for the future Dana Hills High School Performing Arts Center. Mr. Woods stated, "My wife and I are glad to do our part and support the SOCSA Foundation's $4 million Capital Campaign for the new performing arts center at Dana Hills with our donation. Dana Hills High School, SOCSA students and the entire South County community have been in need of a new state-of-the-art theater for a long time now and our hope is other art supporters will also donate to this amazing project." A successful capital campaign will provide Dana Hills High School, SOCSA and the entire South Orange County community with a much needed Performing Arts Center. But none of this can happen without your help. With your donation of any size to SOCSA, you will be a part of the blueprint for the future of arts education in our public schools. Help SOCSA build its theater and you'll leave a legacy in the arts to future generations. Choose a one-time tax deductible donation, or, to bring SOCSA closer to its goal, authorize the SOCSA Foundation to charge your credit card multiple times. Visit SOCSArts.org's secure site and donate online today! QUESTIONS? Please download and read SOCSA's white paper in PDF format titled "SOCSA's $4 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT DANA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL" online now... or call SOCSA Foundation President, Alan Wickstrom at 949.842.0594 for more information. GUEST CONCERT SERIES: THE YALE ALLEY CATS ONE OF THE NATION'S FINEST A CAPPELLA VOCAL GROUPS $15 for Adults $12 for Senior Citizens or Students ONE NIGHT ONLY! Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:00pm Porthole Theater (Inside Dana Hills High School) 33333 Street of the Golden Lantern Dana Point, California 92629 SUPPORT ARTS EDUCATION AND BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW FOR THE SOCSA GUEST CONCERT BY THE YALE ALLEY CATS! The proceeds from this concert will go directly to the SOCSA Academy at Dana Hills High School to benefit arts education. Thank you for your support! As one of the nation's most renowned a cappella groups, the Yale Alley Cats, a fourteen-person all-male a cappella ensemble, have been spreading music around the world since 1943. They find their roots in jazz, but their repertoire has grown to include Motown, pop, classical, and many more genres. Their diverse songlist and acknowledged musical excellence allow us to perform at a host of different venues, from jazz clubs to embassies, from the set of NBC's 'The West Wing' to the main stage at the Dresden Music Festival, from the beaches of Hawaii to 'Martha Stewart Living,' and from Parisian squares and Spanish boulevards to the hallowed halls of Yale University. The Yale Alley Cats is one of the most famous collegiate a cappella groups in the country. They have even performed for President Elect Barak Obama! BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW. ACTORS' REP NIGHT: "All The World's a Stage" AN EVENING WITH SHAKESPEARE $12 for Adults $10 for Senior Citizens or Students TWO NIGHTS ONLY! Friday & Saturday, January 8 & 9, 2009 @ 7:00pm Porthole Theater (Inside Dana Hills High School) 33333 Street of the Golden Lantern Dana Point, California 92629 SOCSA Junior and Senior Students in the SOCSA Academy's Actors' Repertory Class perform scenes and monologues from Shakespeare in this showcase of dramatic talent. The proceeds from this performance will go directly to the SOCSA Academy at Dana Hills High School to benefit arts eduction. Thank you for your support! SOCSA DANCE CONCERT: unleashed $12 for Adults $10 for Senior Citizens or Students TWO NIGHTS ONLY! Thursday & Friday, January 15 & 16, 2009 @ 7:00pm Porthole Theater (Inside Dana Hills High School) 33333 Street of the Golden Lantern Dana Point, California 92629 SOCSA presents "unleashed" the Dance Concert. SOCSA dance students will dazzle you with their amazing performance. If you love dance, you'll be thrilled by the choreography and beauty in this annual production featuring over 40 SOCSA dance students. A variety of works will be presented from modern ballet to hip-hop. SOCSA offers not only technical training for the serious high school dance student, but it offers practical training as well. Students are trained formally in the major of dance through the genres of ballet, tap, jazz and modern. Once students successfully enter into their third year of training, the student's jury to become a member of the SOCSA Dance Company. Thus, the students will acquire two years of experience in dancing choreographed works in a company environment, which will include not only dance training and choreographic experiences with guest artists and dance faculty, but practice and execution of theatrical design in the areas of lighting, costume, makeup and scenery. The program will address all the needs of the student for directly entering into a career in dance, a program or institution of higher learning, or just simply for the appreciation and love toward the art of dance. This is your chance to see years of student study and practice during this amazing night of dance... BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE NOW! We hope you find our email newsletter interesting and informative. If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 949.842.0594 or send me an eMail... Let us know how you would like to contribute to arts education in your community. Cordially, Alan Wickstrom 2007-09 SOCSA Foundation Board President eMail: president@SOCSArts.org ~ Cell: 949.842.0594 SOCSA Academy and Foundation, South Orange County School of the Arts PO Box 3174, Dana Point, CA 92629-8174 SOCSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Web: http://www.SOCSArts.org DONATE TODAY: secure.SOCSArts.org/donation.shtml If you are having troubles reading this eMail, please visit: http://www.SOCSArts.org/2009-01-04-socsa-jan-events.html