Project Grant

GOALS: Camp will be financially self sustaining in 2 years; At least 40 students participating as cast or crew members; At least 320 in total audience attendance; Include 2 young adult crew mentor-ships; 95% participant retention for full week; 30% first time performing arts participants; 90% participants plan to include performing arts activities in the future; Introduce 1 new artist to work with students; Introduce 5 new acting exercises/techniques to students; Introduce at least 3 different musical genres; Include 1 full cast choreographed musical number; Include 2 solo musical performances; Pick next year's summer youth production by the end of the event week; Secure 2 new revenue sources by end of the event period; Have front page newspaper coverage of event; Participation at each grade level; Participation of both genders; Participation of at least 30% low income/scholarship; Score an average of at least 60% overall satisfied on participant evaluations; Score an average of at least 60% overall satisfied on parent evaluations; Score an average of at least 60% satisfied on instructor evaluations.All measurable goals will be recorded as a base at the end of the current fiscal June 30, 2012 using Community Education data collected from the year. The same statistics will be evaluated at the end of the event year using the same evaluation and report method used to create the base data. Community Education is equipped with software to record this data. A specific evaluation form will be created to collect the needed data for this project. All participants, at least one family member and participating instructors will fill out an evaluation at the end of the camp experience. Data will be collated and reviews within 30 days of event end date.