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Elizabeth Parker organizes training folders while
waiting her turn to instruct kids on "telling a story with
facial expressions and body language."
Young people listen attentively and give loud and vibrant greetings as PraiseStage director,
Ethel McCane introduces instructors (from left to right: Charles Watson, Elizabeth Parker,
Ruby Anderson, Ann Starks, Connie Dumas-Coleman, Bonita Gupton -- and later that day,
Dountonia Slack. Mike Fluckus --who taught sound equipment and microphone usage -- also
doubled as photographer.
Left to right: Ruby Anderson, Connie Dumas-Coleman
and Lisa Morris (with the United Methodist Church Metro
Ministries) watch youngsters rehearse for the mini-drama
held in culmination of a week-long training camp.
Mimers were excited to adorn mime costumes to perform as the
"wicked pied pipers" in the final-day mini-drama -- "The Pied
Pipers of Indy." More than 65 young people and 9 instructors
participated in the PraiseStage's 2009 Summer Youth Drama
Camps held in June
and July.
“Now point to stage-left" says Ethel -
as she gives a quick lesson on stage
directions.
Dance instructors, Dountonia Slack
and Charlie Watson teach a fun dance
routine to the tune of "Takin' it Too the
Streets" to prepare kids for the mini-
drama "The Pied Pipers of Indy."
Elizabeth Parker teaches youngsters
the art of "body language" and
pantomiming