Logan Kennedy | NHPCM
On March 23rd, Columbus County Schools and Whiteville City Schools will present Celebrate the Arts 2024. The annual festival features Art, Chorus, Band, Poetry, Piano, and Theatre Arts presentations, including a vast student art gallery. The program boasts that it is “North Carolina’s Largest Students Art Festival”. The festival will be hosted at East Columbus Jr./Sr. High School in Lake Waccamaw.
The festival features work from over 1,000 students from grades K-12, Kelly Jones with CCS also says the festival is expected to have roughly 300 students participating in performances.
NHPCM is filming the event and will post it on our Facebook page.
Performance Schedule:
4:30- 9:30 K-12 Student Art Exhibition Gymnasium
5:00 -6:00 Visual Arts Presentations/Poetry/Piano Presentations Auditorium
6:00 -6:30 Middle School Chorus Performance Auditorium
6:30- 7:00 High School Chorus Performance Auditorium
7:00- 7:30 Dance Performance Auditorium
7:30 – 8:00 Theatre Performance Auditorium
8:00- 8:30 Middle School Band Performance Auditorium
8:30- 9:00 High School Band Performance Auditorium
Clinicians:
High School Chorus– Dr. Alyssa Cossey
High School Dance– Chania Wilson
High School Theatre– Steven Higginbotham
Middle School Band– Richard Tyndall
High School Band– Paul Murtha
Middle School Art– Breanna Seckman
High School Art– September Krueger
Poetry– Melinda Thomsen
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