Winter concert at Tri-Cities

"Believe in the Miracles of the Holiday Season" by the Tri-Cities High School Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program.

Tonight at 7 p.m.

Holiday sounds to uplift and inspire, touch and warm your soul.

Featuring Tri-Cities High School's:

• Advanced Mixed Chorus
• Women's Chorus
• Women's Chamber Ensemble with performances by Tri-Stars 
• Repertory Dance Ensemble
• Concert Band
• Wind Ensemble
  

$3 for students and $5 for adults

Tri-Cities High School Fine Arts Theatre
2575 Harris Street East Point, GA 30344

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Arts in the Neighborhood

Two musical performances are taking place this week in Jefferson Park.

On Wednesday, the talented students in the performing arts magnet program are putting on the Annual Autumn Choral Concert. Four choirs will perform at the Tri-Cities High School Fine Arts Theatre.

Come back for Thursday's South Fulton County Chorus Jamboree.


Performances are in the Tri-Cities High School Fine Arts Theatre, 2575 Harris St., East Point. 

Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. 

The Annual Autumn Choral Concert by the Tri-Cities High School Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program


Featuring Tri-Cities High School's

• Advanced Mixed Chorus
• Women's Chorus
• Women's Chamber Ensemble

with performances by Tri-Stars


Fee: $3 for students; $5 adults

For questions and ticket reservations, contact the magnet office at (404) 669-8010.

Thursday, Oct. 29, at 6:30 p.m.

South Fulton County Chorus Jamboree

With choirs from:

• Paul D. West Middle School
• Renaissance Middle School
• Creekside High School
• Langston Hughes High School
• Tri-Cities High School

Admission is free and open to the public!

Photo credit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/ / CC BY-NC 2.0

Photo Friday

The Tri-Cities High School marching band makes its way into the stadium before Friday's home football game.
The football team lost a close one, 25-28, against Mays High School.  

Make weekend plans

If you are wondering how to spend your valuable weekend time, consider some of these activities:

Friday:

Tri-Cities High School football, 7:30 p.m., at home. Fee.

Saturday: 

Clean up neighborhood stone markers. 

Meet at 8 a.m., at the marker at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Winburn Drive. Free.

Destination Downtown festival

Noon to 7 p.m. in downtown East Point. Free.

Sunday: 

Beginner Program at the Dick Lane Velodrome

The successful beginner program for basic track skills and velodrome etiquette returns. It begins at 10 a.m. and runs until 1 p.m. Fee is $60 and it includes bike rental.

Students perform at the Tri-Cities High School arts center dedication

Students in the performing arts magnet program at Tri-Cities High School entertained the hundreds of parents, faculty and visitors at the dedication of the new arts center Saturday.


View New arts center in a larger map

The Visual and Performing Arts Magnet Program started with some 20 students in the 1990s and is now recognized as one of the most successful arts education programs in the Southeast. Students here have consistently won awards at competitions. (For more information about the school, see Thursday's post.)

Viola Turner, the director emeritus of the arts program, was honored at the dedication when the theater was renamed for her. It was in recognition for her work in laying the foundation for the program.


Scenes from the dedication:

Main Street Academy fundraiser --UPDATED

Supporters came out to help out the new public charter school at the Cleveland Avenue Chick-fil-A Tuesday night.

There were flyers, handouts and other material about the charter school, The Main Street Academy, for parents, as youngsters chased each other on the playground. Organizers hope to hold the first classes for students from East Point, Hapeville, and College Park in the fall of 2010.

Some features about Main Street Academy:

• It'll start as a K-6 grade and grow up to 8th grade.
• A charter school is a public school.
• Parental involvement will be a requirement, with uniforms and a curriculum that will include a foreign language options.

Stacy Kerber, a founding member of the school organizing committee, talks briefly about its goals. Listen.



School supporters are relying on donations until the education money kicks in next year. The spirit nights aim to bring parents together in a show of support and raise money. Oz Pizza, East Point, also hosts events for the school on the second Monday of every month.



A Jefferson Park family who is excited about the school.

School bus sighted

A big yellow school bus rumbling up Jefferson Avenue early this morning signals the end of summer break.

Tri-Cities High School, like all Fulton County schools, opens its doors for students on Monday, August 10.

The big news for the school this fall is the opening of its Performing Arts Building. An open house is scheduled for Saturday, August 29, at 10 a.m.