SHENANDOAH JUNCTION—Shepherd University’s University of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences flooded Sam Michaels Park on Saturday, bringing art, music, creative crafting and theatrical productions to different spots about the county’s park.
The interdisciplinary arts pageant was the initial of its type and supplied a location for performances of all sorts, which includes those people by Shepherd’s Jazz and Wind Ensembles. In addition, pupils from the School of New music and the theater program performed scenes from “Motown: Music from the Motor City” as nicely as scenes from “Romeo and Juliet.”
Sophia Mayrand, a member of the Shepherdstown Ramblers who carried out Motown, shared that the team lately carried out the present at the Marinoff Theater on Shepherd’s campus. Mayrand joined 5 of her fellow performers as perfectly as the band to share some of the tunes with the audience at the park.
“This is a way for us to unfold recognition to the community as properly as provide an prospect for neighborhood members and other learners to know what we do,” Mayrand reported.
She spelled out that the team is not open exclusively to Shepherd students but welcomes customers of the community to be a part of as very well.
In addition to live performances from The Amp phase at Sam Michaels, Shepherd students, school and staff members offered songs and theater areas, “art for everyone” things to do and resourceful crafting routines. The university manufactured use of two pavilions at the park to offer a variety of routines for attendees as very well as an option to understand more about offerings from the college for prospective college students.
“We obtained the concept for this celebration for the duration of the pandemic,” reported Rob Tudor, dean of the Higher education of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, sharing that the believed was to have outdoor venues, such as those afforded at Sam Michaels Park, that would make it possible for scholar performances and other interactions in a far more open, social-distanced arena.
Tudor shared that the partnership designed among the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation and Shepherd University was a positive just one.
“The park workers has been fantastic to do the job with, supplying us the use of a wide variety of spots within the park,” Tudor reported.
While he was not absolutely sure if the occasion will be an once-a-year one, Tudor hopes to proceed to work toward furnishing opportunities these as those people afforded during the festival at other moments in the potential.
The function was totally free of demand for all attendees and culminated in the afternoon with a general performance by the Masterworks Chorale, presenting Charpentier’s Te Deum and Durufle’s Requiem with orchestra, chorus and pupil soloists.
