Teens

Teen Shakespeare Company is Growing Stronger

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The Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company (SETSCO) brings Shakespeare and theatre skills to teens in the Gulf Coast area. SETSCO provides an entertaining and unique opportunity for local teens. The company would welcome the chance to share the fun. SETSCO recently performed Henry IV, part 1 set in a post apocalyptic wasteland, ruled by warrior women. Company director, Michelle Hancock, joined Teen Shakespeare as the drunk and bumbling Falstaff.

teen Shakespeare cast of Henry IV, part 2

Pensacola, Fla (April 28, 2016) Henry IV, part 1 Full cast.

Pecha Kuchas are the latest way to offer a lot of information in a quick and visual format. 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each to deliver the details. Public Relations guru, Dee Dee Brustad, uses the pecha kucha format to tell all about her capstone campaign for the Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company.

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How is Shakespeare Still Shaping Our World?

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Shakespeare continues to influence modern world culture. This webinar explores the ways Shakespeare’s writing shapes language, literature, comedy, horror, and music. Studying and performing Shakespeare has many benefits that have been explored in many articles. This webinar looks at the fun to be found in Shakespeare’s works. His works are filled with insights into the human condition that are still relevant today. He created over 3000 words and phrases still in use.

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Teen Shakespeare membersCaroline and Hanson in their own world

2013 Gulf Coast Ren Faire- Caroline Sullivan and Hanson Thies

Pop Goes Shakespeare! a Webinar

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No writer has shaped modern culture more than Shakespeare. Come to this entertaining webinar and find out how he is still influencing you and why he is responsible for all your favorite fandoms. Shakespeare can be found in Doctor Who, Star Trek, and countless teen films. His works are the basis for hip hop music and rap. Shakespeare left us more than 1700 words and phrases. Studying and performing Shakespeare benefits us in so many ways. People that read or perform Shakespeare have better grades and webinar insult buttonvocabulary.  Come have fun while learning the highest and lowest that Shakespeare offers us May 21 at 7:00.

In the meantime, enjoy some Shakespearean insults

 

How Tech Savvy Teen Volunteers are Helping the Neighborhood

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Computers are found in our daily activities, from shopping and banking to business and entertainment. Many of our oldest community members cannot perform the simplest of computer tasks. For them, social media meant to connect is a source of isolation. These people need basic computer skills to participate in society. They still have a lot to contribute and should be given the opportunity to be included in the global community.

Teens are looking for a way to be included in our society. Many schools now require community service for high school graduation. It can be hard for teens to find volunteer opportunities outside of church settings. Many of these teens have amazing computer skills or social media know-how.computers_adults

The Connect IT App seeks to bring together tech savvy teens with those that could benefit from their wisdom. Student volunteers are paired with elderly patrons based on desired skills ranging from basic computer abilities, ecommerce and web design, or social platforms. Volunteers can teach on the patron’s computer or on the Connect IT supplied laptop each volunteer is equipped with.

The connect IT App is visually simple with large icons and easy navigation. Our website will link to community centers and the AARP. We will also place traditional flyers in public libraries, senior centers, and retirement homes. Teen volunteers will also be reached through high schools and the volunteer network website.

The Connect IT App will give seniors the skills they need to bridge the digital divide while allowing teens an opportunity to get their volunteer hours. This is adopt a grandparent 2.0.

Do You Know a Teen that Likes to Talk?

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The Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company hosts its fifth annual Speak the Speech contest Saturday February 6, 2016. SETSCO has been providing teens a safe place to develop their acting and language skills since 2006. Michelle Hancock, company director says “Our mission is to provide teens in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties with instruction and performance opportunities that lead to their significant growth as artists, as community leaders, and as human beings.” SETSCO celebrated their tenth anniversary last season when past members joined the current company in a full length production of Hamlet. The company members range in age from 12 to 19. They perform at local festivals and stage a full length production every year.

Gulf Breeze, Fla (Sept. 14, 2014) Daisy Brustad performs Phoebe's monologue from Shakespeare's As You Like it at the Gulf Breeze Arts Festival. (Photo by SETSCO company coordinator DeeDee Brustad.)


Gulf Breeze, Fla (Sept. 14, 2014) Daisy Brustad performs Phoebe’s monologue from Shakespeare’s As You Like it at the Gulf Breeze Arts Festival. (Photo by SETSCO company coordinator DeeDee Brustad.)

The Speak the Speech contest will be held at the Old Sacred Heart Hospital building in the east tower at 2:00. Interested teens should fill out the application and pick a scene or monologue from any of Shakespeare’s plays. The selection must be at least 20 lines and no more than 5 minutes long. No experience, costumes or props required. All pieces must be memorized. First prize is a major supporting role in SETSCO’s full length production.

Come out and play!

Southeastern Teen Shakespeare Company Speak the Speech Contest

Who – 13 to 19 year olds interested in acting

When – Saturday, February 6,2016 from 2:00 – 4:00

Where – 1010 North 12 Avenue, Suite 211

Mobile Renaissance Faire Makes History Fun Today and Sunday

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The Mobile Renaissance Faire takes place November 14 and 15 in Robertsdale, Ala. The festival features vendors selling period clothing and jewelry, swords, and historical crafts like handmade soaps and mead. Visitors can watch jousting, juggling, music, and Shakespearian actors.

Fire breathing entertainers walk the aisles on stilts. The mascot dragon dances through the festival offering hugs to the crowds. Kids can get their face painted or try to throw a hula hoop on an accordion playing man in a hotdog suit. Watch a scene from Shakespeare and see dancing poodles. This festival gives visitors a full day of entertainment.

It started with a billboard. Festival organizer Steve Melei saw an ad for the Texas Renaissance Faire while attending law school. He fell in love when he saw this 6 week-long faire held on a recreated 16 century English township on 55 acres. He realized the Gulf Coast area had nothing like it after he graduated and returned home.

Robertsdale, Ala.(Nov.14,2015) Steve Melei, Organizer of the Mobile Renaissance Faire and Pirate Festival (Photo by PR by DeeDee owner, DeeDee Brustad)

Robertsdale, Ala.(Nov.14,2015) Steve Melei, Organizer of the Mobile Renaissance Faire and Pirate Festival (Photo by PR by DeeDee owner, DeeDee Brustad)

Steve Melei held the first Mobile Renaissance Faire in 2001 amidst terrible sleet. He barely broke even but people loved it. The festival is now held at Melei’s own Medieval Village, 30569 Eagle Lane Road, Robertsdale, Ala. “I’ve always been a history buff. I want to impart history to kids in a fun way that gets them outside”, says Steve Melei.

15 years and 30 festivals later, The Mobile Renaissance Faire has become a place where old friends gather to entertain the locals. Musicians Drunk and Sailor are regulars here. Phillip McGuinness, known to fans as Drunk, says “We’ve been doing this so long that the entertainers and crowds become family we look forward to seeing each year.” The crowds sing along and sometimes end up onstage dancing along McGuinness and Sailor, Captain Amos Muirhead.

Cassandra Garner was among the more than 1000 festival attendees today. She has visited the Mobile Renaissance Faire since 2002. Cassandra adds flavor with her brightly colored costume. She entertains the children with her carved puppets that move with the push of hidden buttons. “I used to come all the time, but life got in the way. This is where I recharge.”

Robertsdale, Ala.(Nov.14,2015) Cassandra Garner at Mobile Renaissance Faire(Photo by owner of Pr by DeeDee, DeeDee Brustad)

Robertsdale, Ala.(Nov.14,2015) Cassandra Garner at Mobile Renaissance Faire(Photo by owner of Pr by DeeDee, DeeDee Brustad)

Event: Mobile Renaissance Faire

Dates: Saturday Nov.14 and Sunday, Nov.15

Times: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Venue: 30569 Eagle Lane Road, Robertsdale, Ala

 

 

Information: http://www.gcrf.us/index.html

Tickets: $10 adults, $5 children, under 4 free