Monday was a very busy day for me. I had a few errands to run early and then I was on my way to Washington, DC. I had an afternoon meeting at the Kennedy Center for the Arts and then planned to attend a workshop that evening. First, I met up with Rebecca from the Kennedy Center Theatre for the Young. She gave me the tour of this amazing building – 7 theatres in all! And in one of the corridors, just off the Hall of Nations, is a gigantic sculpture of John F. Kennedy.
I also had a brief meeting with Melanie Layne, one of the coordinators of the Kennedy Center’s Changing Education Through the Arts (CETA) program. I am being considered to be a teacher artist with my Hocus Focus project. This meeting was a great opportunity for me to meet with Melanie, face to face. I also had the great pleasure of attending one of the Kennedy Center workshops defining “arts integration” in the schools. It was very beneficial, insightful, and brought me a lot of clarity on how to move forward with my own project.
Today, we left Lynchburg for Wilkes-Barre, PA. We arrived around 5pm, checked into our hotel, and got some dinner. Tomorrow, I’ll be working with therapists and clients at the John Heinz Rehabilitation Institute. Friday night, 7:30pm, we will perform at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Arts.