Grit & Grace, the Official Folk Life Production of Walton County, will present A Dreaming Place at two different venues in July. Seaside Rep’s Executive Director Brook Stetler will bring Walton County’s rich oral history to life during the onstage production.
The Repertory Theatre, based in Seaside has a Summer full of entertainment for the whole family. With a range of shows and workshops, the season's offerings appeals to kids and adults - with children’s theatre, musical performances, one-act plays, improvisation classes and even a magician!
The headline “Summer Shorts” series of one-act plays opens on The REP’s main stage in Seaside, Florida on June 17th through August 1st and tickets are on sale now for $25 each at www.lovetherep.com.
Grit & Grace, Inc. received a $3,000 grant from St. Joe Community Foundation in support of their 2014 production, A Dreaming Place. The mission and purpose of Grit & Grace, The Official Folk Life Production of Walton County, Florida, is to preserve and promote the history of Walton County through storytelling, music, and dance.
Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach gives artists a complex canvas to explore the intersections of art and architecture - projecting digital video creations onto the town's white walls. Once darkness falls, the town is set aglow each June as artists compete for $10,000 in cash prizes. A panel of judges select six award winners including Best of Show; Best in Florida; Curator’s Choice; and three Honorable Mentions.
Art, architecture and technology converges and merges when more than two dozen dynamic digital works by artists from all corners of the globe set Alys Beach aglow in early June. Creative and mesmerizing art covers the walls, courtyards and pedestrian pathways throughout the town every June.
Third graders throughout Okaloosa and Walton Counties filled the auditorium to capacity at South Walton High School on Tuesday, May 6 for Sinfonia Gulf Coast's Link Up performances, in partnership with Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute (WMI).
The 26th annual ArtsQuest is our community's fine arts festival produced by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA). The festival is scheduled for May 9-11, 2014 in Grand Boulevard at Sandestin. [NEW - see photos from ArtsQuest 2014]
The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation will kick off their 19th Annual Concerts in the Village May 8 at 7pm. The 8-week series will feature local and regional bands performing live from the Dugas Pavilion at the Mattie Kelly Cultural Arts Village in Destin Thursdays at 7pm, May 8-Jun 26.
The ensembles of Sinfonia Gulf Coast’s youth orchestra program will take the stage on Sunday, May 18 at 3pm at Grace Lutheran Church in Destin.
The largest ensemble, the Sinfonia Youth Orchestra (SYO), consists of the full complement of instruments from the orchestra with primary membership being the older, more advanced students. The youth strings or Sinfonietta Strings, focuses on developing beginning string students to prepare them for the full orchestra.
I have had many great experiences in South Walton working on the Coastal Dune Lakes of Walton County (working title) documentary. I worked with my Dad, Elam Stoltzfus, and our editor, Joey Dickinson, filming the Paddle for the Planet event last October on Lake Powell.
