Fall 2022 Showcase PROGRAM
12/19/22
Welcome!
Thank you for being here this evening!
We're delighted to share just a few results of our 16-week Fall season full of learning and laughter, joy and excellence. At Encore, we stand for acceptance and enabling, striving for serious skill development in every student we work with. Our team of 25 instructors promotes individuality and teamwork, believing in every person as an innately-gifted artist, creator, and/or performer.
It's not just words. Today's showcase encapsulates a bit of this beautiful diversity in a mere few hours. You will see solo performers from a few of our private music students, theatre shows put on by ages 5-adults, music ensembles (many brand-new this season!), and film premieres. Don't miss the student art gallery out in the lobby as well! Many of our performers are acting or playing for an audience for the first time today, and a few will be in their some-hundredth performance. Each has a voice and a vision to bring to the stage!
Putting on a show with this many facets takes a team. We want to say a special thank you to all the parents who helped with props and costumes, the tech crew here at the Nampa Civic Center, and the hours outside of classes that our instructors spent crafting and organizing their many pieces of the show. Megan is our backstage manager today -- much gratitude for her making it a FUN place to be! A special thank you as well to Bailee, Lindsey, and North, those faces you usually see smiling from the other side of the front desks -- tonight you might not see them as much, as they are our trusty backstage crew keeping the show rolling behind the scenes.
We want to thank our student families for your faithfulness in attending classes and lessons, for your value of what creativity means for this generation, and for making time today to be fully present with us amidst the craziness that the week before Christmas can mean!
Please note! We welcome photos and videos throughout the evening, but please do not use flash. As you post, tag us on FB/IG with #encorecreativecenter. After each ensemble or theatre show's final applause, the group will return or remain on stage for a quick group photo, so be ready for the quick op!
And now... enjoy a few photos here below from our Encore family fun times this semester. Then scroll on for the lineup of this evening's show! It's going to be a full, rich evening and we invite you to stay for as much of it as you are able!
Today we can only manage to share a small slice of our joy and learning this past Fall season. We are excited to have you here, and we trust the music and creativity will fill you with a sense of peace and purpose. Another equally- (or surpassingly-) inspiring season awaits us to start in January and we invite you to join us at our centers, where the passion lives. Please stop by our table in the lobby for some fun Encore merch, freebies, and insiders' info on our winter-spring season.
Let's break all the legs, heal all the hearts, and all be stars today.
~Danika
(Encore director & lead music instructor)
Welcome!
Thank you for being here this evening!
We're delighted to share just a few results of our 16-week Fall season full of learning and laughter, joy and excellence. At Encore, we stand for acceptance and enabling, striving for serious skill development in every student we work with. Our team of 25 instructors promotes individuality and teamwork, believing in every person as an innately-gifted artist, creator, and/or performer.
It's not just words. Today's showcase encapsulates a bit of this beautiful diversity in a mere few hours. You will see solo performers from a few of our private music students, theatre shows put on by ages 5-adults, music ensembles (many brand-new this season!), and film premieres. Don't miss the student art gallery out in the lobby as well! Many of our performers are acting or playing for an audience for the first time today, and a few will be in their some-hundredth performance. Each has a voice and a vision to bring to the stage!
Putting on a show with this many facets takes a team. We want to say a special thank you to all the parents who helped with props and costumes, the tech crew here at the Nampa Civic Center, and the hours outside of classes that our instructors spent crafting and organizing their many pieces of the show. Megan is our backstage manager today -- much gratitude for her making it a FUN place to be! A special thank you as well to Bailee, Lindsey, and North, those faces you usually see smiling from the other side of the front desks -- tonight you might not see them as much, as they are our trusty backstage crew keeping the show rolling behind the scenes.
We want to thank our student families for your faithfulness in attending classes and lessons, for your value of what creativity means for this generation, and for making time today to be fully present with us amidst the craziness that the week before Christmas can mean!
Please note! We welcome photos and videos throughout the evening, but please do not use flash. As you post, tag us on FB/IG with #encorecreativecenter. After each ensemble or theatre show's final applause, the group will return or remain on stage for a quick group photo, so be ready for the quick op!
And now... enjoy a few photos here below from our Encore family fun times this semester. Then scroll on for the lineup of this evening's show! It's going to be a full, rich evening and we invite you to stay for as much of it as you are able!
Today we can only manage to share a small slice of our joy and learning this past Fall season. We are excited to have you here, and we trust the music and creativity will fill you with a sense of peace and purpose. Another equally- (or surpassingly-) inspiring season awaits us to start in January and we invite you to join us at our centers, where the passion lives. Please stop by our table in the lobby for some fun Encore merch, freebies, and insiders' info on our winter-spring season.
Let's break all the legs, heal all the hearts, and all be stars today.
~Danika
(Encore director & lead music instructor)
Art and writing showing open: 3:30-9:00pm
Art instructors:
Lisa Cheney (drawing and visual journaling), Kelly Kadlec (acrylics), Rachel Kitzmiller (sculpting), Sharon Lucas (drawing and potters wheel), Bobbi Randall (2D and 3D arts), Danika Starrharrt (polymer), Carrie Walker (oils, pastels, and illustration)
Preshow - Private Student Sampler: 4:00
Piano: Dax Sather (Prelude in C by J.S. Bach)
instructor Emily Bateman
Voice: Jacy Hopkins (All I Want for Christmas by Mariah Carey)
instructor Sharon Lucas
Piano: Owen Thorp (O Christmas Tree)
instructor Jenny Hartmann
Flute: Matilda Davis (Andante by Devienne)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on flute
Piano: Griffin Baldwin (In My Red Convertible by N&R Faber)
instructor Danika Starrharrt
U-bass/Voice: Jennavee Joy (As I Lay Me Down by Sophie B Hawkins)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on piano
Piano: Veva Long (Sonatina by Muzio Clementi)
instructor Kara Lyn Roundy
Voice/Piano: Athena Watkins (I am Woman by Tribe)
instructor Danika Starrharrt
Guitar: John McKinney (Aura Lee)
instructor Nate Stein
Trumpet: Casen Combs (The First Noel)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on piano
Voice: Blake Clevely (Do Re Mi from The Sound of Music)
instructor Athena Watkins
Piano: Sophia Agius (In the Hall of the Mountain King by Edvard Grieg)
instructor Lindsey Shrader
Voice: Hailey Jockers (Wolf by First Aid Kit)
instructor Athena Watkins
Piano: Sonia Baldwin (Presto by N&R Faber)
instructor Danika Starrharrt
Voice: Alice Longo (I Couldn't Know Someone Less from Daddy Long Legs)
instructor Athena Watkins
Piano: Madelynn Hornbuckle (It Came Upon a Midnight Clear)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on flute; arranged by Madelynn & Danika
Voice: Bailee Morrison (In My Dreams from Anastasia)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on piano
Piano: Caleb Combs (Go Tell it on the Mountain)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on flute
Oboe: Jenna Perry (Minuet by Mozart)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on piano
Piano: Kristiana Neighbors (Birds' Eye by Mark Schinske)
instructor Danika Starrharrt, accompanying on flute
Drums: Zoe Porterfield (Wheels by Foo Fighters)
instructor Bryce Bower
Piano: Luke Santana (Csardas by Vittorio Monti)
instructor Kara Lyn Roundy
Voice: Kimberly Black (O Holy Night)
instructor Sharon Lucas
Piano: Tyson Davis (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
instructor Danika Starrharrt
Main show: 5:30pm
Meridian Homeschool Choir
-Rhythm of the Rain
-I see the Light (from Tangled)
instructor Sharon Lucas, accompanied on piano by Danika Starrharrt
Singers: Lindsey Ashby, Reilly Owen, Chloe Paz, Charlotte Stephenson, Bryson Sutherland, Graham Wilson
Dorothy in Spaceport
written by Megan Owen
director Megan Owen
CAST
Dorothy --------------- Harper Brandt
Coco --------------------- Jennavee Joy
Luna/Princess Luna --- Maddie Hardin
Lynn/Miranda -------------- Reilly Owen
Nara ----------------- Lauren Sutherland
Eli/Electrobot ----------- Ethan Crowley
Mom/Caretaker --------- Abbie Rounds
Meridian Homeschool Band
-Rural Dance written by D Starrharrt
-American Patrol F.W. Meacham arr. D Starrharrt
director Danika Starrharrt
Clarinet: Daphne Pennington
Saxophone: Landon Squires
Guitar: Shania Shears
Violin: Maddie Hardin, Jennavee Joy
A Very Hobbit Holiday
written by Megan Owen
director Megan Owen
CAST
Tori Rumblebelly ------------------ Tilly Pennington
Cory Rumblebelly ------------------- Captain Owen
Rollo Haggins -------------------- Grant Sutherland
Odo Haggins ------------------- Bryson Sutherland
Thodin Battleaxe ----------------------- Noah Kever
Tara of the Woodland Elves ---------- Reilly Owen
Freya of the Woodland Elves --- Autumn Rounds
Jeslyn of the High Elves ----------- Lindsay Ashby
Elwyn of the High Elves ---------------- Chloe Paz
Kringle Wizard ------------------------- Noah Ashby
Eagle Homeschool Orchestra
-We Plow the Fields
-Petite Suite
director Danika Starrharrt
Violin: Jaeda Choate, Aspen Cope, Jennica Cope, Luna Ervin, Jennavee Joy, Aly Russell, Grace Singleton, Katie Smith, Drew Stovall
Eagle Teen Improv & Acting
director Athena Watkins
"Popular" from Know Your Role by Brandi Owensby
Performers: Jessi Winters, Evelyn Kendall
"Anne and Diana" from Anne of Green Gables by Donna Hoke
Performers: Kya LaClair, Peki Lunz
"We're On a Mission" from Me, My Selfie & I by Jonathan Dorf
Performers: Claire Biggin, Betsy Reeder
IMPROV: Performers: All Class
Piano Ensemble
Canon in D (Pachelbel)
director Danika Starrharrt
Pianists: Lincoln Braham, Kinsey DeMey, Marie Fabian, Stella Fabian, Matthew Rippey
Worship Band
Glorious Night
instructor Nate Stein
Piano: Sophia Beams, Dax Sather
Guitar: Eva Beams
Bass: Landon DeCloss
Drums: Micaiah Gardner
Granny Awards
written by Janet Gardner
director Athena Watkins
CAST
Prof ------------------- Kinsey DeMey
Snoozy --------- Carter Whittington
Fairy Godmother ----- Stella Fabian
Granny ------------- Marie Fabian
Snow White -------- Lily Gardner
Wolf --------------- Judiah Parkin
Clock Mouse ------- Harper Elliot
Jack -------------- Isaac Anderson
Goldilocks --------- Elaine Switzer
3 Bears -------------- Marie Fabian
Lucy Dean
Isaac Anderson
Red Riding Hood - Eliyanah Parkin
3 Pigs ------------ Zephania Parkin
Lucy Dean
Decker Whittington
Film Premieres
Not There Yet (a music video by the Encore Advanced Vocal Ensembles)
Film Classes
CRM
Key
Intermission
Starrharrt Symphonic: Up From Here
written and orchestrated by Danika Starrharrt
Swiss Family Robinson
written by Phyllis McCallum, adapted from the classic by Johann Wyss
director Danika Starrharrt
music transcribed by Paul Darcy, orchestrated by Danika Starrharrt
CAST
Kangalou ------------------------- Jennavee Joy
Ostrich -------------------------- Katelyn Pinter
Turtle ------------------------- Christa Peterson
Buffalos ---- Captain Owen, Gideon Baucom
Butterflies ------ Maddie Hardin, Reilly Owen
Father Robinson ------------- Jacob Peterson
Mother Robinson ------------ Madilyn Jensen
Fritz --------------------------- Cambria Jenkins
Ernest -------------------------- Vivian Williams
Jack ------------------------------- Parker Grace
Francie ----------------------- Madison Deedon
Freida ------------------------- Brianna Loudon
Monica Elwood ----------------------- Liv Olsen
Jenny Montrose ---------- Samantha Deedon
Captain Littlestone ----------- Maddie Hardin
Mrs. Montrose --------------------- Reilly Owen
Clarice ------------------------------- Zoey Grace
Pit Orchestra (Starrharrt Symphonic): Kori Corson (French Horn), Paul Darcy (Clarinet), Trent Giles (Trombone), Jenny Hartmann (Flute), Reilly Nolan (Violin), Darren Shrader (Baritone), Lindsey Shrader (Flute), Danika Starrharrt (Piano)
Starrharrt Symphonic: The Calf Path
written and orchestrated by Danika Starrharrt
The Legend of the Golden Apple
written by Athena Watkins
director Athena Watkins
Thetis ---------- Elena Sanchez
Hera ------------ Allison Pineda
Aphrodite ---- Finley Ferguson
Eris -------- Athena M. Watkins
Starrharrt Symphonic: Turning Point
written and orchestrated by Danika Starrharrt
Cinderella: A Modern Makeover
written by John Heath and Lisa Adams
music by Mike Fishell
director Athena Watkins
CAST
Cinderella ------------------------------ Emma Torkelson
Star/Prince -------------------------------- Julia Chatraw
Stella/Fairy Godmother ---------------------- Josie Cull
Dad ------------------------------------ Danika Starrharrt
Mom/Staff 1 -------------------------------------- Jen Graf
Narrator 1/Fairy Godfather -- Kaia (Knox) Landry
Narrator 2/Advisor 1 ----------------- Alyssa Wright
Friend 1/Advisor 2 --------------- Bennett Hennen
Friend 2/Staff 2 --------------------- Saylah Ortega
Fairy Godauntie ------------------ Bailee Morrison
Rat/Door ----------------------------- Brooke Meyer
Bird/Bettina ------------------------- Kinsley Olson
Mouse -------------------------------- Jennavee Joy
Advancing Youth & Teen Vocal Ensembles
director Danika Starrharrt
We’ll Be the Stars (by Sabrina Carpenter)
Have it All (by Jason Mraz)
Beautiful Dawn (by the Wailin' Jennys)
Better When I’m Dancin' (by Meghan Trainor)
Singers: Sonia Baldwin, Sydnee Birch, Jennavee Joy, Siri Kanaparti, Riley Nieland, Nevaeh Nunez, Sofia Sonoda, Annie Turner
GIVEAWAY DRAWING
(enter in the lobby prior to 7:30pm for the drawing to win a free whole day of winter camps)
All Choirs
A Thousand Years (by Christina Perri)
Women's Choir
director Danika Starrharrt
Speechless (from Aladdin)
You Raise Me Up (by Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham, orchestrated by Danika Starrharrt)
Bugler's Holiday (by Leroy Anderson)
Singers: Tara Froelich, Jenny Hartmann, Sharon Lucas, Bailee Morrison, Danika Starrharrt, Leanne Szyobonya, Athena Watkins
All Ensemble Finale
Bridge Over Troubled Water (by Paul Simon, orchestrated by Danika Starrharrt)
with Starrharrt Symphonic and advanced vocal ensembles
Dance in the Rain (written and arranged by Danika Starrharrt)
with Starrharrt Symphonic, advanced vocal ensembles, and Meridian homeschool band
You Deserve (written and arranged by Danika Starrharrt)
with Starrharrt Symphonic, advanced vocal ensembles, and Meridian homeschool band
including ukuleles: Allison Ashby, Gideon Baucom, Lauren Sutherland
