PWC Arts Council, Hylton Center Present Arts Alive Festival

The Prince William County Arts Council and Hylton Performing Arts Center are hosting their fourth annual Arts Alive Festival, a free, family-fun event that features local Prince William County dancers, singers, artists and performances Sat., May 3 from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Hylton Center at 10960 George Mason Circle in Manassas. Admission and parking are free. The Arts Alive Festival features more than 30 indoor and outdoor events, workshops, displays, performances and children’s activities. Performances include: Gainesville Ballet, Showcase Dance, NOVA Youth Ballet, Asaph Dance Ensemble, Woodbridge Dance, Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, Youth Orchestras of Prince William, Prince William Community Band, Manassas Chorale, Celebration Singers, New Dominion Choraliers, Osbourn High School Guitar Ensemble, Woodbridge Community Choir, Ben Lomond Community Center Dancers, Dance, Etc., Woodbridge Music, Castaways Repertory Theater, Bull Run Cloggers, Lou Rosgen, Magnificent Belly Dance, Old Bridge Quartet, Gainesville Middle School Drama Club, Creative and Performing Arts Center Sankofa Singers, Dumfries Elementary School Chorus, Shenandoah Sounds, Write by Rails writers, Coles Elementary Step Team, a Jazz Vocalist Master Class lead by Donna Brown, a Tango Master Class and Introduction by Quintango, Pied Piper Theater and the Bull Run and Unitarian Universalists Mime Troupe. Fine art displays will be presented by: Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory, Manassas Warrenton Camera Club, Cabin Branch Quilters, Stone House Quilters Guild and Prince William Art Society. Courtesy of Action in Community Through Service’s Sexual Assault Victims Advocacy Services, also on display will be beautifully decorated masks created by survivors of trauma. Arts Alive will showcase many children's activities. The Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory’s lead actors of Pied Piper Theatre’s “Peter Pan, Jr.” will be performing and singing throughout the crowds, Cabin Branch Quilters leads the 4H ‘Make and Take’ quilting project, Edgemoor Art Studio offers painting. The onsite Open Air Market will also sell food, refreshments and crafts. “The Prince William Arts Council is a melting pot of the great artistic talent living right here in our own backyard,” said Sheyna Burt, president of the Prince William County Arts Council of Manassas, Va. “It’s our goal to provide education, training and information about the rich and diverse artistic offerings Prince William County has to offer, from quilting and belly-dancing to orchestra and jazz, our artists are our neighbors, co-workers, friends and family, and Arts Alive celebrates and debuts the best of the best in our area,” Burt said.

ARTS ALIVE FESTIVAL ITINERARY AND PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Merchant Hall 10:00 – 10:30                   Gainesville Ballet 10:45 – 11:15                   Showcase Dance 11:30 – 12:00                   NOVA Youth Ballet 12:15 – 12:45                   Asaph Dance Ensemble 1:00 – 1:30                       Woodbridge Dance 1:30 – 2:30                       Break 2:45 – 3:15                       Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra 3:30 – 4:00                       YOPW Full Orchestra 4:15 – 4:45                       Moonlight Jazz Orchestra (Swing Machine) 5:00 – 5:30                       Prince William Community Band 5:30 – 7:00                       Break 7:00 -8:30 PM                  Finale Concert Gregory Family Theater 10:15 – 10:45                    Manassas Chorale 11:00 – 11:30                    Celebration Singers 11:45 – 12:15                    PW Chorale 12:30 – 1:00                      New Dominion Choraliers 1:00 – 2:00                        Break 2:15 – 2:45                        Osbourn HS Guitar Ensemble 3:00 – 3:30                       Woodbridge Community Choir 3:45 – 4:15                        Ben Lomond 4:30 – 5:00                        Dance Etc. 5:15 – 6:00                        Woodbridge Music Showmobile 10:00 – 10:30                   Castaways Repertory Theater 10:45 – 11:15                    Bull Run Cloggers 11:30 – 12:00                    Lou Rosgen 12:15 – 12:45                    Magnificent Belly Dance 1:00 – 1:30                        Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra Quartet 1:45 – 2:15                        Gainesville MS Drama Club 2:30 – 3:00                        YOPW Percussion Ensemble 3:15 – 3:45                        CAPAC Sankofa Singers 4:00 – 4:30                        Dumfries ES Chorus 4:45 – 5:15                         Shenandoah Sounds 6:00 – 7:00                        Sunset Concert – Prince William Little Theater Gallery 10:15 – 10:45                   Write by the Rails 11:00 – 11:30                   Magnificent Belly Dance 11:45 – 12:15                    Write by the Rails 12:30 – 1:00                    Coles ES Step Team and BRUU Mime Troupe 1:15 – 2:00                       Write by the Rails 2:15 – 2:45                        YOPW Quartet 3:00 – 4:00                      Donna Brown Masterclass 4:15 – 4:45                        Write by the Rails 5:00 – 6:00                      QuinTango Introduction to Tango Music Strolling Characters Pied Piper Theater CAPAC BRUU Mime Troupe Children’s Activities Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory Cabin Branch Quilters and 4H Edgemoor Art Studio Fine Arts Displays Center for the Arts at the Candy Factory Manassas Warrenton Camera Club Cabin Branch Quilters Stone House Quilters Guild Prince William Art Society Demonstrations and Workshops Cabin Branch Quilters Guild Write by Rails Raku by Jay Finale Concert Soloists  For a schedule of events, call 703-221-2150 or go to www.pwcartscouncil.org. Written by Susan Bardenhagen of PWC Arts Council