West Humboldt Park Center for Performing Arts

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Music Department

2009 Spring Break Arts Retreat
A classical quintet including our violin instructor,
Ashley Windle, at the Center for a concert.

Drum for Life

Drum for Life is designed for wheelchair bound young men between the ages of 15 and 25. It is the goal of the Center to provide opportunities for these young men to become a productive part of society by learning the arts of making and playing conga drums. They become skilled craftsmen and musicians, and are employable in two arenas: they can repair drums for other musicians, and they can play in any capacity from a jazz trio to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

One String at a Time: String Orchestra Phase One

Teaching guitar One String at a Time is the children's orchestra, for kids from four to 10 years old. The first group of ten kids will learn to master the guitar. It's the Center's mission to teach them to read music, which will also help them in math. The Center will add children and instruments yearly until there is an orchestra of 40 pieces, built one string at a time.

Special Events

The Fourth Annual "Minkabelle Ball" Father/Daughter Dance The Center's Father/Daughter Dance was a site to behold. Who had the most fun, the Daughters, dressed in their pretty ballgowns, or the Daddies?


We opened up with the "Casper Slide" which the girls did better than the fathers, we had a scrumptious meal catered by Jimmy G's, a wonderful local soul food restaurant on the Westside. We jumped right into our "Soul Train Line" and ended the evening teaching the girls to "Step." In the middle the girls played musical chairs and then it was the Daddies turn to play. Oh, what a site this was! Grown men marching around chairs and competing to the teeth for a place to sit when the music stopped. Everyone left with a gift bag and balloons. Ms. Foster and Maraela tackled the decorating to make the Center look like a fairy castle.

Halloween Hall of Horrors



Volunteering to frighten the Humboldt Park kids.		Sponsored By: The Alphawood Foundation \| The Metropolitan Clusters \| The Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse \| Illinois Deptartment of Human Services, because we want our community drug and alcohol FREE \| Cease Fire of Chicago, because we want our community FREE from gun fire and violence \| Treats II Candy Shop, because we want everything SWEET in our community

Summer Camp Awards Ceremony

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