The Huntsville Festival of the Arts (HFA) is celebrating ten years of musical theatre this April with a new musical, TEN!, that combines the best of the musical performances to grace Huntsville stages: Shrek, Seussical, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, Jesus Christ Superstar, Annie, Aida, The Music Man, Guys & Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Drowsy Chaperone.<\/p>\n
To help promote the event, the Festival invited grade six, seven and eight students from nine local schools to create interactive posters showcasing those past performances.<\/p>\n
“We had a stand-up poster for Shrek that people could take photos with,” said Carol Gibson, one of the HFA’s Directors. “It was popular and our Education Committee thought that asking students to create similar posters for TEN! would be a great idea. It encompasses both the art and marketing components of their curriculum.”<\/p>\n
Four students from each school – Huntsville Public, Irwin Memorial, Muskoka Christian School, Pine Glen, Riverside, Saint Mary’s, Spruce Glen, Tawingo College, and VK Greer – worked together to create two posters for one of Huntsville’s past musicals. The students had creative control over their posters and the results are colourful representations of the themes of each show.<\/p>\n\n\t\t