LAUSD Promotes Art
Posted on April 27, 2015 by Jocelyne Gutierrez in Entertainment
Angie Quintanilla
Chronicle Reporter
Los Angeles Unified School District has shown appreciation for the arts by hosting a district-wide arts festival titled Let’s Celebrate . The events take place in various schools and libraries in Los Angeles from April to May 2015. There are 400 participants from K-12th grade, that have choreographed their own dances, shot their own films or created a work of art.
The festival celebrates all art from theatre to dance to orchestra. April 25 was the most recent event which was hosted in Van Nuys High. It was the Dance festival in which many performing arts high schools ,such as East LA Performing Arts Academy and VAPA, participated in.
Among those schools was Hollywood High’s very own Drill team. Drill performed the song Pa’que Se Lo Gozen which was choreographed by coach Smile Garcia.
At the festival were special guests that are heavily involved in the arts. The first guest introduced was Alyson Reed, professional actress, singer, dancer and director. She is well known for portraying Ms.Darbus, the drama teacher in Disney’s High School Musical.
Nigel Lythgoe, a regular judge on So you think you can dance, could not make it however, he sent a video in which he congratulated the performers and encouraged them to keep the arts present all throughout their lives. He said “ The art of Dance is not guaranteed to make you an amazing dancer but it will make you a better person.”
2015 is the second year LAUSD has hosted an arts festival. The event is supported by Superintendent Cortinez and many other LAUSD board members. The intention is to “raise awareness about the importance of arts education” and “raise funds to support arts programs at both the individual school site and district-wide.” according to LAUSD.net.
