AUDITION! AUDITION! WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE CNCF

YOUNG AT ARTS & CAYMAN ISLANDS FOLK SINGERS

Saturday, September 7th, 2013

The Cayman National Cultural Foundation’s Young At Arts after-school theatre arts programme, supported by Butterfield, resumes at the beginning of the 2013/14 school year, and we look forward to seeing talented 12 – 17 year olds audition for this fun, educational programme that provides a number of opportunities to gain experience in the performing arts, on stage and off.

AUDITIONS

Saturday, September 7th, 2013  10:00am – 12:00noon at the Harquail Theatre.

Booking an audition time is essential !  See below for ‘How to Prepare’.

Call 949-5477 or email [email protected] to book a time.

YAA FALL DATES

September 10th – December 12th, 2013  (Must attend 3 days per week)

DRAMA MUSIC/VOICE:  Tuesdays  Thursdays, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Harquail Studio

DANCE: Saturdays, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Dance Unlimited Studios, Mirco Centre

CREATIVE KIDS

YOUNG AT ARTS

Young At Arts (YAA) is an educational youth programme of the Cayman National Cultural Foundation, supported by Butterfield, which includes after-school instruction. The YAA after-school theatre programme will focus on one or more disciplines each semester. The company is guided by an artistic philosophy that recognizes that Caymanian cultural forms and enactments, and their creative interpretation and expression through art, are vital in the moulding of a Caymanian aesthetic. This philosophy is best articulated by our mindfulness of the fact that the highest forms of art, even when specific to the culture out of which they emerged, are capable of universal communication and understanding. The principal purpose of the programme is to train young creative minds in the practical disciplines of the performing arts and, by doing so:

Engage Youth in creative activity through theatre practices

Create An Outlet for young people with creative potential

Fill A Void left by the lack of adequate Performing Arts instruction in our schools

Create An Audience for the arts

Make use of play scripts from the National Playwriting Competition

Develop a company of talented and disciplined creative artists

Present quality ‘work-shows’ and stage productions that demonstrate acquired knowledge and skills.

Set the groundwork for further exploration of the arts in adulthood (i.e. University degree etc.)

YOUNG AT ARTS 2013 (FALL TERM)

YAA Auditions September 7th, 2013 at the Harquail Theatre • Contact CNCF to book an audition • Tel: (345) 949 5477 • Email: [email protected] • The fall programme runs September 10th to December 12th, 2013 • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the Harquail Studio Theatre and Saturdays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm at Dance Unlimited.

YOUNG AT ARTS 2014 (SPRING TERM)

The spring programme runs January 7th to April 19th, 2014 • Tuesdays & Thursdays, 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the Harquail Studio Theatre and Saturdays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm at Dance Unlimited.

“Butterfield is proud to support the Cayman National Cultural Foundation, Young at Arts programme. We believe that supporting the development and aspirations of young people is important.  Arts is a fundamental building block to education and academic achievement.  Programmes such as this build on our children’s overall development, self esteem, self confidence and provides a positive outlet for after school and holiday times.  Butterfield encourages appreciation and exploration of the arts and is pleased to support our national foundation in this huge undertaking.” Rebecca L Ebanks, Marketing & Communications at Butterfield

YAA INSTRUCTORS

Miss Nadine Thomas • Nadine Thomas is an advocate for drama who believes that the art does not simply entertain but impact ones entire life and destiny.  She is a well-rounded teacher, who has taught and worked with diverse groups of students including students from various cultural backgrounds; students challenged by autism and learning disabilities; as well as gifted students who performed above grade level. Miss Thomas is a graduate of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts with a Diploma and BFA in Drama in Education.  She is also a recipient of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission Award in Music and was awarded Most Outstanding Stage Manager (Edna Manley College).  She currently works at the Lighthouse School in Grand Cayman, and is delighted to be a part of the Young At Arts Programme.

Mrs. Robin Tayman • Mrs. Robin Tayman is a PK (preacher’s kid) and was raised on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA. She began singing and touring as a teenager with the Southern New England Youth Chorale, and soon received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sacred Music, with concentrations in Voice and Conducting from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. While in college, she toured and recorded with the Revivaltime Radio Choir, where she met her husband David, who is now the associate pastor at First Assembly of God, George Town. Robin began her music performance teaching career as Director of the Nantucket Chamber Music Community Chorus.  She has been the Music Ministries Director in several churches, developing choirs, worship teams and soloists. She is a vocal coach and adjudicator for the U.S. National Fine Arts Program, as well as the Junior Miss Program. Her students have consistently placed first in State performance exhibitions, with several achieving National Top 10 status. In 2005, the Taymans moved to Florida and Robin was the Middle and High school choral director, as well as a private vocal and piano instructor, at Victory Christian Academy and Cleveland School of Music in Lakeland. She was also a member and soloist with the 125 voice Victory Choir.  Most recently she has taught music in the Bahamas and at the Cayman Islands Government High Schools. She is currently the rehearsal director for the Singing Christmas Tree Choir. The Taymans are the proud parents of 2 adult children. David lll and his wife Emily live in Atlanta, Georgia where he works as a television commercial producer. Their daughter Jillian has her Bachelor’s Degree in social work and lives in upstate New York with her husband, Anthony. The Tayman’s grandchildren are 1 year-old Bradyn and 2 year-old Anne.  Their empty nest is filled with Tony, their much spoiled 11 year-old miniature American Eskimo dog, and his little brother, Shadow…who looks just like him and is 5. Robin’s passion is to share God’s beautiful gift of music through encouragement, instruction, performance and ministry.

Dance Unlimited • The Cayman Islands National Dance Company & School Dance Unlimited is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1998 by Lorna Reid, the Artistic Director. Ms. Reid formed the Company with eleven enthusiastic dancers whoes primary interests and passion was to dance. Dance Unlimited has performed internationally in the Multicultural Festival in Holland, Carifesta V-VIII and locally for Cayfest, beauty pagents such as Miss Cayman, Miss Teen, Pirates’ Week and for Charitable and Non-Charitable Organizations. The Company is known as “the islands’ ambassadors of dance!” The CINDC&School – Dance Unlimited has provided and continues to provide instructors who produce award-winning dance items in the National Children’s Festival of the Arts (NCFA) while working in local schools.

 

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER FOR ART CLASSES

From National Gallery of the Cayman Islands

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER !!!

Next week is your last opportunity to register for these two popular art courses:

Watercolours with John Broad (I)

Location: The National Gallery Education Centre

Term: September 7th – October 19th

Day:  Every Saturday afternoon

Time: 1.30 – 3.00pm

Fees: $154 ($171.50 non-members)

This course will teach you various techniques such as watercolour washes, pencil and pen drawing, wet-on-wet, dry brush and how to choose the different qualities of papers specific to each medium.  You will be encouraged to explore these methods in short thirty minutes drawings and to record them in a sketchbook. You will add watercolours to your sketches to complete the picture.

Drawing with Gabrielle (I)

Location: The National Gallery Education Centre

Term: September 7th  -October 19th

Day: Every Saturday Morning

Session: 10.45 – 1.15 pm

Fees: $198 ($220 non-members)

This class is a beginner’s drawing class, designed to teach those who want to learn the basic, classical drawing skills from the ground up. Students will learn foundation drawing skills, from sharpening a pencil to making a form appear 3-dimensional. The aim is to teach the students to see, by teaching how to measure proportions using the “Sight-Size” method, the use of negative shapes for correction and for refining a sketch, and the use of light and dark shapes to bring form to the work.

Students will be working from suitable photographs, which will be provided, but will also spend at least one class learning how to work with 3-dimensional objects (still-life, landscape, model, etc).

For more information or to register, please contact the National Gallery Education Department at [email protected]

LAST SCREENING

Wednesday September 4th

Waste Land Screening

6:30 pm (Free)

Refreshments available

An uplifting feature documentary which highlights the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit.

Contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world’s largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom.

Vik collaborates with the pickers of recyclable materials- true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage- to make vibrant, complex portraits.

Each screening is 99 minutes long.

 

APPLEBY ADVISES NETHERLANDS IN CHINA SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES

Appleby advised the Netherlands Development Finance Company on its investment in China Singyes Solar Technologies

Appleby acted as Bermuda and BVI legal counsel for Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. (FMO), the Dutch development bank, in relation to its participation in a syndicated loan of US$90m to China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Limited a professional renewable energy solution provider and building contractor.

The US$90 million A/B syndicated Loan Facility included in the consortium, participants comprising Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Korean banks. FMO and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) acted as joint Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners. This is the first syndicated loan Singyes has raised since its listing in Hong Kong and the second financing made by FMO in the China solar energy sector.

The loan will be used primarily for developing Singyes’ projects in the China solar energy sector as well as capital expenditure and general working capital of the Group.

The Appleby team was led by Jeffrey Kirk, corporate & commercial partner of Appleby, and assisted by senior associate, Rupen Shah. “We are pleased to be a part of this transaction, particularly in light of the broad range of participating lenders. This is certainly a good sign especially for the solar and renewable energy sector,” noted Jeffrey Kirk. Allen & Overy’s Hong Kong office acted as onshore counsel in relation to the transaction.

About China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Limited

China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Limited is a professional renewable energy solution provider. It specialises in system design, processing, assembling and operation of curtain walls, building integrated photovoltaic/solar thermal (BIPV/BIST) systems. It also develops systems and auxiliary products such as photovoltaic modules, solar collectors and air source heat pumps.

About FMO

FMO (the Netherlands Development Finance Company) is the Dutch development bank. FMO supports sustainable private sector growth in developing and emerging markets by investing in ambitious entrepreneurs. FMO focuses on three sectors that have high development impact: financial institutions, energy, and agribusiness, food & water.

About RBS

The RBS Group is a large international banking and financial services company, headquartered in Scotland and with offices around the world. The RBS Group provides a wide range of products and services to personal, commercial and large corporate and institutional note holders.

For further information please contact: Diana Wong.