The Kasson Public Library and Prairie Meadows Senior Living partnered with the Rochester Civic Theater (RCT) and received a Minnesota Legacy Grant to have seniors attend two performances (White Christmas and Beauty and the Beast) during the 2010-2011 theater season. Library Director Bonnie Adams and Vicky Heitman from Prairie Meadows worked with RCT Gregory Spavrow and his staff to coordinate the date, number of tickets and the logistics of getting the seniors to the performances.
Thirty-six people attended the Rochester Civic Theater performance of Irving Berlin's White Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful songs created especially for the 1954 musical (i.e.White Christmas, Sisters, Sisters, and Blue Skies). The performers and set made you feel like you were at a Ski Resort in Vermont and the New York 's Ritz-Carlton during the 50's. The seniors who attended are still smiling and humming tunes a week after the performance.
RCT mission of educating and enriching adults and young people through the production and performance of live theater and to help libraries integrate arts into their programming. Last Fall as part of their mission, Southeastern Minnesota Public Libraries were approached by Rochester Civic Theater to see if a partnership could be formed. Kasson Public was one of the libraries selected to partner with RCT and chose seniors as their focus group to take advantage of free performances.
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