PROM/PAGAENT FASHION SHOW

As Prom Season rapidly moves toward us all, PEP has come up with an idea to make it more fun and affordable to enjoy the special effort and elegance required for a young woman or one simply young at heart, to truly enjoy this special time. We've been operating a "New Life for pre-owned prom/pagent Dress" Store in the PEP offices for a few weeks.

To increase the market for these fantastic dresses; have a program to provide instruction on hair, makeup, and poise; and simply enjoy putting on a social event; We have sheduled a fashion show for April 11 at 2 in the afternoon at Pine Crest Camp Lodge (203 Pine Crest Camp Road).

If any ladies 13-130 would be interested in modeling one or more of the dresses, please join us as we produce a unique social event. We will be fitting the dresses to the models starting at 4 PM on Tuesday March 31 at the PEP coalition building in downtown Beattyville (70 Locust St, next to Don Begley's Auto Service). We will have a blocking rehearsal (walk through) on the stage on Monday 06 April at 7 PM at Pine Crest Camp Lodge and a dress rehearsal on Friday 10 April at 6 PM. The show (with music, a runway, and light snacks, will be at 2 PM on Saturday 11 April.

Call for more information or leave a comment.

TEEN THEATRE

The week of 24-27 March, PEP had auditions for "The Life of the Party" a collection of 3 one act plays designed to teach and practice resistance skills when dealing with peer pressure and alcohol use. Ads in local papers and at the High School and Middle School resulted in only one person showing up for the audition. Far from being discouraged, the initiative to use drama and the arts as an avenue for coping with the lure of drugs and alcohol abuse, violence, and despaire in the community will continue by finding better ways to get the word out.

The value of arts is clearly a part of our culture. It transcends the generations and is a virtually untapped source of inspiration, motivation and opportunity in our community.

SOCCER CHALLENGES THE WEATHER

The last 5 weekends have brought out the hardiest of parents and young soccer players. Each Saturday at 10 AM they muster at the Mooretown Soccer field or (PEP Coalition Building if it's raining or snowing) and keep off the cold by runing, kicking, dribbling, yelling, screaming, and yes SCORING! They might not be a big bunch (about 12 have shown up for most practices), but they are an energetic bunch with cannons for legs. We have selected team names Diamonds (pink jerseys) and Tigers (silver jerseys). There is still time to join the fun. Give us a call to find out where we will be. But if it's not rainging/snowing, think Mooretown Soccer field by the Beattyvillle water plant.

Recyclable Art

Cheryle Walton has found a way to help you address your artistic muse, clean up the county, and show Al Gore you can be as green as him. Bring some magazines, scissors, a ruler, a piece of cardboard or foam board and a sense of humor and adventure. Turn today's trash into tomorrows masterpiece. The course is offered free of charge thanks to an Appalachian Resource Center Grant.
The two hour Classes (5-7 PM) run each Wednesday from April 15 to May 20. We hope to have an art show with the fruit of your labor.

Tumbling and Hip Hop Classes

OK, all you cheer leaders, future cheerleaders, and dancers with the stars; the music will be set to "get down and boogie" starting at 4 PM on May 06 when Curtain Call Dance Studio comes to PEP to offer two one hour classes (4PM and 5 PM) of hip hop mixed with tumbling. Cost for each class is $8 per student per hour.

Spring is really teasing us now. There are more warm days and fewer in the 20s. The buds are on the trees-some have even bloomed. Shake off the cabin fever by joining us down at the PEP building Monday, April 6 at 6 PM to start an 8 week Gourd Painting Class. There is no charge for the instruction and Leighandra Shouse has more than 2 decades of "guilding the gourd" to help you explore your artistic muse on a vegetable medium.

Land Scape Painting

What a March it has been. John Powell's Landscape Painting Class is rocking on Wednesday mornings at 10 AM and Thursday afternoons at 5 PM. Some fabulous pictures have already come down the stairs and there's always laughter and drifting down during class. There's still time and room to join the fun.