Support the Arts
The importance of music for students:
Learning to sing or play a musical instrument engages young people in learning a skill which develops confidence, coordination, creative thought and team work that they can use in all areas of their lives.
Vocal and instrumental, personal and creative development.
2nd Annual Alabama Statewide Talent Competition
Place: Decatur Mall on the Beltline
Date: December 19, 2008
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Ages: 11 to 17 vocals and musicians. Also a Singer's Vocal Workshop. Click here to register for this event.
If you wish to attend the Alabama Statewide Talent Competition, tickets may be purchased at Paypal.com.
If you wish to be in the Alabama Statewide Talent Competition, the cost is $15.00. Please fill out the Scholarship Application.
This is our second year in partnership with the Decatur Mall (Beltline), where the most talented singers and this year, musicians, ages 11 to 17 will compete for Valley Arts Music Scholarships and prizes totaling up to $750. Our last years' 1st place winner received $500 and 2nd place received $200 to use to further their music education.
Purchase Tickets to see Tommy the Clown and register for the Masters Class Workshop!
Watch the commercial [Note: This event has been rescheduled to December 21, 2008 at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama.]
Valley Arts and Entertainment invites you and your students to participate in a special Dance Workshop Arts Program, a community outreach program to bridge students of diverse talents and experience an exciting opportunity to dance on stage with Mr. Thomas Johnson [better known as “Tommy the Clown”].
In 1992, Johnson invented the genre of dance called clowning “thereby creating the concept of “hip-hop clowns”, which evolved into the popular dance-style called “Krumping”. Johnson and his followers have performed at events ranging from inner city communities to celebrity events. You saw him in the documentary movie “RIZE”. Other appearances include: Tyra Banks, Kids Choice Awards, Dancing with the Stars and MTV Video Music Awards” and Germany/Japan World Tour.
Mr. Johnson is also co-founder of [C.L.O.U.T] Foundation, Changing Lives One yoUth at a Time, who’s mission is to foster positive youth involvement in the community directed to healthful, artistic and creative activities.
