BRIEFLY IN EDUCATION

Gallimaufry offers summer musical theater classes

Gallimaufry Performing Arts will begin its summer musical theater workshops for teens and kids in July. Classes are for juniors (fifth through eighth grade) and high school students (ninth grade through 12th grade) and include acting technique, vocal technique, musical theater auditioning technique, dance technique, improvisation and more.

High school classes will be taught by television and Broadway star Jonelle Allen. Other instructors include Ellen Prince, Karen McBride and Amy Hitchcock.

There will be two workshop sessions. The first session will begin July 7 and run through July 18. The second session will begin Aug. 4 and run through Aug. 15. The workshops will be Monday through Friday during the day.

The junior classes meet from 9 to 11 a.m., and the high school classes meet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gallimaufry is offering these summer workshops for $400 per session for juniors and $500 per session for high school students.

Classes will focus on movement, character development, vocal technique, improvisation and the art of communication through song and dance.

All classes will be at the Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach, 1085 Laguna Canyon Road. For more information and to sign up, visit www.gallimaufry.info/classes.html or call (949) 499-5060.

Two Art & Design students get ‘Grapes’ grants

The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce and Laguna Beach Rotary Club announced the recipients of scholarships to Laguna College of Art & Design students June 3 at the monthly networking luncheon.

Two $2,000 scholarships were presented to students based on criteria that included an essay submission, academic excellence and portfolio review by the scholarship selection committee.

The scholarship recipients are Shane Daley, who will be a senior in the fall majoring in fine arts and sculpture, and Enrique Escobedo, who will be a sophomore majoring in fine arts.

The scholarships were made possible by funds raised at the third annual Grapes for Grads wine tasting event in April.

“We have been very honored by our great city with the support of the Grapes for Grads scholarship event,” said Event Chairman Jeff Redeker.

“Our winners, Shane Daley and Enrique Escobedo, embody the commitment to tradition and the arts that these two organizations have supported over a quarter century in our city.”

Redeker serves as president of the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Laguna Beach Rotary Club.

Foundation gives scholarships, grants

The American Association of University Women, Laguna Beach Foundation has awarded grants to five community nonprofit organizations:

 the Laguna Beach Community Clinic for its Women’s Health Day;

  La Playa Center, for new ESL textbooks;

 Even Start preschool program at the Boys & Girls Club;

 Laguna Beach Live! for a women musicians’ concert; and

 Sally’s Fund, for services to the elderly.

In addition, the foundation made a special seed grant to the Women’s Veterans’ Esteem program of Los Angeles to provide similar services in South Orange County. In total, $3,750 was awarded in grants ranging between $500 and $750 to local community organizations that applied and addressed needs related to AAUW’s mission.

The AAUW Laguna Beach Foundation also awarded three $700 scholarships to Laguna Beach High School senior girls, a $1,500 scholarship for a woman returning to Saddleback College, and will award a $1,500 scholarship for a woman returning to the Laguna Beach College of Art and Design in the fall.

At the middle school level, seven Thurston girls who will be entering eighth grade next fall received scholarships to Tech Trek, a weeklong science and math camp that takes place on six California college campuses this summer.

AAUW Laguna Beach works to empower women and girls through education.

For more information, go to www.aauw-lagunabeach.org.