By Lindsay Carey Staff Writer For the last four weeks, participants of the Southington Parks and Recreation Youth Summer Theater program have been practicing for their performances this month. The Southington Parks and Recreation Youth Summer Theater program provides educational experience in theater to children of in three different age groups, the difficult and length of the program grows in intensity as the kids mature in age. A junior program for elementary school students, between grades 3 and 6, teaches kids the basics of dancing, singing and acting in just two weeks. At the end of their training, the junior group performs songs from different musicals. About 65 children participated in the junior program this summer. The Footlights group, which is for those entering grades 7 through 9, will perform “Peter Pan Jr.,” based on the Disney film, on July 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. at Southington High School. Their production incorporates songs from the Disney film as well as songs from the Tinkerbell movie. Alyssa Fontana Bunel, a former participant in the program and the Southington High School Drama Club’s music director, is directing Footlights this summer. “They rehearse every day of the week for five hours working [...]
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