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Longtime director of Children’s Theatre of Winnetka steps down
In its 26th year, arts program a huge hit in Highland Park
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fter dedicating 43 years to the Children’s Theatre of Winnetka (CTW), Barbara Weldon is stepping down as a director for the volunteer organization that puts on two children’s theater performances each year. While Weldon has decided to step aside to make way for the next generation, her love of children’s theater remains constant and she will continue to volunteer on the CTW board. Without Weldon, it is likely that CTW may never have existed. In 1974, she approached Tom Fritz, at that time director of the Winnetka Community House, about starting a children’s theater. While Fritz encouraged Weldon to become a staff member of the Community House and start the
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ith more than 250 workshops, performances and lectures to choose from at the 2017 FOCUS on the Arts, how do Highland Park High School students decide which events to attend? “Typically, the most popular workshops are hands-on,” said Daphne Kass, a junior co-chair on the Creative Writing Workshops Committee of the Student Leadership Board. “Activities where you get to make something that you can keep are really fun. People also love anything Hamilton, and we have members of the Chicago cast doing two workshops.” FOCUS is a collaboration of the city, school, and community presented by the HPHS Fine Arts Department and PTO. The event
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