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05/24/2009 - Another great event! 91 businesses. Modern Machine and Tool became the 1st repeat championship!!!! - The Go-Kart race is a success!!!!

05/21/2009 - The Big Race is Friday night!!! - Go-Art Go-Kart Race!

05/17/2009 - Teamwork! - Big Thanks to the CSA board of director's.

05/06/2009 - World renown tap dance teacher is here at CSA. - Pascal Hulin

04/19/2009 - CSA LIVE UPDATE - Chronicle LIVE CSA

03/08/2009 - Sunday, March 08, 2009 Live VOICES: Go Arts!: Local artists gaining attention Hollywood is taking notice By Mark Fauser Published: Sunday, March 8, 2009 3:07 AM EDT

In January, Hollywood actor Dan Roebuck (Fugitive), who did our Christmas show, requested demo reels of five of our CSA actors (Audrey Walts, Caleb Marshall, Rob Rittman, Alexa Roemke and Aaron Manning) to walk in and show the casting director for the new Disney Channel show Sonny in the House how good our kids are. Shortly thereafter, Alexa Roemke went out to Los Angeles to meet with Leland Grant, actor, singer, songwriter, to write music. She was in a music video for Dave Yaden; she watched a show at the Roxy; she met with NBC casting director Sheryl Levine; had a photo shoot with Nancy Larson; met a manager and an agent; wrote three new songs; and then went to Nashville, Tenn., to meet Sam Musso and has gained a lot of interest from everyone. Charles OHaver, a local police officer, and wonderful actor went out to Los Angeles in February to take classes from John DAquino. He also studied under Jerry Gelb. They did a showcase, and he did a scene with Japhett Gordon (Heroes) in front of the head of casting for CBS in the 1980s as well as Kimberly Bennick, who casts for the Disney Channel. Charles met with a Disney producer, who produced The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The response to Charles was great as well. Feb. 21, CSA teacher Natalie Smiley took five of our high school dancers (Kiki Fauser, Leah Breadlove, Katie Landrum, Stephanie Campos, Alexa Roemke) to perform in Indianapolis. All of them got paid and were hugely successful amongst the crowd. More paid performances and opportunities will come from that. Feb. 22, Aaron Messer and Caleb Marshall videotaped three scenes for a new Disney television pilot called A Million Hits. They did a spectacular job, and their reel has been hand-delivered by John DAquino (Cory In the House) to the casting director. In March, CSA is teaming up with the country club to teach cooking and ballroom dance. CSA is teaming up with Paddockview and teaching acting. They are also teaming up with Carey Services and the Grant County Special Education Cooperative to work with kids with autism. In April, student/teacher KiLeigh Williams is taking her dance team to compete in Chicago. In May, tap star Pascal Hulin will fly in from Germany to teach at CSA for a week. Giving our kids and adults real opportunities to learn and work in the arts is all I ever wanted for our people, and we are doing just that thanks to the support of Grant County and beyond. Mark Fauser is the executive director of the Community School of the Arts. Learn more online to www.csa-marion.com, e-mail info@csa-marion.com or call 662-6263. CSA is located in Centrum Mall, 428 S. Washington St., Marion. Ignition To Do Return to: Live « | Home « | Top of Page ^ - CSA Students are getting big opportunities.

03/03/2009 - CSA raising funds for go-kart race A record breaking pole position day for CSA! $21,750.00 was received in 10 minutes for the 2009 Go-Art Go-Kart Race! Last year was $16,400.00 on Pole Day! We still have a long way to go to fill out the 96 race positions for the May 22 RACE but currently ahead of the pace! We are VERY grateful to the community and are extremely touched that companies and people are helping us in these very tough times! We want our kids to have the very best here in Grant County and could not do it without the communities support. Here are the pole results from Monday, Feb. 23: First: First Farmers Bank and Trust (new corporate sponsor); second: Paddock View Residential (new corporate sponsor); third: Gormon Center for Orthodontics (new race sponsor); fourth: Ewer & Moritz; fifth: Bank Of America (Amy Pinkerton & Dave Wilson); sixth: AFENA Federal Credit Union; seventh: Bruner Dental Center (new corporate sponsor); eighth: United Way of Grant County; ninth: Indiana Members Credit Union

02/23/2009 - CSA Go-Art Go-Kart sign up is today!!!! - POLE DAY!!!

02/15/2009 - A letter in the paper from PADDOCKVIEW: "... an amazing production of "Home for the Holidays" "We would like to take some time to express how amazing the production of Home for the Holidays was as part of the Christmas holidays in Marion. It was quite an undertaking, with more than 100 children having an opportunity to sing and act in this production. The adults from the community and professional actors recruited from Hollywood demonstrated a camaraderie that was obvious to all who attended this production. The quality of the acting, choir, band, skating and scenery was more than a notch above. This was a delightful experience for all. Thirty students from Paddock View Alternative School attended the Sunday matinee performance. The mixture of traditional, creative, zany, serious and humorous themes held the students attention and interest. Many of the issued presented during the play pertaining to character development are issues which the children are familiar with as part of their curriculum. Integrity, not being a bully, accountability, acceptance of differences and the ultimate belief that each and every person can make a difference were all beautifully demonstrated. Marion is fortunate to have Community School of the Arts with the many year-round opportunities which they afford children and adults. CSA should be both acknowledged and utilized as a valuable resource. A warm thank you and big hats off to Mark Fauser and Community School of the Arts" Paddock View Residential Center

01/27/2009 - CSA cancelled tonight due to weather!

01/20/2009 - Getting revved up for the Go-Kart race!! - CSA is grateful to the community.

01/14/2009 - CSA classes will be cancelled tonight Wednesday due to Bad Weather. Happy birthday to Tristan Miller

12/21/2008 - Great show!!! - CSA SHOW is a hit!!!- CSA SHOW is a hit!!!

12/18/2008 - Roebuck and Deluise go to the public schools and Paddockview. - Stars reach out to community.- Stars reach out to community.

12/18/2008 - Michael Deluise and Dan Roebuck are working with our kids. - CSA stars come to town!!!- CSA stars come to town!!!

11/30/2008 - CSA's Home For The Holidays!!! - Big Show!!- Big Show!!

11/16/2008 - Big thanks to the community, supporters, the artists and a special thanks to Rene Miller, CSA staff, board and volunteers for making this the best art auction to date!!! - Visual arts scores!!!!

11/14/2008 - Grant County artist showcase their material. - Art Auction and Christmas show taking shape!- Art Auction and Christmas show taking shape!

11/06/2008 - Please support some of our CSA kids in the play this weekend at high school. Chynna is pictured and starring in the show along with other CSA stars like Robbie Rittman and William Ivey to name a few. - CSA kids shine on stage!!!

10/31/2008 - CHRISTMAS SHOW PRACTICE FOR ALL KIDS 1:00 at CSA THIS SUNDAY!!!!

10/09/2008 - Visual artists have a chance to showcase their work and earn up to 70 percent for their art. The Christmas show is coming along nicely.

08/31/2008 - Way to go Nick Fauser! - CSA is proud of another athlete- CSA is proud of another athlete

08/28/2008 - CSA loves when our kids do sports too. It makes them more well rounded people. Here is to our CSA kids: Tamara Barrett, Alex Lester, Kileigh Williams, Bria McCarty, Erin Guarneri, and Raime Harris. - CSA kids shine in sports!

08/18/2008 - Hollywood and Broadway comes to Grant County and CSA - I theatre a HUGE success!!!

08/17/2008 - Another great partnership CSA has developed with the Country club. - Salsa heating up CSA

08/17/2008 - The Chronicle Tribune has ways of helping pay for kids classes, clinics, and shows throughout the year. - Chronicle and CSA partner!

08/10/2008 - Dance intensive!! - Dance pro's come to CSA!

08/03/2008 - 08/09/2008: iTheatre Summer Camp. An intense 1 week workshop from Sunday to Friday, with a Finale Show on Saturday, August 9th at 7:00 pm. - Click Here

07/17/2008 - Hip Hop/Jazz clinic! - Caroline Lewis and Tre Holloway are dancin' into our town.

07/14/2008 - We are proud of local artist David Rush! - CSA and Judge Spitzer and the Bar Association teams up

06/26/2008 - CSA Press Release! - Click Here

06/26/2008 - - CSA Executive Director gets a very NIce Award from the Boy Scouts of America

06/21/2008 - Here is one of our kids, CSA's President Lori Eltzroth's daughter Abby.

On another note, Audrey Waltz, one of our CSA stars won first place for the talent competiton at the 4-H club and won 100 dollars. Way to go Audrey!!!! - CSA Kids in the news!