| FEP Music and Dance Medley Showcases Young Performers On Sunday, the Friends Enrichment Program (FEP) for financially disadvantaged Moorestown children will hold its annual Music and Dance Medley at 3 p. Amy Caffrey, a MHS senior who sings with the MHS Madrigals and who played the role of Julia in the high school's production of The Wedding Singer this year, will sing two songs from that musical comedy. Ashleigh and Desiree will be honored at the medley, along with two other FEP teenage counselors: MFS junior Alexander Hines and MFS sophomore Alicia Hutchinson. The event will showcase young performers from FEP, the Friends School, and the community at large in an eclectic fast-paced program of song, dance and instrumental music. Created in 1997, FEP functions under the aegis of the Peace and Social Concerns Committee. The proceeds will be entirely spent on enrichment scholarships for financially disadvantaged Moorestown children to attend day or residential summer camp, enroll in sports clinics or art classes, or take private music lessons at Perkins Conservatory of Music. Refreshments will follow the program. FEP operates on a shoestring, without any endowment or invested income. Admission is free. Most of the money it raises is spent on summer camp enrollments. Participating high school students who serve as counselors or counselors-in-training are credited for their hours of community service. Ashleigh, a Moorestown Friends School Upper School junior, is the FEP creator, director and choreographer of FEP Introduction to Ballet. Desiree, a Moorestown High School (MHS) sophomore, is the FEP Praise Dancing choreographer and director. Run by volunteers, this program is virtually cost-free and is open to all FEP scholarship recipients and school-age friends of FEP. The Music and Dance Medley is an opportunity for people spanning various ages to see FEP in action, enjoy a program of dance and music, socialize at the refreshment table, and help support FEP, a program that has been a life-enhancing experience for many young Moorestown residents. Desiree will also be honored as the 2012 recipient of the Monique Begg scholarship, which was established in the spring of 2011 by the Peace and Social Concerns Committee of Moorestown Friends Meeting. More than 80 percent over the cost of the private music lessons FEP offers is paid by Perkins Center for the Arts , with grant money from the Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation. |
Wednesday 25 April 2012
FEP Music and Dance Medley Showcases Young Performers
