Dear Friends, Performing Arts Educators and Advocates,

 

We are excited to announce the 7th Annual Shirley Hall Bass Dance Educators Forum on July 26th, 2025. This year the forum will look decidedly different as we present the work of the Shirley Hall Bass Legacy Project (SHBLP) and the Ministry of Education in the National Performing Arts Education Initiative. Our one day gathering will be a sharing of our collaborative work in 2025, reflections of the process used to develop the National Performing Arts Education Standards and Digital Arts Bank as well as performances by local students and professionals in their respective disciplines. 

 

In 2025, the Shirley Hall Bass Legacy Project, our sister registered Bahamian non-profit business, entered a consultancy with the Ministry of Education to address the need for a culturally relevant performing arts education for all students in The Bahamas. The focus is on the four strands: dance, drama, music and media arts to create long term, comprehensive teacher training and infrastructure necessary to provide quality performing arts programming for an orange economy and culturally competent citizens. 

 

You are invited to the forum which will be held at the Royal Bank of Canada Auditorium at the University of The Bahamas on Saturday July 26th from 10am-2pm.  

 

For those of you who can not join us in person portions of the event will be live streamed on the Shirley Hall Bass Foundation Facebook page and posted in our archive.

 

We encourage you to share this invitation with other stakeholders in your community. The opportunity for public review of the new national performing arts education standards begins July 26th 2025!  

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Cristin Carole

President, Shirley Hall Bass Foundation