CARY PERFORMS OUTPERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT STATE PARKS AND RECREATION CONVENTION

CARY, NC – “Cary Performs” held its premier performance last April in Cary, and the program has already garnered statewide attention, bringing home the 2006 Arts & Humanities Award among municipalities with a population greater than 75,000 at the 2006 N.C. Recreation and Parks Association Convention (NCRPA).  Cary Performs was developed as a new opportunity to provide additional collaboration among performing groups and the Cultural Arts Division.  The show featured the Town’s most talented performance groups on one stage – Applause! Youth Theatre, Cary Players, Cary Ballet, the Youth Philharmonic Association, and the Cary Junior Concert Choir. 

“We are delighted to once again be recognized for our innovative approach to arts and leisure programming for our citizens,” said Cultural Arts Manager Lyman Collins.  The Town has received the Arts and Humanities award 12 times since 1990 for programs including the July 4^th Celebration with the N.C. Symphony, Shakespeare in the Park, and the Page-Walker Quilt Exhibition for 9/11, to name a few.

The NCRPA’s mission is to encourage and assist in the advancement and development of recreation and park services in the state of North Carolina; to aid and promote the growth of professional recreators, citizen board members and volunteers by providing information and training opportunities; and to support the progress of recreation and parks programs, services and facilities, shaping a better life and future for North Carolina.  Each year, the NCRPA recognizes the most innovative and effective arts and humanities programs of leisure service agency members of NCRPA. 

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