Results of ..... Tahoma Arts Visioning Summit 2000

Why a Performing Arts Center?

• We need a theater to accommodate the quality production in our school and community programming
• It will attract larger productions of exceptional quality
• To increase the capability of the community and the school district to present the performing arts
• It will encourage growth in the community
• It will provide a venue for those in the audience to hear and see a variety of performers and performances
• Why not make this a High School Auditorium?
• To provide a facility which is capable of handling multiple types of performances (drama, musicals, dance, orchestras, band, vocal)
• Tahoma School District is not allowed to host any league music events without a large enough (750-1000 seats), high quality Performing Arts Center
• To give children of our community more opportunities to be exposed to the arts through groups within and from outside our community
• Create an economic center for community
• It is up to us to shape our community. Do we want to be more than a shopping mall, bedroom community?
• Provide community "centerpiece", physical location prominent to emphasize importance
• Provide close by entertainment for our retirement population.
• The current THS auditorium is NOT an acceptable substitute for a Performing Arts Center. Our students deserve a decent facility to perform in
• 3 hours on folding chairs just does not cut it
• The audience sitting next to the orchestra—the instruments drown out performers
• Show sense of community pride and focal point for ALL arts
• Quality Facilities = Quality Students
• Quality Facility = Quality Productions
• All community members will benefit from the opportunity to participate in and or attend a variety of performances
• To provide opportunities for Maple Valley talent to grow, and existing talent opportunities to perform
• For our High School students to perform in
• Our local dance academy rents a Performing Arts Center (Auburn) for their recital (100’s of dancers). Let’s keep them here in Maple Valley
• We could have a community theater company if we had a Performing Arts Center
• Community’s need for multi-use space plus storage
• Have large place so community can come together
• It is a necessary extension to showcase school and community arts endeavors
• Multi-uses—designed to accommodate the schools and community
• It will provide a future for the upcoming artists in our community
• Such a facility would become the glue of our cultural/artistic pride in the greater Maple Valley area.
• Tahoma School District, along with the Greater Maple Valley Area, needs a state-of-the-art facility with technically current equipment for instructional program enhancement, performances, vocational/technical programs, additional classroom space, conference facility, community use, theater, dance, music, film, and variety shows. Such a facility will serve as a home for the Arts and other programming, being aesthetically pleasing and incorporating visual arts into its design and structure.

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Are you interested in supporting the effort  of obtaining a Performing Arts Center? Call with your questions, comments or interest Tahoma Arts Coordinator, at 425 413-3400