COMMUNITY WRAP
THE RAINBOW COMPANY
Tortoise, hare meet for cross-country race
The children's theater group The Rainbow Company will present "The Great Cross-Country Race" at Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., beginning Friday.
Audiences have the choice of eight performances: 7 p.m. shows on Friday and Saturday and June 12-14; 2 p.m. matinees are offered on Sunday and June 14-15.
The story of "The Great-Cross-Country Race" features the classic characters the Tortoise, played by Kyra Lehtinen, and the Hare, played by Jeremy Boone.
The fable features the wise, slow-moving reptile and his foolish, fleet-footed competitor.
Directed by Toni Malloy-Tudor, the education director for Rainbow Company, some of the inhabitants include Badger, played by Devin Bozzelli; Squirrel, played by Christine More; Bird, played by Alexis Phillips; and Hedgehog, played by Alec TerBerg.
Karen McKenney, The Rainbow Company's artistic director, is director and choreographer.
Victoria Shaffer is the costume designer and Jody Calcy is the lighting designer.
Ticket prices are $3 for children, $5 for teens and seniors and $7 for adults. The Reed Whipple box office can be reached at 229-6211.
To contact The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre, call 229-6553.
The Rainbow Company is a nationally acclaimed and award-winning children's theater group that operates under the city of Las Vegas Arts & Community Events Division, Department of Leisure Services. It is now in its 31st year.
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Baby-sitting classes offered at hospital
Teens earning spending money this summer baby-sitting can now improve their skills through Safe Sitter classes at University Medical Center.
UMC offers free Safe Sitter classes to adolescents age 11 to 13. Safe Sitter classes teach would-be baby sitters how to handle emergencies when caring for children.
The two-day program covers basic child care, how to call for emergency help, first aid, safety and baby-sitting business skills. A certificate is given to participants upon successful completion of the program.
The Safe Sitter certificate lets parents know the baby sitter has the knowledge and skills to watch their children.
Safe Sitter classes take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 19 and 20, July 17 and 18, July 31 and Aug. 1, and Aug. 14 and 15.
The free classes take place at the Family Resource Center at UMC, 1120 Shadow Lane. Call 383-2229 for more information or to register.
Thousands of adolescents across the country have been trained by Safe Sitter to handle life-threatening emergencies. All information is medically accurate and is taught by trained Safe Sitter instructors.
EAST LAS VEGAS
Center's students showcase talents
Children, adults and seniors who have attended classes at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center will showcase their achievements from 2 to 5 p.m. June 28.
The free event will highlight the diverse classes offered at the center, 250 N. Eastern Ave.
Participants can watch routines from the salsa dance, senior dance and children's ballet folklorico classes; listen to musical performances from Miguel Curiel's mariarchi and rondalla resident groups and guitar classes; and view demonstrations by the senior fitness classes.
There will be an exhibition of student artwork and class projects created in adult drawing, pottery, quilting, weaving and senior painting classes.
Light refreshments will be served.
Call 229-1515 for information.
The center offers a variety of classes, including drawing, cartooning, pottery, clay sculpture, ceramics, weaving, salsa and ballet folklorico dancing, computers, Spanish conversation, and private and group music lessons. Several classes are taught in English and Spanish.
