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For example, she discovered that many Actors Needed
students don't know what a basket is, so she BY MUSEUM CURATOR, PEGGY RONNING
expanded the portion of the program on
baskets.
If you are between the ages of 8 and 18 and
enjoy acting, come out to Antelope Valley
According to Jeannine, the biggest challenge
Indian Museum State Historic Park and audition
with school tours is getting the students and for our annual outdoor play based on a
teachers organized at the beginning when they traditional California Indian story. Rehearsals
get off the bus. This is when the tour guides will be every Tuesday afternoon from 4 p.m. to
figure out if the teacher has classroom 5 p.m. starting on Tuesday, February 19.
management skills, or if the tour group is going
Auditions will be on the first day of rehearsal.
to be rowdy.
The performance is tentatively scheduled for
the evening of Saturday, May 4.
However, even the rowdy students are
enthusiastic about learning at the museum, The history of theater at the museum dates
which is the biggest reward of doing school back to 1932. Museum founder H. A. Edwards
tours. Jeannine enjoys hearing how excited the wrote an Indian pageant, which was performed
students are when they walk out the door after outdoors near the museum, annually from 1932
their program is over. Sometimes the students
to 1935. Edwards' drama students from Lincoln
even give her a hug!
High School played the main roles, and local
friends and neighbors played the secondary
While Jeanine likes giving school tours, her roles. Edwards named his outdoor stage
favorite volunteer activity at the museum is
Theatre of the Standing Rocks.
staffing the clay activity during the annual ... ,
American Indian Celebration event. The kids
really enjoy making a clay object, and because
the bag of clay is only $1, they come back over
Actors (age 8-18) Needed
and over again to make new items. Jeannine No Experience Necessary!
laughs because the dads start out helping their
kids, but eventually the dads give up A youth play based on an
pretending to help and just buy a bag of clay American Indian Story
for themselves. Performed outdoors at
Little Theatre of the Standing Rocks
When Jeannine is not volunteering at the
museum, you can usually find her out in her
garden, but she also enjoys traveling and
cooking. When asked what she wants everyone
to know about volunteering at the museum,
Jeannine says, "It's worth the drive to come
out here and volunteer!"
Rehearsals every Tuesday
From 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Starting Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
Where; For information:
Antelope Valley Indian Museum Phone: (661) 946-3055
15701 East Avenue M, Peggy.Ronning@parks.ca.gov
Lake Los Angeles
