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<tr> <td><font color="#009900"><strong><font size="3"><font size="2"><font style="background-color: #fcfcf9;"><font color="#009900"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: #d3b4d5;"> <p class="content" style="text-align: center;"><font color="#800080" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><strong><font color="#4d29df"><font style="font-size: 13px;">Our New Project:<br /> Establishing 'Open Air Graffiti Art Galleries'.  Such famous cities as Los Angeles, CA and St. Petersburg, FL has expressed interest.  Click </font><a href="uploads/LA_Times_article.docx" shape="rect"><font style="font-size: 13px;">here</font></a><font style="font-size: 13px;"> or see our 'Graffiti Art' link.  Share your thoughts?  Our potential sponsors would love to know your thoughts.  <br />
--------------------------------------<br /> Also like us on </font></font></strong><a href="http://www.facebook/youngartists" shape="rect"><font style="font-size: 13px;">www.facebook/youngartists</font></a><font style="font-size: 13px;"> <font color="#0000ff" style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>or follow us on</strong> </font>www.twitter.com/youngperformart<br /> </font><font color="#4d29df"><strong>  <br /> ***********************<br /> <img width="280" height="392" alt="" width="280" height="392" style="width: 81px; height: 77px;" src="images/rudy_bennett_001.jpg" /><br />
<br /> <font style="font-size: 11px;"><font style="font-size: 10px;">Honoring the life of the Late Rudy Bennett, who was hailed as the Michael Jordan of the International Basketball Association and was a tremendous visual artist, died.<br /> <br /> Rudy Bennett, whose artwork ignited a passion for 'the Arts' in our YPAs' organization founder's being, died.  We now praise famous men and women, such as Rudy Bennett, God has manifested in them great glory and talents from the beginning. Click </font><a href="uploads/rudy_bennett_bio.pdf" shape="rect"><font style="font-size: 10px;">here</font></a><font style="font-size: 10px;">, for more information and visit: www.RudyBennett.com.<br /> </font>------------------------------<br />
</font><br /> <font color="#009900"><strong><font size="3"><font size="2"><font style="background-color: #fcfcf9;"><font color="#009900"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: #d3b4d5;"><font color="#800080" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><font color="#4d29df"><strong><img width="274" height="206" alt="" width="274" height="206" style="width: 120px; height: 98px;" src="images/dsc_0018.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <font style="font-size: 11px;">Beverly Steele, Our Founder, receives the Sumter County 2011 Community Hero Award hosted by the 2011 Sumter Leadership class and presented by the Sumter County Chamber.  Click </font><a href="uploads/Steele_s_Comm._Hero_post_release.pdf" shape="rect"><font style="font-size: 11px;">here</font></a><font style="font-size: 11px;">, for more information.<br /> </font>*******************<br />
<br /> <img width="68" height="704" alt="" width="68" height="704" style="width: 64px; height: 88px;" src="images/bev_lafd.jpg" />  <br /> <font style="font-size: 11px;">Steele, receives the Florida Alliance For Arts Education 2011 Business Leadership award.  </font><a href="uploads/steele_faae_award_rlse.pdf" shape="rect"><font style="font-size: 11px;">Click here, </font></a><font style="font-size: 11px;">for more information.<br /> </font><br /> <img width="275" height="206" alt="" width="275" height="206" style="width: 188px; height: 146px;" src="images/100_3004.jpg" /><br /> <font style="font-size: 10px;">At the award ceremony luncheon (L-R):  Jennifer Coolidge, Ex. Dir., Museum of Florida Art & FAAE President; Frank T. Brogan, Chanellor State University System of Florida, Steele, and other awardees.  For more info, <a href="uploads/steele_faae_award_post_rlse.pdf" shape="rect">Click here</a>.<br />
<font color="#009900" style="font-size: 10px;"><font style="font-size: 10px;"><font style="font-size: 10px;"><font style="background-color: #fcfcf9; font-size: 10px;"><font color="#009900" style="font-size: 10px;"><font color="#000000" style="background-color: #d3b4d5; font-size: 10px;"><font color="#800080" style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 10px;"><font color="#4d29df" style="font-size: 10px;"><font style="font-size: 10px;"></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font style="font-size: 10px;"></font><br /> </font>^^^^^^^^^^^^<br /> Steele & other YPAs, Inc. volunteers received certificates of completiton!<br /> <font style="font-size: 8px;"><font style="font-size: 8px;"> </font> </font> <div><font style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font style="font-size: 11px;">In agreement with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Partners for Livable Communities (PLC)</i> the Florida League of Cities has hosted five regional workshops. The workshops brought together city officials, staff, business leaders, representatives from the arts and cultural sector and leaders of local and regional foundations, as well as other city stakeholders to discuss and strategize how the arts and culture resources in the area can be utilized to promote economic development, revitalize cities and neighborhoods, create jobs and assist at-risk citizens.  </font></span><font style="font-size: 11px;">For more info, <a href="uploads/Culture_Builds_Community_--_Hometown_Press_Release_-_Tampa.doc" shape="rect">click here</a>.</font></font></div>
<div style="text-align: center; clear: both;"> <br /> *****************************************<br /> YPAs, Inc. touching Nigerian Children Lives!<br /> <img width="120" height="700" alt="" width="120" height="700" style="width: 68px; height: 100px;" src="images/dr._armstrong_001.jpg" /><br /> <font style="font-size: 10px;"><font style="font-size: 10px;">Pictured above: Dr. Sonya Armstrong, YPAs, Inc. BOD, is traveling to Nigeria Africa to teach children with autism, Math on Sunday, March 20th.  YPAs, Inc. provided Dr. Armstrong one of their 'Chinese Paper Triangle Bead' kit, with all supplies, to better communicate math via 'The Arts'.  YPAs, Inc. is touching young people, across the world, lives with 'The Arts'</font>.<br />
</font>**********************<font color="#031003" style="background-color: #fcfcf9;"><font style="background-color: #dfb91d;"><font color="#412c03" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><font color="#c31d1d"><br /> </font></font></font></font><font size="2"><font color="#c31d1d"><strong><br /> <font color="#4d29df">Community of Royal<br /> <img width="800" height="600" alt="" width="800" height="600" style="width: 161px; height: 116px;" src="images/historic_sign_royal.jpg" /><br /> <br /> </font> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span><font style="font-size: 10px;"><font color="#47564e"><strong>One of Florida's oldest African American communities- </strong>Formed in 1865 by slaves from the 'Old Green Plantation' beside the Withlacoochee River, Royal is located 5 miles west of Wildwood, FL. <br />
~~~~~~~~~<br /> <br /> Possible new Boys & Girls Club site at the Alonzo A. Young, Sr. Enrichment & Historical Center.  This will be the only B&G club within Sumter County and a good thing for the children, if approved.  This is our collaborative project in the Community of Royal, Sumter County, FL.<br />
<br /> ~~~~~~~~~<br />  <br /> <img width="280" height="210" alt="" width="280" height="210" style="width: 91px; height: 99px;" src="images/rheap_project_6.jpg" />  <img width="280" height="210" alt="" width="280" height="210" style="width: 93px; height: 98px;" src="images/underground_railroad.jpg" /><br /> <br /> <img width="280" height="210" alt="" width="280" height="210" style="width: 193px; height: 116px;" src="images/rheap_grp_2.jpg" /><br /> </font></font><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman';"><font color="#47564e" style="font-size: 10px;">Young Performing Artists (YPAs), Inc. in collaboration with the Royal Library Association offers the <u>R</u>oyal <u>H</u>istorical <u>E</u>nrichment & <u>A</u>rt <u>P</u>rogram (RHEAP), afterschool and summer activities that enrich the lives of Community of Royal citizens. Pictured above: some of the RHEAP 2011 participants.<br />
For more information, visit: </font><a href="http://www.communityofroyal.org/" shape="rect"><font color="#47564e" style="font-size: 10px;">www.CommunityofRoyal.org</font></a><br /> <br /> </span></span><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">--------------------------------<br /> <font color="#3c7a58" face="Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif"><strong><u><em><font color="#3c7a58">THANK</font> YOU!<br /> </em></u></strong></font><font color="#297936" face="Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif"><strong>To all our sponsors and supporters!<br />
</strong></font> <p class="content" style="text-align: center;">++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /> <font color="#000000" style="background-color: #dfb91d;"><font style="background-color: #ffff00;"><font color="#ff0000">HOT TOPICS :<br /> </font></font><font style="background-color: #ffff00;"><strong><font color="#990099">For more scholarships and other opportunities for young artists see our Stuff for Young artists page.<br /> </font></strong></font>---------------------------------------------------------</font>  <strong><font size="2"><font style="background-color: #fcfcf9;"><font face="Verdana"><font color="#009900">Young Performing Artists (YPAs), Inc. encourages the young artists of today who will keep the "Arts" of tomorrow alive!</font>  </font></font></font></strong><strong><font size="2"><font style="background-color: #fcfcf9;"><font face="Verdana"><font color="#009900">Assisting those who will make "The Arts" their life's worth and work!</font></font></font></font></strong></p>
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<td class="content"> <p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#4d29df"><strong><font color="#008000">Featured Young Artists <br /> of the Month<br /> <font style="font-size: 8px;"><br /> </font></font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font color="#c53838">Nina Morales<br /> <br /> </font></span></span></span><font color="#7f5605" size="2"><font color="#c31d1d"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font color="#c53838"><img width="271" height="203" alt="" width="271" height="203" style="width: 159px; height: 127px;" src="images/001_1.jpg" /><br />
<br /> <font style="font-size: 10px;">An upcoming accomplished violinist spent the Summer at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Burlington, VT learning violin from Julliard professors and classmates.  It was intensive but fun!  This is her second year attending.  Each January, The Ocala Symphony Orchester, Ocala, FL holds a Young Artist Competition and Nina won the 2010 competition.  She holds the 6th chair of the 1st Violin section for the Patel Conservatory Youth Orchestra (PCYO) in Tampa, FL among many others.<br /> </font><br /> +++++++<br />
<img width="800" height="600" alt="" width="800" height="600" style="width: 132px; height: 130px;" src="images/lscc_interview.jpg" /><br /> <font style="font-size: 10px;"><font color="#4d29df">Pictured: Phil Scarpelli (Talk Show Host of Impact); Steele (YPAs, Inc. Founder); Ti'China Simmons (YPAs, Inc. vocalist member) after taping the Impact Show.</font><br /> </font>+++++++<br /> </font></span></span></span><br /> <img width="800" height="600" alt="" width="800" height="600" style="width: 148px; height: 132px;" src="images/100_2890.jpg" /><br /> <font size="2"><font style="font-size: 10px;"><u><font color="#c31d1d" style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>GOLF FOR ART<br /> </strong></font></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><font style="font-size: 12px;"><font style="font-size: 10px;"><font color="#c53838" style="font-size: 10px;">Our </font><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font color="#c53838" style="font-size: 10px;">2<sup>nd</sup> Annual Golf For Art was held Saturday, March 12th, 2011, Continental Country Club. Pictured above: The Curry Team, top team scorer with a -13, Tim West, Steele (YPAs, Inc. Founder), Earl Curry, Tim Hopkins and Leroy Bisby. See below, for</font></span></font></font></font></span></span></font></font><font color="#031003" style="background-color: #fcfcf9;"><font style="background-color: #dfb91d;"><font color="#412c03" style="background-color: #ffffff;"><font color="#c31d1d"><font style="font-size: 10px;"> more information on Golf For Art 2012.<br />
</font></font></font></font></font><br /> <img width="800" height="600" alt="" width="800" height="600" style="width: 162px; height: 120px;" src="images/100_2891.jpg" /><br /> </span></span></span></font><font style="font-size: 10px;"> </font></font><u><font color="#c31d1d" style="font-size: 10px;">GOLF FOR ART 2012<br /> </font></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font color="#c53838" style="font-size: 10px;">Our 3rd</font><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font style="font-size: 10px;"><font color="#c53838" style="font-size: 10px;"> Annual Golf For Art is scheduled for Saturday, March 10th, 2012, Continental Country Club.  $50 per golfer; $50. Hole Sponsorship. Pictured above: Golf For Art 2011- 2nd best team score.  Mark Your Calendars and join the fun.   To register or for more 2012 information,</font><br />
</font></span></span></span><font color="#031003" style="background-color: #fcfcf9;"><a href="uploads/Golf_for_Art_12_ltr.pdf" shape="rect"><font color="#c31d1d" style="background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 10px;"><strong>Click here</strong></font></a><font style="font-size: 10px;">.<br /> <br /> </font></font> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman';">=====================</span> <br /> <strong><font color="#000000"><font size="3">School Cultural Art Education & Awareness program 2010-2011<br /> </font>(For School age children only.)</font></strong></p>
</strong></font></p> <p> </p> <p>    <img width="800" height="600" alt="" width="800" height="600" style="width: 163px; height: 180px;" src="images/100_2819.jpg" /><br /> <img width="800" height="600" alt="" width="800" height="600" style="width: 167px; height: 161px;" src="images/100_2293.jpg" /></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height: 8px;"> <p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#000000">This year: students and teachers enjoying the show. </font></p>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><font color="#000000"><img width="166" height="1" alt="" width="166" height="1" src="images/dots_0.gif" /></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height: 8px;"> <p style="text-align: center;"><font color="#000000"><strong><font style="font-size: 14px;"><br /> </font><font style="font-size: 10px;">2010-2011 program consisted of the two events below: <br />
1) Caribbean Sound Steel Band In the Round Showcase. <br /> <br /> And <br /> <br /> 2)"The Ugly Duckling starring Pinky Flamingo" featuring magical 9 feet puppets.<br /> <br /> Annually, the program serves 4000 school age children.  <br />
SPONSORS NEEDED!<br /> <br /> </font></strong><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa;"><font style="font-size: 9px;">The 10-11program was sponsored in part by Young Performing Artists<br />  (YPAs), Inc., Sumter Board of County Commissioners, The Reaves, The Winchesters, The Gants and Albert L. Brown, Sr. Foundation, Inc.</font></span></font></p> </td> </tr> </tbody>
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