We are the Youth Arts Council of Surrey. We call ourselves the
YACOS. Our Mission is to identify and support the arts to youth
in Surrey. We are a volunteer, youth driven council who work with
other young people to provide and perform events for youth by youth.
We range in age from 13 to 21, and we want to see more youth involved
in the arts. Do you want to know more? We are working on lots of projects such as a playwright competition, Citywide student talent show, a multicultural fashion show. By working on the youth council, we have the chance to discover who we are, to meet people from other backgrounds and to learn exciting new skills. At the same time, the events we organize open up the opportunity for the youth of Surrey to show off their talents to the community and contribute to the community at large. The youth Arts Council is currently working to provide opportunities for young people to become actively involved in the arts community. Our Youth Coordinator works with us to develop programs by and for youth. In 2004 the major community theatre project “Let Me Sing” raised enough money to help get us started. The way we work is: Surrey’s youth provide the ideas and proposals, and then we get together with mentors in the community to make it all work. Right now the youth Arts Council has four programs under development: Playwright competition –Write On !, an original one-act play So You Think You Can Rock?- A youth battle of the bands Surrey High School Film Festival - Co-sponsored by Moonlite
The Youth Arts Council of Surrey, or YACOS, is made up of a group of young people 13 to 21 committed to creating, supporting and sponsoring events and activities for and by Surrey’s young people. We have been working together since December 2004 and we’ve accomplished quite a lot. Jaspreet designed our terrific logo with a little post-design help from Kyla at Thornley Advertising. We are working on a few projects simultaneously, with lots of energy going into “Surrey Shines” each year. It is a youth talent showcase, not the Canadian Idol kind, it’s more like all of these performers, and musicians are terrific, so don’t judge them, just enjoy them!
Surrey Shines 2010 If you are a student in Surrey or live in Surrey,
then you are eligible to audition for our exciting annual talent
showcase held at the Surrey Arts Centre. Auditions were held in the Fall of 2009, and the show will take place Knight of Columbus #2742
Chris Thornley – ThornleyHAYNE Creative Communications
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