{"id":6891,"date":"2022-11-01T09:28:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/?page_id=6891"},"modified":"2022-11-01T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:35:49","slug":"pac-grand-opening-set-for-december-3rd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/press-media\/pac-grand-opening-set-for-december-3rd\/","title":{"rendered":"PAC grand opening set for December 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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PAC grand opening set for December 3rd<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Newly opened Performing Arts Center at Garrett College ramping up<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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McHenry, MD \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0A grand opening for the new Performing Arts Center at Garrett College has been scheduled for December 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0at 9 a.m.<\/p>

The facility \u2013 jointly funded by the State of Maryland and Garrett County Government \u2013 opened in October and has been ramping up its schedule. The Garrett Lakes Arts Festival (GLAF) has a series of events in November and December, and the Garrett County Arts Council is currently showing works by its first featured artist \u2013 painter Robert Yonke \u2013 in the PAC\u2019s Art Gallery.<\/p>

Meanwhile, both Northern Garrett and Southern Garrett high schools have scheduled their first PAC performances in November and December, respectively.<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time,\u201d said Mary Mateer Cummings, the PAC\u2019s executive director. \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to the grand opening, where we can recognize the state and county for funding this incredible facility.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Photo by John Rudd<\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/p>

The Performing Arts Center at Garrett College will host a grand opening on Saturday, December 3rd<\/sup> at 9 a.m. The public is invited to attend.<\/small><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Senator George Edwards and Delegate Wendel Beitzel \u2013 who played key roles in acquiring more than $17 million in state funding \u2013 will both be featured speakers at the grand opening. The Garrett County Commissioners \u2013 who provided more than $4 million in local funding \u2013 will also be recognized at the event.<\/p>

\u201cOur legislators and commissioners made this facility possible,\u201d said Don Morin, chair of the Garrett College Board of Trustees. \u201cWe want to be able to recognize them as well as provide local residents an opportunity to see the PAC.\u201d<\/p>

While Garrett College is responsible for managing the facility, the College is just one of five\u00a0 founding PAC partners.\u00a0 Garrett County Government, Garrett County Public Schools, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, and Garrett County Arts Council are the other founding partners.<\/p>

\u201cThe state and local funding made construction of this facility possible, but we also knew we needed a strong set of partners to ensure the long-term viability of the PAC,\u201d said Dr. Richard Midcap, Garrett College\u2019s president. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think we could have asked for a stronger partnership group than the one we\u2019ve built.\u201d<\/p>

In addition to creating the partnership group, Garrett College also worked collaboratively with the Garrett College Foundation on an endowment campaign to generate ongoing operational funding for the PAC. The Foundation has raised over $3.4 million, smashing the original $2.5 million goal.<\/p>

\u00a0\u201cOur donors were anxious to be part of this campaign,\u201d said Cherie Krug, executive director of the Garrett College Foundation. \u201cThe community really got behind this initiative.\u201d<\/p>

The grand opening will be followed by two piano recitals in the Daniel E. Offutt III Theatre by local students under the direction of Dr. Sean Beachy. The first recital is at 11 a.m. and the second is at 2:30 p.m. The recitals are free and open to the public.<\/p>

Note:<\/strong> For more information about the Performing Arts Center at Garrett College, please go to www.performingartsgc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAC grand opening set for December 3rd Newly opened Performing Arts Center at Garrett College ramping up McHenry, MD \u2013\u00a0A grand opening for the new Performing Arts Center at Garrett College has been scheduled for December 3rd\u00a0at 9 a.m. The facility \u2013 jointly funded by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5381,"menu_order":75,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6891","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6891"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6897,"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6891\/revisions\/6897"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.performingartsgc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}