Our Mission is to Provide Support for the PCCA Educational Programs.
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HELLO FAN Club!
School is just around the corner (wow- where did summer go?!).
Look forward to an exciting year – hopefully back to somewhat normal.
We are so excited to have our students coming back for a terrific year of arts and learning! Our teachers are preparing for getting more back to “normal” and it is thrilling to see the plans each department has in store for our season!
Staffing Updates
Ms. Kelly Feodorov, has taken over for Dr. Clark in his retirement as counselor. She is no stranger to Gibbs High School. Ms. Feodorov was the BETA counselor for several years before relocating to the Boston-area. The sunshine and beaches drew her back to us here in St. Petersburg, and we are excited to have her on board!
Ms. Ann Adair will be taking the role of Director of Instrumental Studies and will be conducting our instrumental ensembles, in addition to teaching music theory and music history. Her expertise and experience as a professional musician throughout the region will provide our instrumental students with wonderful resources and musical experiences. We are looking forward to seeing her amazing plans for growth in this department, and I am confident that our students will have an incredible experience in the ensembles and classroom!
We have added another theatre teacher to our ranks. Ms. Patricia Grunz joins us after a long tenure at St. Petersburg High School. She has a wealth of teaching and professional acting experience, and will add another dimension to the expertise of our theatre department.
Lastly, Ms. Siobhan Archard has decided to retire, and we wish her the very best in her well-earned retirement. She had been a faculty member since the beginning of the program at PCCA, and she will be sorely missed. We are presently conducting a search for her replacement.
Orientation for new PCCA students will take place on Thursday, August 5 at 6 PM in the Grande Theater, and Gibbs High School Orientation will be the following Saturday, August 7 at 9 AM.
The performance calendar will be available during the first full week of school on our website. Please keep an eye out for that information.
We look forward to a great year!
D. Weston
From Saturday, May 29, 2021
The Straz Center presents this Tony Awards® inspired showcase to honor Tampa Bay area high school theater productions, programs and students. Celebrating artistic excellence in theater and musical theater, this event features performances from the 2020-2021 Best Actor and Best Actress Finalists. Educational scholarships will be presented by the Straz Center and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
Best Actor and Actress winners will represent the Straz Center in the 2021 National High School Musical Theatre Awards, The Jimmys®, based out of New York City.
CONGRATULATIONS to our PCCA – BROADWAY STARS OF THE FUTURE
HAYDN KELLEY
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
CHLOE BAKER
Outstanding Actor in a Musical
KADEN POTAK
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical
DUSTIN TRAFTON
Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL
HELP OUR CAUSE
Your support and contributions will enable us to raise funds to support the workshops and programs available to all PCCA students and allows us to help with equipment upgrades in both of the theaters located right on our campus.
About the PCCA FAN Club
About the FAN Club
The PCCA FAN Club (Future Artists Network Club) is a booster support organization at Gibbs High School, Pinellas County Center for the Arts Magnet, supporting students, alumni, parents, grandparents, siblings, faculty and staff.
The Club supports the students, artists, instructors and programs in the following arts majors:
Visual Arts, Musical Theater, Performance Theater, Technical Theater, Instrumentalists, Vocal, and Dance.
Our purpose is to help raise awareness of the incredible events and programs held on our campus; raise funds to support the workshops and programs available for our students; and to help with facility and equipment upgrades in our two theaters located right on our campus.
The FAN Club invites you to come to our Monthly Meetings held on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 in the Pricipal's Conference Room (office) Please see calendar as dates are subject to change.
Meet Your 2020-2021 FAN Club Board
President: Jennifer Baralt
Vice President: Rebecca Alford
Secretary: OPEN
Treasurer: Christina Hawkins
Concessions Chairs:
Dara Wilkerson and (OPEN)
Communications Chairs:
Jennifer Baralt - Email
Danielle Remieres - Website
(OPEN) - Facebook
Art Harvest Chairs: Stacey Siefried & Jon Liu
Logowear Chair: (OPEN) and (OPEN)
Sponsorship Chair: Jenni Trafton
Wreath Chair: Pam Wheeler
Dance Liaison: Rebecca Alford
Music Liaison: Stacey Siefried
Theatre Liaison: Jenni Trafton
VA Liaisons: Liesl Piotti
We welcome all parents to our monthly meetings. Please let us know if you are interested in holding a chair position. We have many ways you can help.
2019/2020 FAN Club Contributions to PCCA
Due to missing the last 2 1/2 months of the year because of Covid-19, Contributions for 2019/2020 were lower than normal.
However, despite Covid, the FAN Club raised just over $33,000 and paid out $22,000 in program suport for our 5 majors.
Below is our program support for 2019/2020
- Grande Theatre Sound Software
- Faculty Recruiting Polos
- Visual Arts Figure Drawing Models
- Mainstage Costumes
- Non Donated Concession Inventory
- Fall Collaboration Concert Dinner
- Logowear
- Fall Dance Concert Choreographer
- SETC Support
- Wreath Inventory
- Middle School & High School Thespian District Festival Concession Inventory
- New York Music Trip Suport
- FL Orchestra Concession Inventory
- Microphone Leads for Grande Theatre