District students to showcase talents in Walla Walla Dance Company's: The Windy Wizard of Walla Walla

District students to showcase talents in Walla Walla Dance Company's: The Windy Wizard of Walla Walla
Written and produced by dance instructor Nancy Wells, The Windy Wizard of Walla Walla is a futuristic fantasy full of whimsy, charm and talented children.

In a new world of technology and industry, there are no longer seasons.

The show features more than 150 students, including several from Walla Walla Public Schools. The art department at Walla Walla High School, under the leadership of teacher Julie Laufenburg, is creating some of the sets for the production according to Karen Binder, who is serving as the show's marketing director.

Binder is the mother of Prospect Point student Rachelle Binder. Wells is the former Walla Walla High School Dance Team coach who has led the school to multiple state championships in recent years.

Show Highlights
Farms are a thing of the past and the only sign of nature is on a computer screen. A small group of curious children Techtown follow a little light that leads them to the Wizard. An outcast for his nonconformity, he lives in his own Walla Walla world surrounded by windmills and the only surviving flowers. He has the capabilities to create his own energy and gusts of wind are protection from his long lost evil brother "Headtech" the Mayor of Techtown.

The children want to find Mother Nature and the Wizard is just the one they need to take them on their quest. They will travel through ice, snow, wind and rain to the magical forests until they find her. The sun will finally shine and the kids will grow gardens to bring Mother Nature back to stay. The children invited everyone to the garden where peace, harmony, and happiness prevail.

"There will be three-year-olds as sprouts, little flowers, farm crops, and a parade of birds, bugs, and animals," Binder said.

Show Information:
The Windy Wizard of Walla Walla
Presented at Cordiner Hall (Whitman College)
Saturday, March 20, 2010 @ 7:30
Karen Binder: klbinder2001@yahoo.com

Tickets will be available March 3 at Earthlight books.
Reserved Seating - $15
General Admission - $12
Seniors/Students - $10

Some of the 150 students involved, according to Binder are:
Marisa McBride from Sharpstein
Rachelle Binder - Prospect Point
Aanika Swant - Prospect Point
Taylor Kontos - Prospect Point
Allison Shrouf -Walla Walla High School
Sophie Jenes - Prospect Point