Upcoming Events Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre

Student Matinee Performance

Thursday May 19, 2011 - 11 am &

Friday May 20, 2011 - 11 am

Call 312-431-2357

to book your student group today!

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University is

proud to present the seventh year of our unique

summer day camp program for children who have

experienced the death of a parent.

July 5-15 ǀ ages 7-11

July 18-29 ǀ ages 10-14

Hands Together, Heart to Art uses several

different areas of the performing arts and

encourages communication, fosters emotional

growth, and provides the consolation of friendship

and compassion. Through interaction with other

children who have experienced a similar loss,

campers understand they are not alone in their

situation. Camp activities encourage team

building, self-esteem, consciousness and

development of problem solving skills.

For more information or to see a video about

camp, please visit hthta.org.

These programs are made possible through the

generous support of JP Morgan Chase Foundation.

Too Hot to

Handel:

The Jazz Gospel Messiah

Creative

Engagement

Welcome! Welcome to the Auditorium

Theatre of Roosevelt

University and our beloved

production of Too Hot to

Handel: The Jazz Gospel

Messiah!

Whether this is your first

time experiencing Too Hot

or your sixth, I know you

are going to have a great

time. Too Hot to Handel maintains a message of com-

munity, just like the original Messiah—the same mes-

sage of the beloved community that Dr. King carried

and embodied throughout his life. Too Hot to Handel

has the power to reach a broad range of listeners. I

invite you to actively experience its message, to stand

up, to clap, to get involved. The improvisational qual-

ity allows a certain energy to permeate throughout the

audience, creating a dialogue with the performers on

the stage. Together, as a diverse group of

participants, we share in the idea of community and can

engage in a conversation—just as Dr. King imagined.

The booklet you are reading now contains information

on all of our Too Hot educational initiatives as well as

all of our poetry contest winners and finalists. If you

know a CPS school that might be interested in

participating next year, please contact us at

education@auditoriumtheatre.org.

Happy Birthday Dr. King. Now, let’s get Hot!

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She may look rough on the edges

Her look telling you she has walked many thorny hedges

A survivor of the darkness ever so quiet

Even the loudest of riots.

And if I had the money,

You can bet I’d still buy it.

To have it all could be a dream come true

How could I outgrow you ever?

Humboldt Park.

My home treasure

Written by Davoud Hamlin, 12th Grade,

Lincoln Park HS

My Community

My community is not a community anymore

They made us move and kicked us out the door

It will never be the same as before

Killing people inside the store

They trying to take our land over

C.H.A. can’t do nothing or control it

Boys going to jail for selling drugs

And going up to Seward Park to fight with golf clubs

Girls coming outside in pajama pants

Fighting over their supposed to be man

Even though it isn’t there to see

Cabrini Green will always be a part of me

Written by Chloe Moore, 12th Grade,

Lincoln Park HS

Finalists:11th

– 12th

Grade

Finalists: 9th

– 10th

Grade Beloved Communities

My beloved community is peace and love.

Well who am I kidding, I wish it was.

A community to me is everyone getting along.

Police never in your community cause nothing goes wrong.

The CO in community stands for cooperation, working together,

To grow plants, build schools, even make lives better.

Real communities are calm, clean and united as one.

When work appears, work is done.

Communities laugh, grow and play,

And wake up to bird call not gunshots through the day.

Communities are good; It’s plain people livin’ lives,

Communities have to be civilized to be symbolized.

Written by Malcolm Hall, 10th Grade,

Wendell Phillips High School

One with Music

When it comes down to music

We are one with that community

Rhythms, Beats, Lyrics

It is how we live

We become one with music

Our expressions are shown through it

Hear our cries through the violins

Our hearts beating with the bass drum

Uplifting spirits through the guitar

Moving with the bass guitar

Our voices being heard through lyrics

We are one with music; it is who we are. My community.

Written by Carina Chey Correa, 9th Grade,

Muchin College Prep

Outreach The Auditorium was thrilled to present a number of

educational outreach initiatives for Too Hot to Handel.

Grade School Residency Program with

Teaching Artist Christina Bourné

This week-long residency program examined a key

speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and chal-

lenged students to explore the idea of Beloved Com-

munity through an innovative, fun, and creative musi-

cal composition experience.

Master Classes with Too Hot Artists

Alfreda Burke, Suzanne Acton, and Rod Dixon Working with the choir students at Benito Juarez Com-

munity Academy and the music students at Wendell

Phillips High School, students had the opportunity to

participate in a master class with the world renowned

artists of Too Hot to Handel.

Annual Poetry Contest CPS students in grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, and 11-12 were

invited to write a poem discussing what beloved

community means to them. Over 525 talented students

participated in the second annual Too Hot to Handel

Poetry Contest. We engaged the Historical Voices

Changing Modern Minds Poetry Club at Phillips High

School in judging the poems. The youth created a

rubric that allowed them to look at each child’s poem

individually while engaging in a discussion about what

makes a poem good. The group decided to focus on

five elements: theme, language and rhythm, originality,

emotional response, and spelling/grammar. Contestants

who scored highest on the rubric were considered

finalists in the contest. Special thanks to Erick Dorris

at the Academy for Urban School Leadership for

fostering our partnership with Phillips on this project!

Winner: 3rd

–5th

Grade

Congratulations!

Merciyana

Dazdarevic

Peterson School

5th Grade

My Dream

Black, like the dirt

and like the coal

beneath my feet.

White, like the clouds

and like the stars

above my head.

I hope, one day

my dream

will come true.

Then, finally there stands

proudly and happily

Me and you.

Finalists: 9th

– 10th

Grade Finalists: 9th

– 10th

Grade Finalists: 6th

– 8th

My Community

My community is horrible, all of

The gangs and violence, getting

Shot in the chest, Man!! That’s

Triflan. All of these people trying

To act all cool, after a day in my

Community they’ll become stupid

Fools. Smoking weed, drinking

Scotch, all these stupid gangbangers

Acting stupid and getting shot. That’s

What they get, next time they’ll think

Twice before putting themselves in a

Position that will take their life away!!

Written by Anthony Molina, 8th Grade,

H.B. Stowe Arts Academy

Community

Dr. Martin Luther King loved his Community,

He did what he could for you and me.

My community is good,

Even though I stay in the hood.

Community to me means where you stay,

And if we all stick together we will be ok.

A good community will help you get a better education,

And the people will help you buy your medication.

A good community is nice to a new face,

It doesn’t matter if it is a different race.

Martin Luther King talked about the word beloved,

So we got to be nice giving out kisses and lots of hugging.

Written by Shabaka Junious, 6th Grade,

Bethune School

Finalists: 3rd

–5th

Grade MLK’S DREAM COMMUNITY

Kids from all over playing

Adults of all races are praying

Under the puffy cumulus clouds

Everyone is full of happiness; not hate

The people in the Chicago community are hard to separate

Why wouldn’t anyone want to live here?

When people work together, they make people power

When different countries work together hour by hour

There is peace and people are freer

This is MLK’s community dream

People working together as a team

If we keep this up, future generations will be full of people power

Written by Jennifer Pius-Alonee, 5th Grade,

Decatur Classical School

My Beloved Community

My beloved community means to me,

A wonderful place to live and be.

Like Martin Luther King said,

Everyone should be freed and well fed.

My beloved community means to me,

A marvelous place where all are free.

To live together in happiness,

With safety and beauty and cleanliness.

My beloved community means to me,

A great place for all to see.

A community where we work together.

To make our lives a whole lot better.

Written by Sabtecha Contreras, 4th Grade,

H.B. Stowe Arts Academy

Winner: 6th

– 8th

Grade

Congratulations!

Shakita

Winters

H.B. Stowe Arts Academy

8th Grade

Our Community!!

Our community is like a hateful song

This crime in the streets causes everything to go wrong

When the grass is green and the sun is beaming

You seem to hear a lot of crying and screaming

But, Martin Luther King had a dream to bring all of us together

So that our children can show love and respect for one another

Despite your race………

Red, Black, White, or Gray

We still have a chance to join together TODAY!!!!

It’s best if we stop the violence

And keep the peace

In order to turn things around for YOU and ME!!!!!!!!

Winner: 9th

– 10th

Grade

Congratulations!

Michael

Daniels

Muchin College Prep

9th Grade

(REA[L]ITY)

A two sided mirror points outside. A two sided movie of a community

I see grass, plush and green. Blue sky.

Laughter, the smell of delicious smoke. Kites blot the air.

Housing that is full of color and life.

Then another side appears. My side.

A red sky with dark clouds. Bodies lay in the ground.

Dead leaves without luster, crusted and cracked.

Dreams imploding on their selves. A dream deferred.

Ziplocs of white sit next to canister shells, abandoned by their masters.

Which side can I grasp? My hand is locked in one side that bleeds red

My eyes are on another.

Sadly, only one side is real.

Winner: 11th

– 12th

Grade

Congratulations!

Ashley

Walker

Lincoln Park High School

12th Grade

Community=Uptown?

The Unity of a community comes to a blur when I think of home…

Everyone sticks to their kind, everyone’s alone.

Segregation sweeps through like a dusk of wind,

Tormented souls whisper in the air-let’s pretend…

Can you hear the wailing in the night? The many shots…

Evoking fear and fright? Get it right.

Communities aren’t always peachy-though dark there is some light.

And I? Try to shine bright, When the sun hides

I open and preach what I practice– this, I love!

Being the one like Dr. King, can change and make things better...I look

above

Knowing you can make a way out of no way…

One day