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The Little Palm Family Theatre On Florida s Boca Raton Beach
ituated between West Palm counterparts. The heart of the
Beach and Pompano Beach, ideals enshrined in the tradition
Boca Raton is one of South of community theatre is that it
Florida's most beautiful towns. provides a forum for a wide array
Among its past and present of amateur or aspiring artists to
residents are Iron Maiden practise their art in a public
drummer, Nicko McBrain, and space that everyone can access.
prolific tennis player Andy Boca Raton's Little Palm Family
Roddick. Despite being home to Theatre has been heralded for
just 20,000 people, its recent doing exactly that in a small
historical and political Florida town where theatrical
importance is certainly notable: opportunities may be harder to
it was the site of the first come by than its big cities.
anthrax attack in the USA in
2001, and is also a famous That said, the theatrical scene
liberal stronghold, with over 60% (http://www.pbccc.org/Culture/Cul
of its votes polled for John ture.aspx?CatID=14 ) surrounding
Kerry in 2004. However, hidden Boca Raton is far from dead:
underneath all of this is the nearby West Palm Beach is home to
Little Palm Family Theatre, a the Royal Palm Performing Arts
wonderful and widely applauded Theatre, the first of its kind in
community theatre which is the county. Established in 1922,
completely run by volunteers. this is also a not for profit
organisation, made up entirely of
The idea underlying the community volunteers who claim their sole
theatre is a popular one: all wish is to inject culture into
participants are amateurs, the community they serve. While
however the players are generally Royal Palm Performing Arts
respected as highly as their Theatre is a member of the
professional thespian Southern Theatre Conference, the
Florida State Theatre Conference a rich and vibrant cultural
and the Palm Beach County Council scene.
of the Arts, Little Palm Family
Theatre is an altogether smaller Certainly, the Little Palm Family
affair. Its shows are performed Theatre is an important focal
at Jan McArt's Royal Palm point among many entertainment
Festival Dinner Theatre, on Boca highlights in Boca Raton. The
Raton's Mizner Boulevard. Their Bocanuts Comedy Club, decorated
past productions have included with pictures of the Three
Winnie the Pooh musicals, and Stooges and the Marx Brothers, is
this is very much representative popular evening hotspot, and the
of the type of performance art on International Museum of Cartoon
offer at Little Palm Family Art is sure to please visitors of
Theatre: wholesome, fun musical all ages. Similarly, the Boca
performances geared mainly Raton Museum of Art attracts over
towards children. This highlights 90,000 people each year, and the
the clear lack of Sports Immortals Museum possesses
self-consciousness that community over a million pieces of sports
theatre possesses: community memorabilia. With all these
theatre is unlikely to use this cultural attractions, as well as
label for itself, as in their the conveniently placed
eyes there is no difference accommodation at the Hilton
between their art and a standard Suites (http://www.hilton.com ),
theatre group. Yet the importance Boca Raton seems an essential
of community theatre cannot be stop off point in any tour of
underestimated, as its value to Florida.
society is crucial to building up
About the Author:
Andrew Regan is an online journalist who enjoys socialising at his local Edinburgh rugby club (http://www.edinburghaccies.com ).
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