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	High Plains Chautauqua August 5 - 9, 2008 The American Spirit: Practical Dreamers

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Early History of the Chautauqua Movement Memories of High Plains Chautauqua 2007 Memories of High Plains Chautauqua 2006 Memories of 2005 High Plains Chautauqua Memories of 2004 High Plains Chautauqua Support Your Local Bookstores that Support High Plains Chautauqua Students in Grades 3, 4 or 5: Earn a Free Book at High Plains Chautauqua! For More Living History Portrayals ... Shuh-TAW-Kwa No Matter How You Say It, It’s Fun! You don’t have to know how to pronounce it—all you need to know is High Plains Chautuaqua is great fun for anyone between 8 and 80! You’ll learn a lot about history, enjoy the excitement of live theatre, and it’s all free! • It’s a unique combination of live theatre and American history. • Folding chair seating provided under an open tent, or bring your own lawn chair or blanket! • Food available for purchase. • District Six 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students can earn a free book by attending one event*! • Extensive daytime program at various locations each day. • Attendance at evening events discouraged for children under age 8. If you’ve never been, you don’t know what you’re missing! For more information call (970)339-6365.	SPECIAL NOTICE!!! Due to the unexpected weather Wednesday night, Chautuaqua portrayals originally scheduled for that night will be added to Thursday and Friday night performances. Thursday Night enjoy Dorothy Mains Prince as Frances E.W. Harper along with Kevin Radaker as Henry David Thoreau Annette Baldwin as Susan B. Anthony Music starts at 5:45 pm, portrayals start at 6:30 pm Big Tent, Aims Community College Friday Night enjoy David Fenimore as Horace Greeley along with Jeanne Eder as Zitkala-Sa Hank Fincken as Thomas Alva Edison Music by Kream of the Krop starts at 5:30 pm, portrayals start at 6:30 pm Big Tent, Aims Community College For more information call 339-6365 Click here for a description of 2008 High Plains Chautauqua President Theodore Roosevelt once called Chautauqua the “most American thing in America”. The traveling Tent Chautauquas were an outgrowth of the lyceum movement and evolved in the early twentieth century to bring to rural America the same quality of entertainment, history and culture that was available to city dwellers. The Circuit Chautauquas were modeled after the Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York state, a community with summer long programs by politicians, writers, theologians, and musicians. We hope you join us at the ninth annual High Plains Chautauqua, a free, five-day festival of history and theatre that is produced in Greeley in partnership with the Colorado Humanities. High Plains Chautauqua is a labor of love that has steadily grown in popularity since its inauguration in the year 2000. It would not be possible without our generous sponsors and individual donors, the dedicated volunteers who begin planning in October to bring history to life under the Big Tent, and you, the appreciative audience members who inspire us to keep the Chautauqua tradition alive. We hope you are gaining insights as we turn the mirror on ourselves in “The American Spirit,” a three-year series. In August 2009 we focus on the twentieth century, when United States became a major player on the world stage. If you would like to get involved in next year’s event, please call Aims Community College’s Public Information Office at (970) 339-6365, or call Colorado Humanities at (303) 894-7951. Individual volunteer opportunities are available on several of our committees – budget and fund-raising, program, marketing, and volunteer coordinating. You can also assist in numerous ways during the festival. Donations to keep High Plains Chautauqua coming back each year can be made payable to Colorado Humanities and addressed to Colorado Humanities, 1490 Lafayette Street, Suite 101, Denver, CO 80218. Be sure to write “HPC” on the memo line.