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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 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! This year High Plain Chautauqua is celebrating The American Spirit: Colonials and Revolutionaries. Meet two important historical figures from this time period each evening at Aims. • 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.	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.