Triad Arts with David Ford The Governor\'s School of North CarolinaJuly 23, 2012On July 14th the Governor’s School of North Carolina celebrated its 50th anniversary. The Governor’s School is a remarkable program where each summer many of Our State’s best and brightest students gather for the pure love of learning and the joy of creativity in a host of disciplines including the arts. This year, the Governor's School drama group did a traditional Twelfth Night performance one evening, changed gender roles, and performed it again the following afternoon. The Governor’s School orchestra performs only contemporary works by composers new to many at the school.
This year’s anniversary celebration almost never happened. Last year state funding for the program was cut. Leading the drive to raise the $760,000 to restore the school was Wake Forest University Department of Education professor Joseph Milner. He joins David today along with the man leading the charge to first establish the Governor's School 50 years ago: Renowned NC author and special assistant to Governor Terry Sanford from 1962-64, John Ehle. After signing up the Carnegie Corporation to fund half of the school for the first three years, Ehle approached James A. Gray in Winston-Salem who suggested the school be located in Salem, and a special meal to make it happen.
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Triad Arts Archives
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September 11, 2009: Triad Arts Weekend 090911
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September 10, 2009: Winston-Salem Symphony Season Preview (Part I)
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September 9, 2009: Twin City Stage: Moonlight & Magnolias
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September 8, 2009: UNCG School of Music: Collage Concert 2009
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September 7, 2009: City Arts : Music Education Programs
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September 4, 2009: TAW 090904
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September 3, 2009: New River Blues Festival
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September 2, 2009: Open Dream Ensemble: Dream Machines II
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September 1, 2009: Winston-Salem Symphony Season Preview (Part II)
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August 31, 2009: Open Dream Ensemble: Dream Machines
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August 28, 2009: TAW 090828
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August 27, 2009: Music on the Mountaintop: Uncle mountain
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August 26, 2009: Indian Classical Chamber Orchestra (part I)
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August 25, 2009: Play the Game
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August 24, 2009: Summer on Trade: Martha Bassett Band
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August 21, 2009: TAW 090821
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August 20, 2009: SciWorks Museum: An African Odyssey
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August 19, 2009: Delta Arts Center: Vandorn Hinnant
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August 18, 2009: Carolina Summer Music Festival
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August 17, 2009: Music on the Mountaintop
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August 14, 2009: Andrea Reese, Ann Grimaldi and Music on the Mountain Top
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August 13, 2009: Andrea Reese
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August 12, 2009: Weatherspoon Art Museum: New Art/New Audiences
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August 11, 2009: Music on the Mountaintop
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August 10, 2009: Fitness by the Fountain
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August 7, 2009: MUSEP: Songs of Water & Kwame Dawes: Wisteria at the National Black Theatre Festival
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August 6, 2009: Hope: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica
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August 5, 2009: Muddy River Jazz Band
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August 4, 2009: SECCA: Kianga Ford's Story of This Place (part II)
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August 3, 2009: MUSEP: Songs of Water
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