{"id":49633,"date":"2015-05-14T07:56:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T13:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/?p=49633"},"modified":"2015-05-14T08:10:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T14:10:37","slug":"need-young-entertainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/2015\/05\/14\/need-young-entertainers\/","title":{"rendered":"NEED YOUNG ENTERTAINERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/American-Kids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/American-Kids.jpg\" alt=\"American Kids\" width=\"350\" height=\"105\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/American-Kids.jpg 350w, https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/American-Kids-300x90.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>American Kids inc., a 33 year old entertainment organization is launching a search for kids who have an interest in entertainment.  &#8220;We are establishing a show troupe in the Branson area&#8221;, said Dr. Dale Smith, the founder of the organization. &#8220;Dr. Dale&#8221;, as he is addressed by  those who know him, is a retired music educator. He started this &#8220;little league&#8221; of entertainers in 1982 in Oklahoma. &#8221; I have seen thousands from many states over the years, most of whom do not become entertainers any more than &#8220;little league&#8221; baseball players become pro ball players.They just become more confident citizens&#8221;, he continued. Dr. Dale reported that more than 40 kids and adults have become show cast members in Branson stage shows since he arrived in Branson in 1996. &#8220;While our purpose is more to help kids get past their fears than it is to develop entertainers, many have gone into show business because the individual worked hard to get there, including Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Brian White, Jandi Swanson, Kristin Chenowith, and Tina Cooper(Mrs. Clay Cooper)&#8221;, said the enthusiastic singer, songwriter.<\/p>\n<p>The show troupe to be developed will present a positive message to include country, patriotic, gospel and 50&#8217;s classic music.  The show(s) will be themed for any occasion much like the shows that American Kids produced for 10 years for Silver Dollar City.  The shows will be costumed and choreographed and will include some dialogue designed to project a strong positive message to the viewers.  Dr. Dale indicated that the troupe will perform for hospitals, nursing homes, fairs. festivals, military reunions and local city functions.<\/p>\n<p>Open auditions for children 5 through 18 will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 3 o&#8217;clock at the Victorian Village, on Shepherd Of the Hills Expressway.  Pre-registration can be affected by contacting <a href=\"mailto:americankids@gmail.com\">americankids@gmail.com<\/a>.  You may call the American Kids office at 417-294-4881.<\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>The first picture is Dr. Dale Smith, EdD, American Kids Founder and Branson resident. The second is L-R, Dan Bailey; Blake Shelton's parents; Star of the Voice, Blake Shelton winning Oklahoma Kids in 1997. The third is me, Pamela Nelson, BSE, Director, Missouri Kids. The third is  The 2013 American Kids Performer of the Year - Awarded to Sydney Matthews for her rendition of \"At Last\". The last is a group of Oklahoma Kids performing in Branson at the Legends Theater. <\/p>\n\n--><\/p>\n<p>Please call with any questions. American Kids is a 501c3 organization.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Kids inc., a 33 year old entertainment organization is launching a search for kids who have an interest in entertainment. &#8220;We are establishing a show troupe in the Branson area&#8221;, said Dr. Dale Smith, the founder of the organization. &#8220;Dr. Dale&#8221;, as he is addressed by those who know him, is a retired music [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[16,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}