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The Tale of the Wreck of the Black Squall: 2017 Arts Partnership & Arts Week:
When the Black Squall wrecked off of Ocracoke Island in April of 1861, the storm washed ashore the remnants of a Nixon’s circus troupe, including giant tents, silk ribbons, dancing ponies, and a menagerie of animals. Walter Howard wrote an account of this wreck in the 1950s, as he learned it from Old Kade Williams, who was 17 in 1861. Nixon’s Circus, sometimes called Nixon’s Royal Circus and Menagerie of Living Animals, was en route from a performance in Havana, Cuba to Philadelphia. 

The 2017 Arts Partnership and Arts Week included elements of performing arts from juggling and steel drums, to singing and tumbling. Each group of students (preK-High School), had an opportunity to showcase what they have learned as part of a retelling of this fascinating Ocracoke story.

The show opens with Old Walter Howard & young Philip walking the beach, and then flashes back to when Walter was a boy, listening to Old Kade Williams tell the story of the Black Squall.
 
For a video interview with Philip Howard on the Black Squall visit http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news032113.htm
For Walter Howard’s Story visit www.villagecraftsmen.com/news072507.htm


Production/Arts Week/Partnership Instructors
Direction and Script Adaptation ~ Desiree Ricker
School Arts Week Coordinator ~ Nancy Leach
Show Producer ~ David Tweedie, & Ocracoke Alive
Puppeteering ~ Donovan Zimmerman
Circus Arts ~ Jef Lambdin
Steel Drums ~ Scott Paulson & Barb Smith
Set/Props ~ Mark Brown, Kitty Mitchell, Jeff Schleicher
Dance Choreography ~ Courtney Conner, Desiree Ricker
Arts Week Jewelry Class ~ Janet Harriman
Recorded Music ~ Paul McKibbons
Hula Hooping ~ Naomi Brown
Lighting ~ Charles Temple, Jef Lambdin
Sound ~ Gary Mitchell
Quilting ~ Sundae Horn
Fig Cake Baking ~ Lauren Strohl
Ocracoke Squaredancing ~ Philip Howard
Print Making ~ Robert Chestnut

Donations
Ocracoke Alive relies upon your donations to fund the estimated $15,000 that the Arts Partnership and Arts Week cost.

Tax-deductible contributions can be made here online or mailed to Ocracoke Alive, PO Box 604, Ocracoke, NC 27960..

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Made Possible By
Ocracoke Alive
NC Art Council Grassroots Funds
Arts on the Pamlico
Ocracoke Occupancy Tax
Ocracoke Civic & Business
Ocracoke School
Ocracoke United Methodist Church

John Charles Saunders
Sharon and John Brodisch
Liz Saylor
William Struve ~ Metal Adventures
Susan Collins
 & Other Community Donors


Cast
Character ~ Physical Performer ~ Voice Performer
Kade ~ Mariah Temple ~ Starr Ely
Granny ~ Elsie Kattenburg ~ Lupita Martinez
Walter ~ Joey Dow ~ Carson O’Neal
Philip ~ Ronald Contreras ~ Alan Dosier
Young Walter ~ Christian Stevens ~ Colby Austin
Master of Ceremonies ~ Jayden West ~ Jordi Perez (English Voice), Juan Morales (Spanish Voice)
Other Voices ~ Vanessa Lora

“Come Sail Away” Singers ~ 4th & 5th Grades
Elephants ~ PreK & K Grades
Acrobats ~ 4 - 8 Grades
Storm Dancers ~ 3 & 4th Grades
Parachute Dancers ~ 1st & 2nd Grades


Puppets Team
Chandler O’Neal
Hayden Austin
Julian Bennink
Jackson Strange
Jade Lopez
John Brodisch
Karen Jordan
Gisselle Perez
Wyatt Giagu
Juan Morales
Katie Kinnion
Dirk Ely
Mason Fuller
Maggie Evans
Starr Ely
Osiris Trejo
Taylor Fuller
Ingrid Contreras
MacKenzie Novak
Katie O'Neill
Jayden West
Teresa Hadley
Jonathan Martinez
Dylan Esham
Corey Yeatts
Joey Dow
Kalai Samick
Lillian Perez
Cole Gilbert
Jesus Morales
Sam Evans
Randy Logo
Preston Mason
Ethan O’Neal
Cody Pinter
Becky Boos
Iris McClain
Daniela Garcia
Samantha Sutton
Abel Dalgleish
Reese Gaskins
Christian Stevens

Props/Set Team
MacKenzie Novak
Katie O'Neill
Jayden West
Odalys Garcia
MacKenzie O'Neal
Samantha Sutton
Emily Trejo
Abel Dalgleish
Vanessa Lora
Russell Stevens
Jesus Morales
Edwin Perez
Marlene Tellez
Alexander O’Neal
Alan Deslier
Chandler O’Neal
Jade Lopez
Hannah Belch
David Styron
Colby Austin
Becky Boos
Perry Austin
Teresa Hadley
Karen Jordan
Jesi Franklin
Preston Mason
Gisselle Perez
Cole Gilbert
Maggie Evans
Osiris Trejo
Savannah Hodson
Paul Jordan
Caroline Novak
Fatima Garcia
Adam Sitterson
Taylor Fuller
Makina Widener
Starr Ely
Max Elicker
John Brodisch
Alston Belch
Jeyson Resendeliz
Joey Dow
J. Vanvleck
Circus Arts Team
Ethan O’Neal
Randy Logo
Starr Ely
Osiris Trejo
Savannah Hodson
Paul Jordan
Caroline Novak
Preston Mason
Jonathan Martinez
Dylan Esham
Reese Gaskins
J. Vanvleck
Kalai Samick
Jesus Morales
Iris McClain
Wyatt Giagu
Jackson Worthy
Daniela Garcia
Odalys Garcia
Makina Widener
Cody Pinter
Max Elicker
Sam Evans
Alexander O’Neal
Alston Belch
Katie Kinnion
Dirk Ely
Parker Gaskill
Ingrid Contreras
MacKenzie O'Neal
Edwin Perez
David Styron
Colby Austin
Perry Austin
Katie O'Neill
Jayden West
Teresa Hadley
Brandt O'Neal
Emily Trejo
Russell Stevens
Mason Fuller
Mila Ortiz
Django Meacham


Steel Drums Team
Becky Boos
MacKenzie Novak
Perry Austin
Sam Evans
Cody Pinter
Iris McClain
Daniela Garcia
Jackson Worthy
Corey Yeatts
Jeyson Resendeliz
Joey Dow
Cole Gilbert
Mila Ortiz
Christian
Vanessa Lora
Hayden Austin
Brandt O'Neal
Marlene Tellez
Russell Stevens
Fatima Garcia
Paul Jordan
Randy Logo
Adam Sitterson
Juan Morales
Reese Gaskins
Mason Fuller
J. Vanvleck
Alan Deslier
Odalys Garcia
Karen Jordan
Julian Bennink
Jackson Strange
Dylan Esham
Hannah Belch
Katie Kinnion
Chandler O’Neal
MacKenzie Novak
Dirk Ely
Parker Gaskill
Kalai Samick
Lillian Perez


Ocracoke Alive, Inc
PO Box 604
Ocracoke, NC 27960
252-921-0260
[email protected]
www.ocracokealive.org
The purpose of Ocracoke Alive, Inc. is to enrich the Ocracoke Island community by encouraging and sponsoring cultural, artistic, educational, and environmental activities including the production of plays, musicals, musical events, exhibits, schools, workshops, and festivals. Ocracoke Alive is NC non-profit organization. 58-1316295
La misión de Ocracoke Alive es enriquecer la comunidad de la isla de Ocracoke, fomentando y apoyando actividades culturales, artísticas, educacionales y ambientales.

Additional support provided by community sponsors, John and Sarah Saunders, Ocracoke Occupancy Tax Funds & the NC Arts Council.
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Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available from the State Solicitors Licensing Branch at 919-807-2214. This license is not an endorsement by the State.
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