What: Join us for a tour of the Musical Arts Center, including the set and costumes for the upcoming Nutcracker production. Tours are expected to last ~45 minutes. There are 3 tour times, choose the one that works best for your family:

Tour #1 Starting promptly at 10 AM

Tour #2 Starting promptly at 10:30 AM

Tour #3 Starting promptly at 11 AM

Please plan time to park and walk to the MAC so that you don't miss your tour!

Parking information from the IU Bloomington website:

https://music.indiana.edu/contact/directions-parking/index.html

Who: All Braintree Academy CDLA students, as well as parents and siblings under 5.

To ensure safety, please include your infants in your RSVP, as every participant in the tour needs to be counted.

Cost: Free!

Questions: Contact Emily Bloomington.events@braintreeed.com

Additional Guests:

** If this event is not full 5-7 days before the event, the Event Coordinator may open the event up to additional guests. You can reach out to the Event Coordinator via email to include guests at that time.

Explore & Grow: Theater & Music Lights up on learning! This print-and-go packet turns a live performance into an arts-integrated, reflective experience. Students name and track emotions, notice how actors and musicians communicate through movement and sound, compare live shows to movies or radio, and respond with creative and informational writing—organized by grade bands (Little Explorers, Pathfinders, Navigators) so you can print exactly what you need before, during, or after the show.

What’s inside (highlights)

• Feelings check-ins and seek-and-find listening/color activities

• Evidence-based reflections on how emotions were expressed on stage

• Venn diagram comparisons: Movies vs. Theater or Radio vs. Live Music

• Behind-the-scenes prompts on what it takes to stage a show

• Writing tasks: persuasive review, theme analysis, and first-person narratives (character/instrument), plus a logo/drawing prompt

How to use Preview key theater/music terms (cast, scene, tempo, dynamics) and audience etiquette, bring programs and pencils for quick notes during the show, then wrap up with a short review or live-vs-film compare/contrast back in class. Print only the pages you need by grade level.