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Not everything that we try at the community centre “works”. The drama\/theatre\/cinema course was one of those things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I created a complete course in the community of Jes\u00fas Mar\u00eda, but for whatever reason it fizzled out. Time of day? Promotion? Time of year? A poor teacher? Who knows!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s not to say it won’t be resurrected someday! Meanwhile, all I have are the memories, and lots of notes and course materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This poster represented some basic “house rules”. The other photo shows two students doing some improv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"House<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Improv<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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