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Tupac Amaru
Shakur Foundation Annual Performing Arts Camp Presents
"Shoulders of Giants," Saturday July 29, 2006 in Atlanta, GA
The Tupac Amaru Shakur
Foundation (TASF) is proud to once again present "Shoulders of
Giants," a show based on works from Tupac's "The Rose That Grew
From Concrete," Saturday, July 29 at 7:00 PM, at Georgia State
University's Rialto Center for Performing Arts in Atlanta. The
eighth-annual show serves as a reminder of the impact the camp
has on its 12-18 year-old attendants, all of whom have been
touched and inspired by the camp's namesake's legacy.
The TASF Camp was the brainchild of Tupac's mother, Ms. Afeni
Shakur, who saw the impact of performing arts on her son and has
made it her mission to give back some of that creativity and
confidence to students in the TASF program.
The TASF Performing Arts
Camp strives to enhance the various creative talents of its
young students while at the same time helping them learn tools
for living a successful, enriched life. Skills emphasized
include everything from discipline and goal setting to teamwork,
self-expression and volunteering. Graduates of the camp have
often returned to work there, offering their services and
experience to new students.
The camp's students are also responsible for the one-of-a-kind
performance pieces in "Shoulders of Giants," which uses material
from "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" as the basis for the
students' pieces, which encompass art forms as varied as poetry
and dance.
Over the years, TASF Camp students have performed at venues as
varied as the Source Awards Community Service Awards in Miami,
the Georgia State Conference of NAACP Freedom Fund Gala and on
television on "Good Day Atlanta."
This special performance of "Shoulders of Giants" is open to the
public, with tickets available at the TASCA Visitor Center at
5616 Memorial Drive, Stone Mtn, GA. Tickets are $15 for adults
and $12 for students under 18 and Senior Citizens. Proceeds from
the play will go towards the continued development of the Tupac
Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts.
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