Learn English / Spanish Through the Arts

REGISTER NOW and EARLY before April 15th

for 10% discounts + scripts mailed to you in advance.

BILINGUAL MUSICAL THEATRE

MAY - SPRING Special Short Class,  SUMMER CAMPS

+ the 3rd ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PASTORELA as FALL FAMILY CLASS!

call or email to receive a Registration Form in English or Spanish

(503) 617-6986    cyndi@lesta.net

LOSE YOUR FEAR OF SPEAKING in ALL classes!

1. MAY-SPRING Special Class + Performance

"CUENTOS Y CANCIONES - STORIES & SONGS"

excerpts from 3 LESTA shows.  $40 class fee. 10% discount + advance script mailed to you if you register before April 15th

"Alice Meets Dracula en el Viejo Oeste",

"Frutas,Verduras vs. Jimmy Junk Food",

"Hotel Buena Vista & the Dancing Cockroaches"

Classes at LESTA Studio:  Thurs.  6:00-7:30 pm  5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24

Performance:  2 pm at Centro Cultural in Cornelius

2. Bilingual Musical Theatre Summer Camp I

August 6-10,    Kids  6-10 yrs.   M-F  2:00-5:00 pm

at HART Theatre, Hillsboro  $65  15 hr camp

Show:  "Frutas, Verduras vs. Jimmy Junk Food"

Performance:  Friday, Aug. 10   4:00 pm FREE

3. Bilingual Musical Theatre Summer Camp II

August 13-17, 2012   Kids ages 10-14   M-F  2:00-5:00 pm

at HART Theatre, Hillsboro    $65   15 hr camp

Show:  "Alicia Conoce a Dracula en el Viejo Oeste -

Alice Meets DRACULA in the Old West"

Performance:  Friday, Aug. 17   4:00 pm FREE

   4. 3rd Annual Family Bilingual Christmas Pastorela

All ages from 6 - grandparents! 18 hr course + 2 perfs. $65

Thurs.6-8 pm 7 weeks class/rehearsals at LESTA Studio

Oct. 11, 18, 25 Nov. 1, 8,15, 29

Dress Rehearsals and PERFORMANCES at HART Theatre: 

Weds/Thurs. 12/5, 12/6  6-8 pm

Shows:  Sat. 12/8  2 pm   Sun. 12/9   6 pm

Admission $7 adults   Kids: Free with 2 cans of food for Oregon Food Bank

4.    Adult/Teen SPANISH CONVERSATION

Tutoring and small classes available at various times.  Arrange your

own group at the time you'd like.  Minimum 4 students per group. $50 each.

4 week packages.  2 hrs per week.  Group of 8 or more:  $40 each.

Private tutoring ESL or Spanish:  $50/hour at your home or business.

$40/hour at the LESTA Studio.

          L.E.S.T.A. - Learn English/Spanish Through the Arts is a non-profit,

bilingual Theatre Arts organization, EIN #11-3799479 founded by Cyndi Turtledove, MFA, in 2004 after teaching and directing Theatre, Music, Dance, Crafts, ESL and Spanish in Mexico for 18 years. We received IRS non-profit status in 2007.    Created in order to serve the Washington County and Portland Metro area communities, with a focus on low income and underserved populations, the MISSION of LESTA is to bring Hispanics, Anglos

and all Ethnic groups together, teaching Spanish, English, Theatre and Integrated

Arts, in our culturally diverse Washington County, Oregon.

LESTA projects also include "Theatre as Therapy", "Theatre Tools in the Schools" Teacher Training Workshops - Learning to use Theatre Arts to teach Languages, Bilingual Musical Theatre Play Publications.

   Teacher Training WORKSHOPS are based on Cyndi Turtledove's Book:  "ACTION GAMES...

    101 Fun Ways to Practice English/Spanish" published by Editorial Delti in MEXICO D.F.  1993, 1996,

    1998 and 2004.  Her Synthaxis Theatre Co. pioneer Arts in Education programs "THEATRE

        TOOLS in the SCHOOLS" projects were used to train teachers in 1976-1979, in

         the Pasadena, California School District.