Vision expressed for new performing arts center

A community meeting to discuss the concept of a performing arts center for Mountain Grove was held on Thursday, Aug. 22 at the Mountain Grove High School Arena. It was attended by a broad cross-section of community members and teachers from the music and drama departments.
Debbie Barbe began the meeting by giving a fascinating history of music and theater in Mountain Grove dating back to the founding of the town in the mid-1880s. Her presentation emphasized the importance of the performing arts in Mountain Grove’s history. This was followed by a passionate discussion of the benefits that a performing arts center would bring not only to the Mountain Grove schools and students, but also to this community. Many commented on the multiple uses a performing arts center could have including area and regional band, choir, and theater events, community theater, and even professional theater productions and concerts by nationally known artists.
(Read the rest of the story in the Aug. 28 issue of the Wright County Journal.)