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15.05.2011 г. |
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.jpg) On May, 2-14 employees of the studio and boarding school #4 went on a visit to the USA. The goal of this journey was to gain the experience of various American agencies which deal with children with special needs and children from disadvantaged families as well as to get acquainted with American culture, values and life style. This journey became possible because of financial support and personal involvement of Ilya Segalovich. Our grateful thanks to you, Ilya! As for airline tickets, they were arranged by Delta employee Molly DeBra, a good friend of both children and adults, a long-time volunteer of our studio. Together with her colleague Ron Hale, Molly arranged for us the most comfortable and unforgettable flight. We are thankful to Veronika Khusnutdinova for her care and help in organizing the journey.
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10.05.2011 г. |
 On May 9, the Victory Day, children from the boarding school #4 took part in the celebration at Miusskaya Square and afterwards received war and labor veterans at the studio. |
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25.04.2011 г. |
 On April 24 died our Dad Tolya, Anatoliy Abramovich Sarkisov, our colleague, adviser and friend for children and adults. Recently he has been very ill. His wife Vera Ivanovna, she is also our employee, a teacher of music and their children, Alexey and Oxana were with him all the time. We join them in their grief and feel fatherless. |
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17.04.2011 г. |
.jpg) .jpg) On April 17 our big united family called Studio celebrated the 14th anniversary. 14 years ago Maria’s Children Art Centre was officially registered. Traditionally the celebration took place at AmBar Restaurant in Zemlianloy val street on the kind invitation of our old friends from Rossinter Corp. More than 100 children from our supported boarding schools managed to attend our birthday party. There were many surprises for them. |
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14.04.2011 г. |
.jpg) .jpg) On April 8 and 14 we showed our two new productions. Under the direction of Alexander Shishov, our senior pupils and volunteers staged The Winter’s Tale by Shakespeare. The rehearsals started last autumn, the show is based mainly on the pantomime; that is why the director and actors had to invent and improvise a lot. |
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03.04.2011 г. |
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 .jpg) On April 2 Maria’s Children went to see City Lights musical show. Coca Cola Company provided charitable organizations with free tickets. It was an evening show and we invited our senior pupils from the boarding school #11 with teachers (22 people altogether), a family with many children and volunteers. They all admired an interesting plot, unique items and wonderful performance of actors. Besides that, figure skaters, ballet dancers, circus and ice acrobats and singers participated in the show.
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31.03.2011 г. |
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.jpg) .jpg) During school spring holidays 10 children from the boarding school #4 visited London, where they have been staying with the families of our English friends for a week. Those were Russian speaking families so no language barrier appeared.
We are very grateful to all families who received our children and to Olga Makharinskaya and Elena Ragozhina who organized the trip. Financial support was provided by Chance for Life Fund. We hope that this is the beginning of a firm friendship. |
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29.03.2011 г. |
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.jpg)  Our children had an opportunity to watch the Ordinary Miracle musical show on March 29 on the invitation of show producer Alexey Ivaschenko.
It was a beautiful show: wonderful sets, lights and dynamics. |
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07.03.2011 г. |
 .jpg) On the 6th of March we celebrated Pancake Day. Following the tradition, we started it in the park at Miusskaya square with round dances, jumping and skipping, the sack race and other games with pupils of the boarding school #4. |
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02.03.2011 г. |
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.jpg)  On March 1st Rayburn House in US Congress hosted a one-day exhibition of our students’ artwork titled
“Russian orphans and their Aspirations: an exhibit of paintings by Russian orphans”. On display were 50 art items (canvases, felt modeling, embroidery work) including 7 items from the private collection of Patch Adams and photos by Oksana Yushko telling about the Studio’s activities and daily life. It was Mariya Eliseeva and the Studio’s time-tested friend Chang Suh from US Congress who came up with the idea to organize the exhibition. The festive opening ceremony was hosted by Congressman James Moran, Patch Adams, Mariya Eliseeva and Ilya Segalovich. This is the Studio’s second Congress exhibition. The first one was organized in 2000. |
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