2019 Tri-District Arts Consortium (TRI-DAC) Summer Program Nominations are OPEN!

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Tri-District Arts Consortium Summer Program. Middle school students who attend the public schools of Lexington One, Lexington/Richland Five and Richland Two are eligible to participate. This year marks the 34th year Tri-District has provided students with an outstanding and concentrated study of the arts through this summer program.

The program is designed for artistically gifted and talented students who are rising sixth through ninth graders in the summer before the 2019-2020 school year. Students may audition in creative writing, dance, music (strings, vocal and wind/percussion), theatre or visual art.

Parents may nominate their sons and daughters by completing the nomination form from the Tri-District website. Nomination forms for all art areas, along with general information about the Tri-District Arts Consortium, are also available online at www.tridac.org. Please note that all nominations must be received by January 15, 2019. Applications will be sent to each nominated student and parent/guardian. Spaces for qualified students from each district are limited.

The Summer Program will be held on the campus of the Palmetto Center for the Arts (PCA) at Richland Northeast High School July 1 through July 20, 2019 from 9:00 AM till 3:15 PM each Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday and until 4:15 PM on each Wednesday. Thursday and Friday, July 4th and 5th will be observed as holidays. Tuition for the three weeks will be $400.00.

Auditions for Visual Art, Vocal, and Wind/Percussion will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Richland Northeast High School. Auditions for the areas of Creative Writing, Dance, Strings, Theatre, and Visual Art students will be held Saturday, March 9 2019 at Richland Northeast High School. There will be no make-up auditions.