MWAH! performs in Bolingbrook
(The Herald-News)
November 10, 2013.
The 13–member MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe at the entrance to Brooks Middle School in Bolingbrook following the troupe's one-hour-45-minute issues-oriented presentation on November 4
for all eighth graders in the school auditorium.
MWAH! artists (from Left) Taylor Oechsel, Rachel Plasch, and Rob Delgado as part of
the hip hop dance finale of the one–hour–45–minute issues-oriented performance on November 4 at Brooks Middle School in Bolingbrook.
MWAH! artist Landon Ballard (foreground) doing "The Worm" dance move as part of the high energy
dance finale involving about 25 Brooks Middle School students together with the MWAH! troupe.
(photos by Scott Harrington of Photography by Harrington)
By Herald–News Staff report November 8, 2013 8:28PM
The MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe — which stands for Messages Which Are Hopeful — appeared at Brooks Middle Scool in Bolingbrook last week.
The group performed for an assembly of eighth–graders in the school auditorium. The group gives performances that highlights issues such as drugs, bullying, divorce and family breakups, according to a press release.
The ensemble has 12 members, ranging in age from 12 to 18, and focuses on real life drama with contemporary music and audience participation. They attend 11 schools in seven towns and cities from throughout the western suburbs and Rockford, according to the release.
The group is affiliated with Kids Do Count and the Chicago Area Project, an advocacy program based in Chicago and "part of an Illinois–wide community services network targeting at–risk youth and their families," the release said.
Further information about the MWAH! Performing Arts Troupe is available on its website at mwah.net .