Module C Fine Arts

Test Your Knowledge: Shelton State History 

Module C: Fine Arts at Shelton State 

1. What is the name of the first play performed in the new Bean-Brown Theatre on October 16 1998?

a. Oklahoma

b. My Fair Lady

c. The Music Man

d. State Fair

2. The Bean-Brown Theatre was an unfinished shell when the rest of the college was occupied and opened in August 1997. The theatre was finished the following year. When was the dedication of the Bean-Brown Theatre?

a. August 26 1998

b. September 28 1998

c. October 2 1998

d. October 12 1998

3. In 1980 under the guidance of Doug Perry, the Tuscaloosa Community Players combined forces with the Punch and Judy Children’s Theater, and Shelton State Community College to hire a full-time artistic director for the Tuscaloosa Community Players who would also teach theatre courses at Shelton State. The new artistic director was

a. Paul Looney

b. T. Earle Johnson

c. Bill Leapard

d. Bill Clifton

4. In the early 1980s the name of the new hydrid theatre group was changed to

a. Tuscaloosa Theater Players

b. West Alabama Community Players

c. West Alabama Theatre Company

d. Theatre Tuscaloosa

5. What music instructor at Shelton State won the statewide Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Academic Faculty in 2000?

a. Syble Coats

b. Alan Blackshear

c. Glinda Blackshear

d. Mark Brown

6. The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa named this music instructor at Shelton State the Music Educator of the Year in 1994. This person also received the Druid Arts Award in 1987 for founding and directing the University of Alabama Jazz Vocal Ensemble. Who was this person?

a. Syble Coats

b. Glinda Blackshear

c. Alan Blackshear

d. Mark Brown

7. What person was hired in fall 1979 to teach music and form a choral group, the Shelton Singers, at the college?

a. Syble Coats

b. Glinda Blackshear

c. Alan Blackshear

d. Mark Brown

8. This person has degrees in Vocal Pedagogy from the University of Mississippi, in Choral Music Education from Auburn University, and a degree in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music from the University of Rochester. Ths amazing music instructor began work at Shelton State in 1995. Who is this person?

a. Syble Coats

b. Mark Brown

c. Alan Blackshear

d. Glinda Blackshear

9. The first Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame event was held in

a. 1998

b. 1999

c. 2000

d. 2001

10. In 1997, in recognition of its contributions to and potential in the visual arts, music, dance, and theatre, the Alabama Legislature, by joint resolution, designated Shelton State Community College as

a. having the Music Education Faculty of the Year.

b. Alabama’s top community college for music education.

c. the Alabama Community College of the Fine Arts.

d. recipient of a grant to complete the furnishing of the Bean-Brown Theatre.

Answers:

1. b. My Fair Lady

2. c. October 2 1998

3. a. Paul Looney

4. d. Theatre Tuscaloosa

5. c. Glinda Blackshear

6. b. Glinda Blackshear

7. a. Syble Coats

8. b. Mark Brown

9. b. 1999 (April 24)

10. c. the Alabama Community College of the Fine Arts.