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Learn about different ways you can offer your time and skills to support the LHS Performing Arts Department.
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Why we need your financial support
Why we need your financial support
Encore has been increasingly called upon to help fill the funding gaps needed to support the LHS Performing Arts Department in recent years. School budgets are being stretched thin to cover basic functions and leave very little to address aging equipment repairs or replacements while factoring in rising costs. We do our best to support what we can on a small nonprofit budget and always appreciate the generosity of those who can contribute to our mission.
Examples of financial support Encore has provided for equipment in recent years
Examples of financial support Encore has provided for equipment in recent years
2025 - Light Board
$5,900 provided by Encore to help purchase a new Light Board for the theater (total cost $11,700) after the existing one failed at the end of the 2024-25 school year and could not be repaired. This equipment benefits the entire school by running multiple lighting effects and controlling overall lighting needs for all events in the LHS theater. Upgraded equipment allows our students to experience up-to-date technology for lighting design and advance skills for future work with the technical side of theater.
2025 - Panel Saw
$4,000 provided by Encore to purchase a panel saw for use in the theater department (total cost $6,500) to improve the safety of students using equipment to build sets and enhance the tools available for those needs.
2025 - Sound Board
$4,200 provided by Encore to replace the theater's aging sound board (total cost $6,200), which benefits the entire school for all events in the theater as well as the performing arts performances. This also allows our performing arts students to train on updated equipment to enhance their knowledge and opportunities for future sound work in and out of school.
2025 - Microphone Maintenance
$1,600 to replace worn-out microphone equipment (a regularly occurring need), such as mic packs, cords, batteries, etc. A single mic pack can cost $400 and LHS currently has 30 to use for stage shows to make sure all voices are heard during performances. Wireless mic packs run on batteries and are a standard piece of equipment for most productions at all levels of theater across the industry.
2024 - Lighting Projector & Lens
$5,500 provided by Encore to purchase a projector and specialty lens for the theater (total cost $13,500) to enhance set design and staging opportunities that improve the quality of performances.
2024 - Laptop to run Instrumental equipment
$900 provided by Encore to purchase a laptop to run specialty programs on the new electronic keyboard purchased during the 2023-24 school year.
2023 - Piano Dolly & Cover
$1,400 piano dolly and cover purchased by Encore to move and protect the piano for concerts, etc.
2023 - Electronic Keyboard
$1,400 provided by Encore to purchase a new, upgraded electronic piano keyboard for instrumental needs.
2023 - Microphone Maintenance
$1,400 to replace worn-out microphone equipment (a regularly occurring need), such as mic packs, cords, batteries, etc.
2023 - Sound Shells for Performance Acoustics
$4,500 provided by Encore to support the purchase of sound shells (total cost $21,500) to improve acoustics for choir and instrumental performances.
2022 - Laptop to run Theater equipment
$1,200 laptop purchased to replace a severely outdated computer that runs many theater interfaces for shows, etc.
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