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Volunteer Opportunities at Kingsport Carousel:

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Volunteer Opportunities at Kingsport Carousel: 

Participants

The Carousel Project has been a joint effort of more than 300 volunteers and 700 sponsors along with the City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts, Engage Kingsport Inc. and a wide variety of community partners, both private and commercial.

Who can volunteer?

ANYONE over 16 years old who wants to meet and greet our community & its visitors.  Friendly, helpful & dedicated are the desired qualifications.

What are the shifts that need to be filled by volunteers?

Wednesday–Friday shifts:  11 AM to 2 PM

2 PM to 5 PM

and 5 PM to 7 PM (during summer hours)

Saturday & Sunday shifts:     1 PM to 5 PM

and 5 PM to 7 PM (during summer hours)

What are the positions?

 

Gift Shop Floater: Greet visitors and provide orientation and explanation. Help with Gift Shop sales. Customer Service, work in gift shop, other duties as needed.

Maintenance:  Keeping the facility spic and span.

Token Machine Change: In this position the volunteer assists guests with the token machine and change as needed.

Exit Gate:  As exit gate volunteer you standing at the gate that riders use to exit the carousel, opening it and making sure that no one enters the carousel without going through the turnstile. This position can also help guide riders to the token machine or where to enter the carousel.

Cashier:  The cashier at the carousel is one of the first people the public sees.  It is our pleasure to have a smile on our face, welcome visitors to the Carousel and direct them to token machine. As a cashier you operate the cash register ringing up items the customers want to purchase. The cashier also exchanges dollar bills for quarters that will be used in the Penny Smasher. When a guest with a membership comes in to ride we give them tokens for their rides. We are customer service

Operator: We recruit operators from within our volunteers. Operators must be certified.

To become a volunteer, please call:

(423) 392-8414

 

The Office of Cultural Arts, part of the City of Kingsport, connects, coordinated and engages the public with a creative community. Programs and partnerships include” Art in the Heart Gallery, Public Art Kingsport, The Engage Kingsport Performing Arts Series, the Kingsport Carousel, the Carousel Fine Craft Show, Christmas Connection Arts & Crafts Fair and more. They provide a broad range of support to the area’s art organizations. They work in tandem with Engage Kingsport, Inc., the ‘Friends of the Cultural Arts’ group, a private, volunteer-led 501(c)3 non-profit community organization.

For more information: www.EngageKingsport.com

Guidelines for posting events to the community calendar on www.EngageKingsport.com

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Guidelines for posting to the calendar

Directions to make calendar postings to www.EngageKingsport.com

CLICK ON THE “POST YOUR EVENT” BUTTON AND JUST FILL OUT THE FORM.

Please make sure to follow these guidelines:

 Must include a contact person, email and/or phone number
 Include the organization’s website address
 PLEASE Include an image (photo), the calendar works best with images for the
event 
 If for any reason there needs to be a correction or addition to a post once it
has gone up, just email us your request.

Please let us know if you have any questions or suggestions. This is a
community calendar and we want you to use it and feel like it is yours. We
are getting quite a lot of traffic to this part of the website.

Thank you,
The Office of Cultural Arts

423-392-8414

Email: Office of Cultural Arts

 

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About the City of Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts & Engage Kingsport: 

 

The Office of Cultural Arts, a department of the City of Kingsport Tennessee, connects, coordinates and engages the public with a creative community. It operates www.EngageKingsport.com website and regional event calendar, the Renaissance Arts Center,  the Kingsport Farmer’s Market facility, the Kingsport Carousel Project, a public art program, concert and theatrical events including a dynamic Performing Arts Series, Christmas Connection Arts & Crafts Show, the Carousel Fine Craft Show and a broad range of support to the area’s arts organizations.  The Office of Cultural Arts serves as the coordinator for the public and the city for all SPECIAL EVENTS conducted on city property.  It works in tandem with Engage Kingsport, the “Friends of the Cultural Arts” group, a private 501(c)3 non-profit organization, in order to facilitate their objectives. The Office of Cultural Arts and Engage Kingsport’s goals are to collaborate with a variety of arts organizations as well as non-arts organizations, with the aim of increasing opportunities and outlets for artists of all types. As Kingsport and the surrounding communities become a destination for artists and art enthusiasts, new markets and opportunities emerge. The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts and Engage Kingsport are dedicated to cultivating cultural assets and promoting them as vehicles for economic and community development within our region.   

 

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Isiah Bell

Internatinal Tenor, Isaiah Bell in concert

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Isaiah Bell, Concert Recital

Thursday, November 9, 2017
Renaissance Arts Theatre
7:00 PM

 

The Kingsport Office of Cultural Arts, in partnership with Engage Kingsport, presents international tenor, Isaiah Bell, in a concert recital entitled The Stranger on Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m.

Canadian-American tenor Isaiah Bell is an international performer who made his Carnegie Hall debut this year, winning third place in the 2017 OSNY Solo Competition. Most recently, Bell performed with the Nashville Symphony in their production of Haydn’s The Creation.

The concert recital, The Stranger, will be a curated mix of sources with the aim of telling a story through the feelings the pieces evoke rather than through their objective narrative. Bell takes his curatorial stance from a quote by Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk, “We don’t need more museums that try to construct the historical narratives of a society or nation: the stories of individuals are much better suited to displaying the depths of our humanity.”

Isaiah Bell’s eclectic recital will include selected works from the classical canon as well as from twentieth century popular music, traditional folk tunes, cabaret and classic musical theatre, original songs and contemporary works from other composers.  The performance will but just over an hour and performed without intermission.

The performance will be held at the Renaissance Arts Theatre located at 1200 East Center Street.  The concert is free and open to the public, but the audience is encouraged to bring a donation of canned food to contribute to the annual Public Works food drive.

For more information call 423-392-8414