Columbus State University Dance Preparatory Academy

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

The 3rd Annual LaGrange Symphony Guild Art Competition

In our efforts to design the art that will be used to promote our annual event, My Favorite Things, we are asking for help from the very persons we support…you, the students. My Favorite Things is an annual fundraising event sponsored by The Lagrange Symphony Guild. The efforts of this group of volunteers has contributed support to the LaGrange Children’s Orchestra, as well as music lessons, and securing instruments for area young musicians. Local businesses also help sponsor this event, and along with vendors, silent auctions, and donations, has raised over $40,000 last year alone.

The subject for your art entry is Music! Music in our schools, music in your life, music as played by our youth; children’s orchestra music.
Illustrate the joy of music in your art!

Guidelines for the Contest:
• Entries should focus on music and/or student musicians/children’s orchestra
• Entries will be judged in three categories:
Grades 3-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12
• Entries should be submitted on a standard size art paper or canvas:
8X10, 9X12, or 11X14 inches
• Artist’s name and contact information must be legibly written on the back side of their art in order to be accepted.
• Entries must be submitted to the LaGrange Art Museum, 112 Lafayette Parkway in LaGrange, April 26 to June 30, 2025, and accompanied by a release form. The release form is important as the winners’ art will be considered for marketing purposes. (email [email protected] for a copy of the release form.)

06/05/2026

That’s a wrap on Wicked Dance Camp! We had so much fun this week 💚🩷

05/30/2026

Instead of "you are so clumsy"

Try: "Everyone makes mistakes. It is how we learn."

You are not letting them off the hook.

You are teaching them that mistakes are part of being human, not proof that something is wrong with them.

Instead of "why did you do that?"

Try: "Let's figure out what happened together."

You are not skipping the conversation.

You are walking into it beside them, instead of standing over them.

That difference is everything.

Words can shame or words can shape.

You get to choose, in real time, every single day.
Not perfectly.
Not always.

But often enough that your child learns the difference between being corrected and being shamed.

That difference is what they carry into every relationship they will ever have.

This is the work.

Catching the sharp word before it leaves your mouth.

Replacing the old script with a new one.

Speaking to your child the way you wish someone had spoken to you.

Strong spine. Soft heart.

That is peaceful parenting.

05/21/2026

Join us for our Wicked Dance Camp! Space is limited so sign up today https://www.enrole.com/columbusstate/jsp/index.jsp?categoryId=6F536F28