 Northern Eye Center in Pikeville. Your local vision experts, experienced doctors using state-of-the-art technology, choose from top designer frames from Oakley, Ray Bann, Nike, and more. We accept Medicaid and Medicare, plus most insurances are accepted. Northern Eye Center in Pikeville, next to tractor supply. Beginning Monday, August 19th, the Appalachian Center for the Arts will be having a tech camp for children ages 12 to 18. Kids will be learning about the technical side of theater productions including sound and light engineering, costuming, and more. Before the camp is over, those who participated will help with the App's 101 Dalmatians Kids Show. So basically what happens, it's a two-week-long camp that coincides with our 101 Dalmatians Kids Show Camp. And so kids ages 12 through 18 will come in and they will learn all the different technical elements of theater. They'll go to costumes, they'll go to sound, lights, stage management, set design, they'll help build the sets, paint them, all of that. And they will help get the 101 Dalmatians Kids Show ready for their performance. And then at the end of the camp they will also be on the tech crew for the 101 Dalmatians. So they will get first-hand experience in helping run the sound board and helping run the light board, you know, being an usher, helping call the shows, things like that. Kirk Patrick Daniel says no theater production is made possible without show technicians. The skills being taught at this camp are also meant to be applicable to other fields. At the App, we really try to teach that it's important to know all aspects of theater. You may not want to, you know, do that forever. Maybe acting is your passion or maybe, you know, sound is your passion. You know, light design is your passion. But knowing a little bit of everything, it kind of helps give an appreciation and helps really build the ensemble feeling that we really strive to produce here at the App. Because every job is important in theater. And it takes every job to make sure that the stories happen. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.