 Hi, my name is Velhiga and I'm an actress based out of California and I wanted to share with you a really cool opportunity. It's a paid summer program where you learn about dance and activism. So if that's something that you're interested in and you can make it to the Caseta Gardens in San Francisco, I suggest you consider this program because I was actually an intern for this program years and years ago with Joe Crider and she is just such an amazing, talented woman and this program that she has been doing for years is so cool. I wish I had this when I was younger because it really gives you a lot of confidence because I believe that confidence comes from doing things and having to perform and create and really have your voice heard is so important at a young age especially so you know that you can have an impact in the world. So I love this program with Girl Fly with Flyway Productions so I wanted to share it with you. If you are a female identifying person between the ages of 14 and 19 that can get to the Caseta Gardens in San Francisco because it is going to be taking place you know there's performances there and I'm assuming it's going to be hybrid because of COVID but it's still usually outdoors and you can just wear your masks you know that kind of thing so I'm excited that this program is still happening. A little bit about me and connection to that. Joe Crider as of right now has no idea I'm doing this I just wanted to share this with you guys but I was actually her intern back in I believe this was 2013 because that's when I graduated college. It was my first internship out of college and I interviewed with her and we had a connection one of my college professors was her friend and he was like hey you should go and do this so I did because other than acting I also studied dance in college so that's how I found out about her. Her company Flyway Productions does apparatus based performances so if you guys have ever seen people dancing in the side of buildings with harnesses on that's her. I remember I took a workshop with her that was so cool I'm afraid of heights but it was so amazing. I also suggest that you watch any performance that she has because all of them are visually amazing they're always so cool so good and they're on the side of different buildings or you know libraries different things around the Bay Area and I know she's also performed I believe in Colorado anyway if you have the chance to see any of her work online or in person I definitely suggest it if you're able to donate to her amazing company again definitely that's a great place to put your money because she does amazing things such as the Girl Fly program every summer so like I mentioned I was it was my first internship I was a project manager for Girl Fly 2013 and it's a dance program where you get to perform you get to improv you get to meet real artists that are working artists in the Bay Area such as Joe Crider when I was a project manager I was also there for some of the sessions and the girls just get to learn so much so if you're a parent and you want your child to go and you know be more confident and know that their voices can be heard this is such a great program because not only are you dancing you're also learning this is a dance and activism based program that they also actually get paid and it's really important to from early on know that creating also deserves you know you being paid because in a lot of dance and a lot of arts programs that are internships or programs in general you have to pay in order to be in it but this one is opposite for this one you actually get paid $500 which is amazing especially if you are you know going to college or thinking of going to college or in general $500 is really great if you're interested in this program and want to learn more you can go to flyaway productions and there's a questionnaire that you have to fill out it's due by May 1st 2021 but this is something that happens every summer and hopefully it will continue for a long time so just check back on flyaways website every once in a while follow them on social media um as of right now Joe Crider doesn't know I'm making this video but I wanted to share this with you guys in case you are in San Francisco or really nearby or somebody you know that's between 14 and 19 that might be interested in this because it is such a cool program and one of my jobs when I was the project manager was to recruit girls and I was so confused as to why we weren't getting you know thousands of submissions because it's such a cool program and I think maybe just not enough people know about it or knew about it back then I'm sure more people know about it now this year it's going to be between July 6th and July 30th and the times are from 10 30 a.m to 3 p.m so it's going to be at the casada gardens probably it's going to be hybrid of in-home and in-person I'm not sure check on the website and of course just like anything else you sign up for make sure that you are able to attend every single session and that you are on time or a little bit early because this is such an amazing opportunity the very least you can do is show them how much you respect this program and how much you respect their time and be there every single time you know make sure that you're clearing out your dates because I hate seeing when somebody has this great opportunity and they are you know lazy or whatever and don't go to every single session like I understand if you have something else going on that really can't change but you guys if you sign up or your child sends up for this make sure you go to every session and that you are on time because Joe Crider is amazing and this program is amazing and you just be on time and as part of the program usually they have different people come and speak about different subjects so I can't remember exactly what the subjects were when I was there but it's an activism based program so there's different you know issues and different things that come up and you get to have conversations and the girls get to talk about it as well their opinions and listen to other people's opinions and learn more about social justice and performance so this has two performances the girls that are part of this program will perform twice on July 30th at the Casada Gardens in order to apply you do have to do a questionnaire of where you live your name all of that and then there's some questions that you do write a few sentences and answer some of the questions like what dance experience or performance experience do you have what do you hope to gain from GirlFly and then what activism issues are important to you and why or which ones are you interested in so it's pretty easy in order to you know apply you just fill out this questionnaire and you just make sure that you are actually able to attend all of the sessions and that's pretty much it so it's not this huge pressure of you have to audition and you have to already be performance ready and that's one of the great things of living in a big city like San Francisco that there's a lot of programs like this so I wanted to share this with you guys if you know anybody in the Bay Area that might benefit from this or might be interested in donating to it because it's such a cool program that I hope continues like I said for years and years please take advantage of it all of the links will be in the description you guys should definitely check out Joe Carter's work if I see that there's a performance of hers coming up anytime soon I will link it in the description or of course just go subscribe to her newsletter and follow them on social media thank you so much for watching at the end of every video I feature another channel this is today's feature if you would like to be featured on my next video make sure you're subscribed like this video and leave me a comment