2000-2001 Grant Recipients
Granting Period: October 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001

Michigan’s Arts and Humanities Touring Program designated more than $77,000 in grants to local Michigan organizations in support of 448 live cultural presentations between Oct. 1 and March 31, 2001. Michigan Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization, administers Michigan’s Arts and Humanities Touring Program in partnership with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA), a state agency.

In the first year that Touring Program grants are being awarded in two granting periods, the $77,085 in first-period grants covers programs between Oct. 1 and March 31, 2001.

These Touring Program awards were made to 216 of 225 applicants eligible for funding, including 136 preschool and K-12 educational applicants (62. 6 percent). Awardees anticipate serving 25,334 adults and 81,095 youth at funded programs; funded programs reach 21 of 45 counties considered “underserved” by the state arts agency. Underserved areas are those in which residents have limited access to arts and cultural programs, services or resources primarily because of location, economic condition and/or cultural background. Other underserved populations include at-risk youth, nursing home residents and physically and emotionally challenged students.

Touring Program grants fall into two categories: those providing up to $250 for programs whose fees and expenses are $725 or less and larger grants up to 35 percent of fees and expenses when program costs exceed $725.

* Indicates other counties or other surrounding counties were served 



County No.
Grant No.
Other Cos. Served
City
 Grant Recipient        Performer/Presenter     Grant Amount
No. of Programs		 County Total
Alpena 04
01T08-001* Alpena Humanities & Arts Outreach  Anne & Rob Burns  $1253/17  
01T08-009* Alpena Jesse Besser Museum Betty Appleton $613/12  
01T09-019 Alpena  Alpena County Library “Give ‘m Hell, Harry”  $250/2  
01T09-045* Alpena Alpena County Library Julie Austin/David Mosher $682/5  
01T09-105* Alpena Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival     Lee Murdock $262/5  
01T09-106* Alpena Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival Dan Hall  $262/5  
01T09-107* Alpena Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival   Griz Prusik $250/4  
01T09-133 Alpena Alpena Community College  Debra Danko  $250/1  
         
$3822
           
Arenac 06
01T09-145  Standish NE MI Arts Council Wild Swan Theater   $230/1  
01T09-146 Standish       NE MI Arts Council Chautauqua Express $230/1  
         
$460
           
Berrien 11
01T09-169 Bridgman Bridgman Public Library         MI Opera Theater $455/2  
         
$455
           
Calhoun 13
01T09-095 Battle Creek  Midnight at the Creek   The Collecting Consort $420/4  
01T09-096 Battle Creek  Midnight at the Creek  Marc Thomas $420/4  
01T09-097 Battle Creek Midnight at the Creek Battle Creek Pops Ensemble $250/4  
01T09-098 Battle Creek Midnight at the Creek Miss Nettie   $250/3  
01T09-143  Albion Caldwell Elementary School Jerry Jacoby $250/1  
01T09-172 Battle Creek  United Arts Council Kevin Collins $875/5  
01T09-217  Marshall Marshall Public Schools Julie Austin/David Mosher $230/2  
         
$2695
           
Charlevoix 15
01T09-061 Boyne City    Concord Academy Boyne Michael Lee & OPUS Mime $320/4  
         
$320
           
Clinton 19
01T09-115 DeWitt Prime Time Preschool  Marc Thomas $250/1  
         
$250
           
Emmet 24
01T09-130 Petoskey Sheridan Elementary School Tom Woodruff $250/3  
         
$250
           
Genesee 25
01T09-170 Linden Parents Active Linden Schools (PALS)  Marian Nelson $630/6  
01T09-171 Linden Parents Active Linden Schools (PALS) Brainstormers $642/4  
01T09-177 Flint Woodland Elementary School  Dan Hall   $250/1  
01T09-178 Flushing Elms Elementary Theme Committee Tom Woodruff $250/1  
01T09-179 Flushing Elms Elementary Theme Committee Barbara Bailey Hutchison  $250/1  
01T09-185 Davison Davison Middle School   Yo Master Zeemo $250/1  
         
$2272
           
Grand Traverse 28
01T09-072 Grand Traverse Fife Lake Twp Library   Jenifer Ivinskas Strauss $250/1  
         
$250
           
Gratiot 29
01T09-182 Alma Alma College         Jeff Haas Trio & Friends   $1050/4  
         
$1050
           
Huron 32
01T09-076 Bad Axe  Huron Learning Center Chautauqua Express $250/1  
         
$250
           
Iosco 32
01T09-103 Oscoda  Oscoda Community Center  O. J. Anderson  $250/1  
01T09-120 Oscoda  Oscoda Community Center  Shawn Jacob $250/1  
01T09-134  Oscoda  Oscoda Community Center  Amazing Clark $250/1  
         
$750
           
Ingham 33
01T09-128 Dansville Dansville Middle School  Shawn Jacob $250/1  
01T09-156  Mason North Aurelius Elementary  Yvonne Healy $280/4  
         
$530
           
Ionia 34
01T09-168* Lake Odessa Lake Odessa Area Arts Commission Brainstormers  $1030/4  
         
$1030
           
Isabella 37
01T08-008 Mt. Pleasant  Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Library  Yo Master Zeemo $250/1  
01T09-044 Mt. Pleasant Central Michigan University Midland Symphony Orchestra $700/1  
01T09-136 Mt. Pleasant Carl D. Mayes Elementary Brainstormers $376/2  
         
$1326
           
Jackson 38
01T09-163 Jackson Jackson Chorale Richard Ridenour  $500/1  
         
$500
           
Kalamazoo 39
01T09-046  Hickory Corners   Kellogg Elementary School September Productions $250/1  
01T09-181  Kalamazoo Peoples Church of Kalamazoo Jean & Martin Gal  $185/1   
         
$435
           
Kent 41
01T09-126  Grand Rapids  Sylvan Christian School    Michael Deren $225/1  
01T09-132 Grand Rapids North Oakview Elementary Chautauqua Express $250/2  
01T09-135  Grand Rapids Meadow Brook Elementary PTO    Gemini  $250/1  
01T09-138 Alto  Forest Hills Environmental School Tom Woodruff  $350/4  
01T09-164 Grand Rapids Riverbend Elementary Jerry Jacoby  $250/2  
01T09-173 Grand Rapids Orchard View Elementary PTO Gemini $420/2  
         
$1745
           
 Lapeer 44
01T09-119 Dryden  Dryden Elementary Richard Paul  $250/2  
01T09-139 Imlay City Imlay City Community Schools      Gemini $250/2  
01T09-188 Dryden Dryden Elementary      MI Opera Theater  $250/1
         
$750
           
Leelanau 45
01T09-192* Northport        Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum Neil Woodward $250/2  
01T09-197* Suttons Bay  Inland Seas Education Association  Chris and Tom Kastle    $500/4  
         
$750
           
Lenawee 46
01T09-053 Tecumseh Tecumseh Area Historical Society  The Dodworth Saxhorn Band $630/1  
01T09-104 Adrian  Prairie Elementary School  Chris Linn     $250/1  
01T09-206  Adrian     Lenawee Symphony Orchestra Gemini  $1085/3  
         
$1965
           
Livingston 47
01T09-024 Howell Challenger Elementary School   Scheer Assembly Shows    $250/2  
01T09-040  Brighton St. Patrick School Miz Rosie  $250/2  
01T09-183 Hartland     Village Elementary School Tom Hodgson        $230/2  
01T10-223  Brighton  Hilton Elementary School     Brainstormers          $344/2  
         
$1074
           
Macomb 50
01T08-004  New Baltimore  St. Mary Queen of Creation Church Detroit Brass Society    $350/1  
01T09-032 Warren Roosevelt Elementary School   The Spoon Man       $250/1  
01T09-033 Warren Roosevelt Elementary School   Scheer Assembly Shows  $250/1  
01T09-057  Clinton Twp        Cherokee Elementary   Chautauqua Express        $250/2  
01T09-065   Sterling Heights            Schwarzkoff Elementary School  Chautauqua Express    $250/2  
01T09-071  Mt. Clemens    St. Mary School  Chris Linn     $350/3  
01T09-100  Sterling Heights  Maple Lane Elementary School  Marc Thomas    $250/2  
01T09-109  Washington   Indian Hills Elementary      Scheer Assembly Shows        $250/2  
01T09-110  Washington   Indian Hills Elementary    Tom Woodruff     $385/2  
01T09-123 Sterling Heights Maple Lane Elementary Marian Nelson                $250/1  
01T09-124 Sterling Heights Maple Lane Elementary Scheer Assembly Shows  $250/2  
01T09-129  Fraser  Emerson Elementary School   Yo Master Zeemo $250/2  
01T09-137   Clinton Twp               Macomb ISD Kitty Donohoe   $250/1  
01T09-158   Richmond  Will L Lee Elementary School   Rob Reider           $300/2  
01T09-189 Richmond  Will L Lee Elementary School          Jonathan Park   $230/2  
01T09-205 Warren  Cub Scout Pack 1914   O. J. Anderson               $250/1  
01T09-215  Roseville Mark Twain Elementary  Yo Master Zeemo   $200/2  
         
$4565
           
Marquette 52
01T09-011 Marquette MI Iron Industry Museum     Michael Deren         $250/1  
         
$250
           
Montcalm 59
01T09-180 Greenville Greenville Public Schools        Shawn Jacob      $973/8  
         
$973
           
Muskegon 61
01T09-147 Muskegon      St. Frances de Sales Elementary Gemini  $250/1  
         
$250
           
Newaygo 62
01T09-151 Fremont Newaygo County Community Services Carlos de la Barrera   $350/3  
01T09-152   Fremont Newaygo County Community Services Gemini  $490/4  
01T09-153   Fremont Newaygo County Community Services Fourth House In  $350/1  
01T09-154 Fremont Newaygo County Community Services Yo Master Zeemo     $560/8  
01T09-155  Fremont Newaygo County Community Services Eisenhower Dance Ensemble   $875/3  
         
$2625
           
Oakland 63
01T08-003 Farmington Hills Farmington Presbyterian Nursery Schl Julie Austin/David Mosher  $250/1  
01T08-005 Lake Orion  Orion Twp Public Library Ourselves   $250/1  
01T08-010   Farmington Hills  City of Farmington Hills Detroit Chamber Winds/Strings     $700/1  
01T09-012  Farmington Hills William Grace Elementary School Chautauqua Express      $262/2  
01T09-014 Farmington Hills   Forest Elementary School Scheer Assembly Shows       $250/1  
01T09-015 Farmington Hills  Forest Elementary School        Brainstormers      $250/1  
01T09-016  Farmington Hills Farmington Hills Youth & Family Servs  MI Youth Theatre $490/12  
01T09-017 Novi   Novi Woods Elementary PTO Chautauqua Express  $250/2  
01T09-018 West Bloomfield Twin Beach Elementary PTA/School  Brainstormers    $332/2  
01T09-022 Farmington Hills William Grace Elementary Kelly Kay  $150/2  
01T09-023 Farmington Hills William Grace Elementary Marc Thomas  $250/1  
01T09-025 Rochester Hills  Woodland Elementary PTO Miz Rosie  $150/1  
01T09-026 Rochester Hills Woodland Elementary PTO      Tom Hodgson   $196/2  
01T09-027 Rochester Hills Woodland Elementary PTO Brainstormers     $237/1  
01T09-028 Rochester Hills     Woodland Elementary PTO   Chautauqua Express $262/2  
01T09-036 Southfield  North Star Academy      Dr Zap! $150/1  
01T09-037 Rochester Hills  The Detroit Oratorio Society  Detroit Chamber Winds/Strings   $1650/1  
01T09-047  Highland Apollo Elementary School The Spoon Man    $250/2  
01T09-054 Farmington Longacre Elementary School    Chautauqua Express $200/2  
01T09-055  Farmington Hills Hillside Elementary PTA Chautauqua Express $230/2  
01T09-056 Farmington Hills   Hillside Elementary PTA The Storytellers $230/2  
01T09-062 Waterford   Knudsen Elementary  Neil Woodward  $225/1  
01T09-064 Waterford Grayson Elementary Neil Woodward  $225/1  
01T09-067 Auburn Hills  Auburn Elementary PTO Brainstormers $250/1  
01T09-068  Auburn Hills Auburn Elementary PTO Marian Nelson $250/1  
01T09-069 Farmington Hills Forest Elementary  School   Chautauqua Express  $250/2  
01T09-070  Auburn Hills  Auburn Elementary PTO MI Youth Theatre   $225/1  
01T09-089  Birmingham  Cultural Council Birmingham/Bloomfield   Paul Vondiziano $350/3  
01T09-090  Birmingham   Cultural Council Birmingham/Bloomfield     Beverly Meyer $230/2  
01T09-091 Birmingham Cultural Council Birmingham/Bloomfield  DynaMike the Magician   $250/3  
01T09-092 West Bloomfield West Bloomfield High School  Jet Y.E.S. $250/1  
01T09-099 Farmington Hills  Hillel Day School PTO  Jet Y.E.S.     $250/1  
01T09-101 Leonard  Hamilton-Parsons Elementary School  Chautauqua Express   $230/2  
01T09-102 Oak Park Sisterhood Beth Shalom Synagogue PuppetArt Theatre   $250/1  
01T09-108 Farmington Hills     Hillel Day School PTO  Detroit Chamber Winds/Strings  $250/2  
01T09-114 Rochester   Rochester Community Schools Fd Chautauqua Express $297/2  
01T09-117 Oak Park  Avery Elementary School Chautauqua Express $280/2  
01T09-118  Royal Oak Whittier Elementary School  Brainstormers     $250/1  
01T09-127   White Lake Brooks Elementary School    Scheer Assembly Shows $250/1  
01T09-140 Leonard Leonard Elementary School   Scheer Assembly Shows  $250/1  
01T09-148 Troy Troy Public Library  Pat Roan Judd       $250/1  
01T09-159  Southfield  Southfield’s Cultural Arts Division  Jeff Haas Trio & Friends   $875/1  
01T09-160 Royal Oak    Shrine of the Little Flower Mother’s Club Scheer Assembly Shows         $250/2  
01T09-174-176 Royal Oak Whittier Elementary   Brainstormers       $450/3  
01T09-184  Troy  Cub Scouts Pack 1718  Chris Linn $230/1  
01T09-190 Farmington Hills  Highmeadow Common Campus    O. J. Anderson   $230/1  
01T09-191 Farmington Flanders Elementary School     Michele Gauthier   $170/1  
01T09-193  Madison Heights  The Japhet School   Maureen Esther  $150/1  
01T09-194 Madison Heights The Japhet School      Dan Hall  $200/1  
01T09-195 Madison Heights The Japhet School   Magic Carpet Theatre $200/1  
01T09-196 Madison Heights The Japhet School Jenifer Ivinskas Strauss $200/1  
01T09-199 Birmingham   Cultural Council Birmingham/Bloomfield   Fifth MI Regiment Band  $500/3  
01T09-216 Rochester Hills  Avondale Meadows Upper Elementary  Valerie Fons $600/4  
          $16,106
           
Oceana 64
01T09-165 Hart Hart Public Schools Western Jazz Quartet   $700/2  
01T09-166  Hart Hart Public Schools Rich Ridenour $400/4  
         
$1100
           
Osceola 67
01T09-039 LeRoy Pine River Middle School Larry Massie $250/1  
01T09-075 Reed City Norman Elementary School Chautauqua Express               $262/2  
         
$512
           
Ottawa 70
01T09-050* Holland   Holland Community Chorale   Chautauqua Express  $910/4  
01T09-051*  Holland Holland Community Chorale      Gemini $770/4  
01T09-052*  Holland  Holland Community Chorale   Anne & Rob Burns $940/5  
01T09-073 Holland Washington Elementary PTO Jerry Jacoby      $200/1  
01T09-074 Zeeland        Early Childhood Center     Chautauqua Express  $490/2  
01T09-113 Spring Lake  West MI Academy of Arts/Academics   Face to Face Productions $490/2  
01T09-124  Jenison   Sandy Hill Elementary School Shawn Jacob $250/2  
01T09-144* Holland    Holland Community Chorale  Kevin Collins  $225/2  
01T09-162  Zeeland  Zeeland Volks Corporation/ZEST   Three Men & A Tenor  $1750/1  
01T09-167 Holland  Friends of Herrick District Library   Jim Neely’s Traveling Museum    $250/1  
01T10-210 Conklin  St. Joseph School  Shawn Jacob         $250/1  
         
$6525
           
Shiawassee 76
01T09-034  Vernon  Nellie Reed Elementary School  Chautauqua Express    $280/2  
01T09-035 Vernon Nellie Reed Elementary School    Yo Master Zeemo   $250/2  
01T09-063 Owosso  St. Paul Catholic School    Chautauqua Express       $250/1                 
         
$780
           
St. Clair 77
01T08-006 Port Huron    Michigamme Elementary School     Brainstormers    $353/2  
01T08-007 Port Huron Michigamme Elementary School      Scheer Assembly Shows   $250/2  
01T09-186 Fort Gratiot Festival Concert Series of Port Huron / United Methodist Church  Yuki and Tomoko Mack   $700/1  
01T09-187  Fort Gratiot Festival Concert Series of Port Huron / United Methodist Church Detroit Brass Society         $420/1           
01T09-198  Harsens Island  Harsens Island Elementary Lee Murdock     $250/1  
         
$1973
           
St. Joseph 78
01T09-029   Three Rivers Carnegie Center for the Arts, Inc.    MI Opera Theater    $840/4  
01T09-030 Three Rivers Carnegie Center for the Arts, Inc. Flavio Varani   $630/1  
01T09-031 Three Rivers Carnegie Center for the Arts, Inc. Rich Ridenour    $385/1  
01T09-111* Three Rivers Three Rivers Community Schools     Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra $700/4  
01T09-204 Constantine Riverside Elementary Tom Hodgson   $200/1  
01T09-112* Three Rivers Three Rivers Community Schools Three Men & A Tenor   $1225/2   
01T09-121 Constantine Constantine Public Schools       Brainstormers $225/1  
01T09-122  Constantine Constantine Public Schools Miss Nettie $250/1  
01T09-202 Constantine Riverside Elementary School  Mr. Physics  $250/1  
01T09-203 Constantine  Riverside Elementary School    Marc Thomas   $230/1  
01T09-220 Colon  Colon Elementary School   Pippin Puppets $225/2  
01T09-221  Colon   Colon Elementary School  Marc Thomas   $225/3  
01T09-222 Colon   Colon Elementary School   Wild Swan Theater $225/2    
          $5610
           
Van Buren 80
01T08-002 Mattawan  Mattawan Later Elementary  Brainstormers $1011/6  
01T09-021 Mattawan Mattawan Consolidate Early Elementary Jenifer Ivinskas Strauss $250/4  
         
$1261
           
Washtenaw 82
01T09-048  Saline Pleasant Ridge Elementary  O. J. Anderson  $280/2  
01T09-049 Saline Pleasant Ridge Elementary  Scheer Assembly Shows    $227/2  
01T09-058 Ann Arbor Abbot Elementary PTO Barbara Schutzgruber $225/6  
01T09-059 Ann Arbor Abbot Elementary PTO Robert Jones $225/3  
01T09-060 Ann Arbor Abbot Elementary PTO Jean & Martin Gal, Storytellers        $225/6  
01T09-077* Ann Arbor New Year Jubilee of SE MI Three Men & A Tenor $1300/1  
01T09-078* Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI        Mr. B, Mark Braun            $688/1  
01T09-079*  Ann Arbor New Year Jubilee of SE MI O. J. Anderson $500/1  
01T09-080* Ann Arbor New Year Jubilee of SE MI Benny Cruz Y La Buena Vida      $500/1  
01T09-081* Ann Arbor New Year Jubilee of SE MI The Raisin Pickers $400/1  
01T09-082* Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI  Robert Jones/Matt Watroba $325/1  
01T09-083* Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI Gemini    $325/1  
01T09-084* Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI Julie Austin/David Mosher   $250/1  
01T09-085* Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI Rich Eddy’s Rockin’ Oldies     $225/1  
01T09-086* Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI Jake Reichbart                     $225/2  
01T09-087*  Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI Barbara Schutzgruber     $225/1  
01T09-088 Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI Miz Rosie $140/1  
01T09-213* Ann Arbor   New Year Jubilee of SE MI Madcat & Kane   $450/1  
01T09-214 Whitmore Lake Whitmore Lake Elementary Gemini