Welcome to The Music Machine! 2024--Our 43rd Year!

 

-- We'll update this website with additional details as they become available.--

 

February 18, 2024 update. Summary:

 

The Music Machine (ages 6-18)

 

The Dance Machine (ages 6-18)

 

The Mini Music Machine (ages 3-6)

 

 

 

2024 Dates

(click-on program name just below for details).

 

-- The Music Machine AND The Dance Machine:  June 24 - August 3 (6 weeks).

 

-- The Mini Music Machine: June 25 - July 18 (4 weeks).

 

 

 

Rehearsal Location will again be:

 

St. John United Methodist Church, 1801 O'Malley Road, Anchorage.

 

 

 

 

Performance Location

for Music Machine and Dance Machine:

 

 The Music and Dance Machine kids will perform at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (ACPA) Discovery Theater for three performances, August 1 - 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We thank you for your help in encouraging family and friends to sign up for this summer’s Music Machine and Dance Machine workshops.

 

   -- If they would like more information than is on this website, please send an email to themusicmachine@live.com. Include the child's name, age, and a contact phone number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Our REGULAR HOME PAGE CONTINUES HERE:

 

 

Anchorage Alaska's The Music Machine is a summer workshop in American Musical Theatre for children, ages 3 to 18. Our mission is to make the positive experience of active involvement in the performing arts available to all interested children.

 

The program began as the brainchild of Janet Carr-Campbell and Darl Schaaff, both nationally recognized entertainers. The Music Machine was formed in 1982 and incorporated as a not for profit organization a few years later. Touching the lives of many, it has featured over 5,000 kids; and it has expanded to include The Dance Machine, for similar ages, and The Mini Music Machine, for ages 3-6.

 

The Music Machine has received awards from the Alaska State Legislature, as well as the 2001 Chamber of Commerce Gold-pan Award for Premiere Service to Youth. We were honored in 2003 with the Mayor’s Youth Arts Award and the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority award. And in 2011, our Artistic Director Janet Carr-Campbell was selected as a YWCA Woman of Achievement.

 

The real success of The Music Machine is when a child spends a summer making friends, growing and developing into a young adult with confidence and self-esteem fostered by being part of a great team effort.

 

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If you would like a VIEW of The Music Machine,

Check out the great Music Machine TV segment

on 7/26/23's KTUU News (Anchorage's Channel 2).

Click HERE

and the link should take you there.

 

 

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Please NOTE:

Your tax-deductible contributions help to keep fees for The Music Machine as low as possible.

In addition to donating directly to The Music Machine, you can support us through other organizations including:

 

  > When you shop at a Fred Meyer store, support us automatically (at no cost to you).

Link your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to The Music Machine. To do this:

   -- Go to their website: www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.

   -- Sign-in, and under Fred Meyer Community Rewards, select the "Re-enroll or link your rewards card now."

   -- Type in BU965, The Music Machine's Non Profit Organization number.

   -- Next, under "Select Your Organization," click on The Music Machine Inc, and then click "Enroll."

 

   > Through your Alaskan Permanent Dividend (PFD), support us:

   --  When you apply for your PFD, use the "Pick, Click, Give" option to make contributions.

Select The Music Machine.

   --  If you've already applied for your PFD, you can still contribute by visiting this website: pfd.alaska.gov.

 

  > Donate and shop at FashionPact,  221 East Dimond Blvd, website: www.fashionpact.com.

   --  FashionPact is a "community thrift boutique that raises funds for Alaska's Local Non Profits.

Every time you shop or donate stuff you get to choose which Non-Profit your transaction supports."

   --  Designate the Music Machine as your favorite non profit!

 

  >NOTE: The Amazon.com smile program has ended. Previously you could sign up and donate to The Music Machine. Sad. If they offer anything similar, we'll update the information here.

Click to Download our 2024

Music Machine Program Flyer.

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To contact The Music Machine!

Phone (cell): 907-227-0509

Alternate phone: 907-345-9039

Email: themusicmachine@live.com

The Music Machine, Inc.

13320 Floral Lane

Anchorage, AK 99516