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Gracie's Carhop
Loco Vocals
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Pigeon & Bantam Show
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Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre The mission of the Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre (BDACT) is to enhance the lives of men, women, and children in the community by exposing them to the enrichment, inspiration, and humor of the dramatic arts. Simply said, BDACT not only provides wonderful, local, live entertainment for the community, it is also an extraordinary, local theatrical training ground for youth and adults alike. BDACT has always made excellence in theatrical production a goal, but the organization has also found a role for many area residents both on and off stage. Performers, ranging in age from 5 year old kindergarteners to adults into their senior years, perform both in BDACT's own theatre, housed in a historic church building, and in the Beaver Dam High School's modern theatre / auditorium, throughout the year Dodge County Historical Society The Dodge County Historical Society's goal is the preservation of the history of Dodge County, but specifically the history of Beaver Dam. The society, which is an affiliate of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, was formed in 1938, for the preservation of articles pertaining to the pioneer days and to the early history of Beaver Dam. The first museum was located on the second floor of the famous Concert Hall on Front Street in downtown Beaver Dam, in the room that served for several years as the council chamber for city government. As the society's collection grew, the organization had to expand within the Concert Hall, and eventually move to other downtown locations. For a period of over twenty years the society's museum was housed in the 1901 Downtown Train Depot in Beaver Dam. In 1985, the city of Beaver Dam began leasing the former Williams Free Library building to the society, where the museum has remained to the present day. The museum features changing seasonal exhibits, the Tribute to Veterans permanent exhibit, permanent displays of famous native sons and daughters, including actors Brian Donlevy and Fred MacMurray, athlete Maddy Horn, authors Harlowe Hoyt and Raymond Gallun, and naturalist/explorer Delia Denning Akeley and the One Room Schoolhouse permanent interactive exhibit for youth. Beaver Dam Area Arts Association One of Beaver Dam's most successful homegrown companies, Advanced Products (now part of Burgess-Norton Manufacturing), was founded by Peter Seippel. As part of a family legacy, the Seippel home was donated to the community to become the Seippel Homestead & Center for the Arts. Today the facility is operated by the Beaver Dam Area Arts Association as one of the cultural assets of not only Beaver Dam, but also Dodge County. The center hosts changing special exhibits, and art classes and programs throughout the year. The Association's mission, to encourage and stimulate the promotion of the arts in Dodge County through community involvement, with focus on the visual arts is fulfilled everyday through activities at the Seippel Center. |
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