FALL ACTIVITIES SUMMARY

Our radio station is WCFA-LP, 101.5 FM. On the air seven days/week, 6 am - midnight. Community produced special programs and an eclectic blend of jazz.

Our African American History Walking Tour leaves 712 Lafayette Street on September Saturdays at 11 am. Cost is $10. $7 for kids.

Saturdays in September between noon and one we offer a free community open house tour of the Franklin Street School. The School is between Lafayette and Washington Streets, next to the fire house on Franklin St.

YAP, our free Saturday night youth arts program for students in grades 5, 6, 7 & 8, begins Sept. 8 and continues most Saturday nights through December.

• Pre-registration is NOT needed.
• The program is in Wildwood at Cape Assist’s Kare Center, 3819 Jersey Avenue,
• in Lower Township at the Millman Center, 209 Bayshore Road, and
• in Cape May at Lyle Hall in the Methodist Church – enter red doors via ACME parking lot.
• The program is free and includes a light supper – often pizza -- and art activities.
• This fall’s theme is Latin American Arts.
• The program starts at 6 pm and ends at 9 pm. Please be on time.
  
  

Art Classes for adults begin in October. No experience is necessary, all supplies are included and we have substantial discounts for seniors, active military and CCA members.

Pre-registration IS REQUIRED for our adult art classes.

Art at the Library is a free one-hour program for children ages 6 – 10 with a parent or guardian. Read a book and make a related art project.

• Art at the Library meets every other week.
• It is at the Lower Township Public Library Mondays at 3:30 pm starting September 10,
• in Wildwood Crest at 3:30 starting Monday September 17, and
• in Cape May starting Thursday Sept. 20 at 6:30 pm.
  
  

For a detailed schedule of any of our programs, please call 884-7525 or email mailto:info@centerforcommunityarts.org

Our office at 712 Lafayette Street in Cape May is open Monday – Friday from 10 am to 5:30 pm.

YAP RETURNS WITH LATIN AMERICAN ART

CAPE MAY, WILDWOOD, LOWER TWP

YAP, the Center for Community Arts Youth Arts Program for grades 5-8, resumes Saturday, September 8, at 6:00 p.m. in Cape May, Wildwood and Lower Township. This free program provides a light supper and art activities led by professional artists. This semester’s theme is “Latin American Art.” YAP is in Lyle Hall (or a lower level classroom) at the Cape May United Methodist Church, at Cape Assist’s Kare Center, 3819 New Jersey Avenue in Wildwood, and at the Millman Center, 209 Bayshore Road in Villas. It is led by artists Janet Payne, Amanda Vernon, and Cheryl Crews.

YAP’s fall semester will explore a rich variety of artistic traditions from Latin America. Among the activities planned are creating Retablos from Peru, Arpilleras from Chile, and Tap-Tap bus sculptures from Haiti. Youth will also celebrate the Mexican Day of the Dead and learn a few Latin dance steps. There will be one related field trip during the fall.

The program is free, but does require parents to complete a permission slip for students to attend.

The program continues most Saturdays through December 9. For a detailed schedule call 884-7525.

Center for Community Arts is a multicultural educational nonprofit organization whose arts and humanities programs foster creativity, community building, and appreciation for the rich diversity of our world. CCA is rehabilitating the Franklin Street School, a Cape May African American Historic Site, to house a community cultural center, and recently launched WCFA 101.5 FM, a mostly-jazz community radio station. For further information, call 609-884-7525 or access CCA’s Web site at www.CenterforCommunityArts.org.

YAP is made possible by grants from the Lower Cape Alliance, the Byrne Fund for Wildwood, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many other businesses and individuals.

CAPE MAY 101.5 FM SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER SCHEDULE

WCFA-LP Cape May 101.5 FM ‘s schedule continues to expand as new volunteers join its ranks. Community-generated programming is combined with an eclectic blend of jazz. Community programs include hour-long shows focused on singer-songwriters, Celtic music and World music, two-hour shows focusing on the music and history of the ‘50s, ‘60’s and ‘70s, and a twice-monthly program produced by the Somers Point Jazz Festival. The jazz format is being developed in partnership with the Cape May Jazz Festival. All shows are punctuated with announcements of Center for Community Arts events, those of other community organizations, other public service announcements and recognition of the organization’s supporters.

The station’s managers, DJs, copywriters and most of the technical staff are volunteers. New volunteers are always welcome. Bill Wotring, Bob Daniels, Paul Goldblatt and other radio veterans train newcomers one-on-one. Most volunteers only need a few hours before they’re “flying solo” (although there is beginning to be a bit of a waiting list for the one-on-one training).

“This fall we have fifteen people on the air, most DJ-ing 3 hour weekly shifts. The station also accommodates less frequent volunteers, as little as one shift per month. We still have room for more. There are 42 shifts per week,” said Steve Bacher, the Executive Director of the Center for Community Arts (CCA).

Consistent with CCA’s policy of encouraging community participation, WCFA-LP is being managed by an all-volunteer management team: David Mackenzie, Cape May; Gene Boyd, North Wildwood; Ray Reyes, West Cape May; Bob Daniels, Middle Township, and Peggy Long, Lower Township. This group handles the day to day administration of the station.

In addition to jazz, the station’s programming committee entertains proposals for specialty shows. The schedule currently includes:

Ø Monday through Friday, Bob Daniels brings the area his "Sunrise Beach" morning show. Every day but Wednesday, the music is jazz, but on Wednesdays, Bob brings out the music from the 60's and 70's, designed to wake you up.

Ø MON. 5 – 6 p.m. Bill Huf offers the “World Music Hour,” with music from a different part of the world each week.

Ø TUES. 4 – 6 p.m. Veteran DJ Bill Wotring plays two hours of nostalgic music. The music from the 50's and 60's is accompanied by news clips and trivia from the era.

Ø TUES. 7 – 8 p.m. Phil Broder brings "Original Audio" to the air every Tuesday night at 7pm. Phil introduces up and coming singer-songwriters, many from New Jersey.

Ø THURS. 4 – 6 p.m. On the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, Johnny Andrews and the Somers Point Jazz Festival offer their special “Jazz Workshop,” featuring music and Johnny’s memories of playing with jazz legends.

Ø FRI. 4 – 6 p.m. Jerry Gaffney takes you back to the classic days of jazz spinning Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and others from that golden era.

Ø SAT. Noon – 1 p.m. Harry Patterson brings his love of the Celtic lands to WCFA. For an hour, Harry plays the music of Ireland and Scotland.
Bacher encourages members of the community to submit ideas for programs, and to volunteer for training to become an on air personality.

The station can be heard from Cape May Point to Cape May Court House and beyond. WCFA can be reached at 609-884-7525, or WCFA@centerforcommunityarts.org.

SEPTEMBER SATURDAYS:

FRANKLIN STREET SCHOOL OPEN HOUSES

On Saturdays from noon to 1:00 p.m. in September, the Center for Community Arts will offer free Community Open House "sneak peek" tours of the Franklin Street School. Light refreshments will be served while hosts Judy Austermiller and members of the Center’s Board of Trustees give visitors a taste of the rich history of the school as well as that much desired “peek” into the future of Cape May’s cultural community center. These open houses are supported by a special grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s William Short Preservation Fund for New Jersey.

The Franklin Street School is located on Franklin Street between Lafayette and Washington Streets in Cape May City. Reservations are not necessary and the events are free. For more information call Judy at 884-7525.

To learn more about the history of Cape May’s African American community, take the Center for Community Arts African American Heritage Walking Tour of Cape May, offered Saturdays in September at 11:00 a.m., departing from 712 Lafayette Street for only $10.

Phase II of the restoration was made possible by a capital grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust and the Garden State Historic Preservation Trust Fund, the State of New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Sturdy Savings Bank, Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Swain's Ace Hardware, the Whale's Tale Jewelry and Gifts, the Delaware River and Bay Authority and many other local businesses, individuals and families. The Walking Tour is supported by an operating grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State.