The Arts People
The Arts People Booster Club Mission
The Arts People (TAP) is the PARISHarts booster club, which supports the arts in our Parish community. Parish parents, relatives, staff, and other supporters are welcome to join TAP.
Recognizing the significant impact the arts have on our community, culture, and school, TAP provides support to the many arts programs available to our students and within the broader Parish community. Our mission is two-fold: 1.) Promote awareness of all programs, productions, artwork, achievements, and activities; 2.) Provide financial assistance to PARISHarts through fund-raising, primarily with membership dues, that helps PARISHarts further enrich the lives of our students and the Parish community.
This past year, we missed many of TAP’s traditional activities, but we kept moving forward. We took TAPpy Hour, our annual member kick-off party, online with great performances from current students and alumnus Griffin Holtby. We treated PARISHarts faculty and staff to some supportive surprises along the way. And, we held what may become a new tradition, a per trimester get-together, “Happy Hour with Hutch,” lead by our new Director of PARISHarts! TAP is looking forward now to the 2021-22 school year bursting with not only the return of normal activities but with celebrations galore for the opening of the Noble Family Performing Arts Center and Parish’s 50th Anniversary year! Please join us as we enter a new era in PARISHarts as the mission of The Arts People elevates to new heights! PARISHarts programs:
- Parish Rosettes (drill team)
- Parish Drumline
- Parish Dance
- Essential Standards
- Parish Band
- Lower School/Middle School/Upper School Choirs
- Theatre
- Musical Theatre
- Drawing
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Photography
- Film
The Arts People Board 2021-22
President
Jody Swartzwelder
President-Elect
Sharon Niebuhr
Secretary
Debbie Daggett
Treasurer
Meghana Dhall
Membership
Sophie Lowrance
Marketing
Sarah Grohmann
Special Liaison for 50th Anniversary and NFPAC Opening
Rachel Fetter
Events Director
Angie Ratliff
Arts Showcase
Janet Tierney
Immediate Past President
Debbie Wiggans