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--Because of a grant from Fresno Regional Foundation, we are offering FREE SUMMER CLASSES for children between the ages of 8 and 14 years old to take part in music classes in GUITAR, TRUMPET OR VIOLIN. Classes will start in June and end in August 2012 (three months). For your child to participate, you need to contact us and give us your child name, age and what instrument she/he wants to learn. Our hope is to select from a pool of applicants for each instrument on May 22, 2012 at KCC 5 pm. The instructors will be Mr. and Mrs. Galicia and Claudia Gonzalez. Please apply today and have your child learn a new instrument for free.

--Our exclusive solicitation campain this past Saturday April 28, 2012 was a success. This is a great opportunity for community members to see the students perform mariachi and folklorico. It is also an opportunity for us to introduce ourselves to them. Our board members know very well how hard is to continue week to week in the hope of advancing our goals to expand our programs by getting more students to participate in our center. We believe that KCC is doing a great service to children and young inidividuals to appreciate music and dance and at the end, make our community of Kings county more progressive, a community that other families will want to live in.

Juan R. Medina, President

Kings Cultural Center

The Kings Cultural Center is under Kings Regional Traditional Folk Arts which is a public not for profit organization founded to expand the artistic opportunities for the youth of Kings County and surrounding communities. The purpose of the organization is to promote artistic programs (Mariachi music, Folklorico dance, Hip Hop, Salsa Dancing, Painting, and Video documentary) for youth residents in Kings County, instill cultural pride and to broaden an understanding of our heritage. The group’s primary activity is the creation, preservation and promotion of traditional ethnic events, presenting an average of 22 community performances annually including Spring and Fall Recitals.

Kings Cultural Center was opened to promote family oriented activities with cultural pride in our communities through the medium of music, dance and the arts. The organization participates in events not involving smoking or drug and alcohol activities. The families involved are multi-cultural and from different economic backgrounds. Families are from rural settings such as Kettleman City, Corcoran, Tulare, Lemoore, Armona and Hanford. The hope is to instill in children an appreciation of cultural activity in Kings County.