Life begins with Music, Grows with Art and is celebrated with Dance; Learn it, Love it, Live it!...Robert C. Hunter, 2007  (tm) 

Vision Statement:
Our world will one day rest on our children's shoulders, therefore we must find ways to equip them to meet the challenges of the future. I believe that in this present day, a child's activities will directly reflect their ability to manage our ever changing world. Therefore, they must be exposed to, and partake of activities pre-designed to build character, confidence and knowledge. These activities must be available for them  in their "free" time apart from the structured education. Ballard School of Performing Arts and Hunter's Place intends to utilize our facilities to promote social interaction. We will promote and encourage social interaction as one of the tools to equip and strengthen our society. Our intention is to bridge the growing gap between our youth, our young adults and our seniors.  Our youth will learn to absorb leadership skills by observing storytelling and stage performances based on the life experiences of our senior citizens. There is no such thing as a community immune from crime; therefore we aim to unite the energy of our youth with the wisdom of our seniors to impact our towns. By this we hope to help reduce crime, drug use and illiteracy at the local level.

Hunter's Searching for a Star foundation is organized for the sole purpose of enriching our society by promoting positive change through use of the performing and visual arts. We are not here to work in competition with the wonderful school systems that are in place, but intend on working in tandem with schools at the community level and on the commercial side. Hunter's Searching for a Star Foundation is here to promote community involvement and cultural awareness for all ages!

Our Mission:  To pass on the irreplaceable gifts of music, dance, theater and visual arts; by designing an environment that encourages creativity and provides an outlet for self expression to all interested persons in our community.

Participation in the arts builds character, instills confidence, and promotes leadership skills. It also enhances critical thinking, and an increased ability to reflect on life situations with logic and forethought.

Our Scholarship Program: Hunter's Searching for a Star Foundation offers families with limited incomes the opportunity to pursue extracurricular involvement in the performing and visual arts. The foundation also offers seniors in our communities continued opportunities to pursue activities in music, dance, yoga and the visual arts.

We provide music therapy services for children and adults with special needs. We believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to experience the therapeutic nature of music and we offer a practical approach to our special needs students by engaging children and adult students in active music making partnerships.

Robert C. Hunter - Founder.  Executive Director
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