{"id":316946,"date":"2020-02-05T06:03:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T20:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=316946"},"modified":"2020-02-05T06:03:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T20:03:15","slug":"mcs-plans-to-build-a-performing-arts-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/mcs-plans-to-build-a-performing-arts-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"MCS plans to build a performing arts theater"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Galvin Deleon Guerrero<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mount Carmel School, which has an energetic theater club, is looking to build a home for that club, where they can stage their plays, as well as provide a venue for all performing arts programs in the CNMI.<\/p>\n

The plan is to build a 1,000-seat state-of-the-art performing arts theater, according to MCS president Galvin Deleon Guerrero. He pointed out that there is a vibrant performing arts scene in the CNMI but no home for them.<\/p>\n

He said that MCS\u2019 own performing arts program continues to expand every year, so MCS has taken upon itself to provide the program with a home as well as for other local performing arts programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe [at MCS] have such an amazing performing arts program and, of course, our theater program is growing, but beyond that, in our community, there\u2019s such a vibrant performing arts scene but there\u2019s no home for the performing arts. [There\u2019s the] Friends of the Arts, the Saipan Community Band, the Marianas High School Glee Club, all these great performing groups out there and they\u2019re having to perform in makeshift venues, so we really hope to provide a home for the performing arts in the Marianas and the region and we want this to be the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me, one of the best performing arts center in the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Deleon Guerrero is giving the project three to five years because there\u2019s a lot of work to be put into the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a monumental effort. We want to make sure that we do it right. One thing we don\u2019t want to do is turn this into another multi-purpose center because the tendency is that the multi-purpose center is going to lose its functionality. We want this to be strictly for the performing arts,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Deleon Guerrero said they have already been pre-approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the funding of the project but there still is no cost estimate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this form of FEMA funding that allows you to build new structures or to replace old structures. We\u2019ve been sort of pre-approved to pursue this type of funding, which allows us to build a brand-new structure. Part of the requirement with FEMA is to provide a cost estimate but, in order to do a cost estimate, we need to bring in a contractor and an architect for a design,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Deleon Guerrero said MCS has only been working on the project for the past month and wants to generate more excitement for it<\/p>\n

\u201cNext month, were going to hammer down the cost estimates and we\u2019re going to package that into our FEMA request,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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