PERFORMING ARTS
D F W PA C :
Fame with Family
“It really is like a family. You bring all of these kids together that have the same passion about the arts and they literally feed off of one another.” According to Bailey, artistic goals are met through the variety of programs that DFW PAC offers. Students can choose between film and television acting, musical theater acting, improvisation, dance, instrumental music, and vocals. In addition, a course teaches the value of marketing oneself through website design. Boasting a varied and highly credible staff on both ends of the school’s spectrums, it is clear that Bailey and her spouse, co-owner Scott Bailey have got a plan for success based around the lives of these students.
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Bailey said the school also caters to the student’s religious desires as well as their educational needs. Scott Bailey, the school’s headmaster and owner, hosts a non-mandatory Bible study for students once every Thursday. Bailey said that the school even extends out of its walls to get help for its students. Hall Music Productions and Dallas Summer Musicals assist in the training of the young artists. Recently, DFW PAC did extensive work with Disney Channel On-set Coach Wendy Faraone. Faraone has been a Disney coach for the last
ten years and has had the pleasure of working on Disney staples like Hannah Montana and Wizards of Waverly Place. The group working with Faraone had traveled to Los Angeles last May to begin coaching which concluded in Southlake last month with an energetic performance of skits for parents. The performance consisted of short, fiveminute skits from the numerous Disney shows that Faraone has worked on. It was clear that these students were young professionals who were taking advantage of every minute they had with Faraone.