{"id":9884,"date":"2017-07-12T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T03:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2019-01-29T18:30:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T11:30:45","slug":"open-day-celebration-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/open-day-celebration-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Day Celebration 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By Sunita Mager &#8211; Every year, all of the students attending<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phareps.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Phare Ponleu Selpak<\/a> come together to celebrate their achievements, their creativity and their joy of learning by opening up the school to the public to showcase their work. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9884 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/dsc7418\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7418.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Phare Ponleu Selpak Open Days performance - circus performers spinning plates on sticks while others watch\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7418.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7418-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7418-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9894'>\n\t\t\t\tBy Hank Hsu\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/dsc8477\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC8477.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Phare Ponleu Selpak performing arts theater group - Several theater performers in red circus clown noses perform\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC8477.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC8477-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC8477-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9892'>\n\t\t\t\tBy Hank Hsu\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/dsc7614\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7614.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Phare Ponleu Selpak Open Days performance - contortionist and circus performer in Hanuman mask\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7614.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7614-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7614-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7614-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9893'>\n\t\t\t\tBy Hank Hsu\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Kick-off<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During this years Open Day celebration on July 7th and 8th, the students not only showed great enthusiasm by performing in music, theater, dance and circus skills, but they also inspired other future students to enroll in next years classes. And while many youth envisioned going to school there in the near future, others from the Visual annd Arts School were filled with joy and pride as they received their graduation certificate. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-9884 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/dsc7396\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7396.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Phare Ponleu Selpak Open Days performance - traditional coconut dance\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7396.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7396-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7396-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7396-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9896'>\n\t\t\t\tBy Hank Hsu\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/dsc7410\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7410.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"3 couples in brightly colored costumes performing traditional coconut dance at Phare Ponleu Selpak Open Days\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-9895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7410.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7410-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/DSC7410-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-9895'>\n\t\t\t\tBy Hank Hsu\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">Making Memories<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The start of the day was kicked off with an opening ceremony followed by performances in theater, dance, circus and music. The audience, friends, family members and staff had the Big Top vibrating with thunderous applause and cheers &#8211; before, during and especially after all performances. Event the Kindergartners participated in activities and a performance on campus. Further activities included portrait drawings, Henna body paintings, visual and applied arts school course demonstrations, arts exhibitions and a concert. All of the students work was on display, from each level of the school.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-9884 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/20046138_10211706526572600_143237282_n\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20046138_10211706526572600_143237282_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Phare visual arts - 6 black and white drawings of faceless male torsos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20046138_10211706526572600_143237282_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20046138_10211706526572600_143237282_n-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/19988793_10211706526412596_1332106535_n\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19988793_10211706526412596_1332106535_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Several guests visit Phare Ponleu Selpak school during Open Days\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19988793_10211706526412596_1332106535_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19988793_10211706526412596_1332106535_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19988793_10211706526412596_1332106535_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19988793_10211706526412596_1332106535_n-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/19987428_10211706525812581_1235247753_n\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19987428_10211706525812581_1235247753_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Young woman has portrait sketched by Phare Ponleu Selpak visual artist\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19987428_10211706525812581_1235247753_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19987428_10211706525812581_1235247753_n-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">The Joy of Phare<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Open Day celebration was a great event that left everyone happy, hopeful and inspired. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phareps.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phare Ponleu Selpak <\/a>has been a breeding ground for arts and culture in Cambodia for the last 20 years and continue to provide public education to over 1200 students annually. Located in beautiful Battambang, students can learn circus arts, theater, music, dance and visual and applied arts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-9884 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/20045994_10211706528452647_1836110664_n\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045994_10211706528452647_1836110664_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Phare Ponleu Selpak live performance - traditional dancer performing behind screen of live painting video mapping\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045994_10211706528452647_1836110664_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045994_10211706528452647_1836110664_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045994_10211706528452647_1836110664_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045994_10211706528452647_1836110664_n-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/20030805_10211706527612626_1410954171_n\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20030805_10211706527612626_1410954171_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Phare Ponleu Selpak Open Days live performance - Apsara dancers in bright colorful costomes and hand fans\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20030805_10211706527612626_1410954171_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20030805_10211706527612626_1410954171_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20030805_10211706527612626_1410954171_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20030805_10211706527612626_1410954171_n-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/20045910_10211706524932559_352202270_n\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045910_10211706524932559_352202270_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Diverse City Circus - several masquerade masks laying on a table\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045910_10211706524932559_352202270_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045910_10211706524932559_352202270_n-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045910_10211706524932559_352202270_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20045910_10211706524932559_352202270_n-510x382.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sunita Mager &#8211; Every year, all of the students attending Phare Ponleu Selpak come together to celebrate their achievements, their creativity and their joy of learning by opening up the school to the public to showcase their work. Kick-off During this years Open Day celebration on July 7th and 8th, the students not only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48,54,73],"tags":[296,102,174,92,347,93,177,348,349,350,351,245,95,345,352,353,354,147,99,355,248],"class_list":["post-9884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-circus","category-blog","category-pps-battambang","tag-angkor","tag-angkor-wat","tag-arts","tag-cambodia","tag-celebrate","tag-circus","tag-circus-school","tag-concert","tag-design","tag-drawings","tag-henna-paint","tag-history","tag-khmer","tag-music","tag-ngo","tag-open-day","tag-open-house","tag-school","tag-siem-reap","tag-temple","tag-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharecircus.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}