Music Clubhouse Idol Program
After hosting the monthly Open Mic Night event on 2/18, the Music program will begin outreach for interested members to take part in the Clubhouse Idol program. We will host our first round auditions on 3/10 (Walter Denney Youth Center) and 3/11 (Marr/McLaughlin Clubhouses). Individuals or groups must be ages 10 & older and will have to pre-register. After the initial auditions, acts will be invited back on 3/25 to perform in front of judges and to advance a pre-selected number of acts to the Clubhouse Idol Finale on 4/8, where one act will be chosen to represent our Club. The winner of this event will then go on to compete against the winners from the other Music Clubhouse locations at Berklee College in May. For information on the Music Clubhouse program, which includes lessons, drop-in times and more, please contact Ayeisha Mathis at ext. 1410.
Teen Program News
The Teen program at the Club, which operates on a Monday to Friday schedule from 3:00 – 8:45 p.m., will be offering a number of activities in the coming weeks. In addition to daily drop-in games and tournaments, upcoming special events include: the Boys Group volunteering at an Adult Care facility (2/22), the Youth of the Year program interviews (3/1) and our monthly Girls Night activity (3/2). Meanwhile, the members of the Keystone Teen Leaders Club will be: attending an outing to Nashoba Valley to enjoy an afternoon of Snow Tubing (2/19); volunteering at Cradles to Crayons (2/23); hosting their Annual Cultural Fair (2/26) in the Gamesroom for younger members; and volunteering at the Winter session of the Massachusetts Special Olympics (3/12). In addition to these activities the Teen Center also offers a Girls Group, Boys Group, Field Trips, the Teen-osophy Program, a monthly Munch & Mingle event, Guest Speakers and more. Other upcoming dates for the teen program include re-worked hours for the upcoming school vacation (2/22 to 2/25) from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and we will be providing assistance to eligible teens looking to register for the various summer jobs programs being made available. For more information please contact Teen Director’s Xiomara Alicea or Tome Andrade at 617-288-7120, ext. 1420.
All-Star Basketball Program
The Club has four teams entered into the N.E.N.E.A.P.C. League of Boys and Girls Clubs and the regular season has passed the half-way point on the schedule. This past week our Boys 12 & under team enjoyed a thrilling overtime victory over the Salem, NH Club, 42-38. Our Stars were led by Walter Dew-Hollis (22), Eric Correia (8), Saide Smith (6), Freddie DePina (2), Dirique Richards (2), De’Andre Dew-Hollis (2), Darius Hinds, Danny Lopes, Brendan White, Mohammed Mansalay, Pedro Lopes, Joshua Herron, Jamil Boykins and Le-Zhan DosSantos. The team will host the South Boston Club in their next regular season game. The Salem, NH Club got even with our program as the following night they defeated our Girls 14&U All-Stars by a score of 27-23. Leading the way for the Girls team were Destinee Moris (13), Armani Monteiro (6), Shannon Zarnoch (2), Jasmine Castro (2), Dericka Smith, Alexis Capers, Aisha Tavares, Tyalie Campbell and Rhea Lovell. Next up for the Girls will be a road game against the Billerica Club. The Boys 15 & under team took advantage of their first home game to defeat the Lower Merrimack Valley Club by a score of 57-50. Emoni Vicente (20), Aloisi Barbosa (8), Zelito Pina (6), Joaquim Pires (6), Ibrahim Mansalay (4), Maxwell Spinola (3), Christino DaSilva (2), Danielson Correia (2), Mateo Calloway (2), Daniel Soares (2), David Watkins (2), Jeffrey Herron, Alexander Feliciano, Ralph Jean-Baptiste and Marquice Rivera led our All-Stars who will travel to the Nashua, NH Club for their next game. Lastly, our Boys 18 & under team also fell to the Salem, NH Club by a score of 63-57. Leading the team were Marcelino DaVeiga (12), Bernard Barbosa (11), Johnathon Lopes (11), Kenny Ribiero (10), Alex DePina (5), Evandro Teixeira (2), Michael Jackson (2), Jamiah Drigo (2), Eduardo DeLeon (2), Joey Brandao, Rafael Garcia and Manny Spinola. All four teams will continue home and away play through the middle of March in hopes of qualifying for the post-season tournament which will take place at U-Mass Boston on 4/2. For more information on the Winter Basketball program, which includes Intramural Leagues, Clinics and the All-Star teams please contact Athletic Director, Bruce Seals at ext. 2210.
