CALENDAR LISTING: Lights . . . Camera . . . Action . . . You’re On! Department of Parks Auditions Talented Teens to Find Summertime ParkStar

SILVER SPRING, MD—For the first time ever, the Montgomery County Department of Parks is offering the chance for one lucky teen to be a ParkStar on its award-winning 15-minute monthly County Cable Montgomery television program—The Parks Show. The department is hosting two open auditions to try-out talented teens, ages 14 through 17, for the chance to spend a total of 12 days this summer working on The Parks Show—hosting, writing and editing scripts and selecting and interviewing show guests. The ParkStar can earn up to 100 Student Service Learning (SSL) hours for their work on the show this summer.

Saturday, March 29, 2008
Registration: 9:30 am
Auditions: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Brookside Gardens Auditorium
1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD 20902

Saturday, April 5, 2008
Registration: 9:30 am
Auditions: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Agricultural History Farm Park Activity Center
18400 Muncaster Road, Derwood, MD 20855 

For more on the ParkStar Search competition, including the contest entry form, rules and audition script, see www.ParkStarSearch.com.

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Contact:    
Kelli Holsendolph
Media Relations Manager
Montgomery County Department of Parks
301-650-2866