If you live in Canton or Collinsville you already know the trade-off. You love the community. The schools are good, the neighborhoods are tight-knit, and the quality of life is genuine. But when your child needs something specialized — something beyond what the local schools offer — you’re often looking at a drive.
For performing arts that drive has historically been 20 to 30 minutes minimum. And when you add that to an already full schedule of school, homework, and other activities it becomes a real barrier.
I’ve known that about Canton families for a long time. It’s one of the reasons I’m particularly glad that what I do now happens entirely online.
Seven Years in Canton
I partnered with Canton Parks and Recreation for over seven years. John Bennett, the Director of Parks and Recreation, wrote about that partnership:
“Performing Arts Programs has been a regular program offering for over seven years. The program from Michael Lamb at the top to each and every one of his instructors is dependable, energetic and has the participant in mind. It amazes me that when walking around with Michael Lamb he seems to know more of the participants in our classes than I do.”
That’s the culture we built in Canton. Not a program that showed up and ran classes. A program that knew the kids, knew the families, and was invested in the community.
What Online Coaching Means for Canton Families
Private coaching through Lamb Studios Online removes the geography problem entirely. Your child works with me personally, online via Zoom, from home. No drive. No scheduling around traffic on Route 44. Just focused, high quality instruction from someone who has been working with Canton families for years.
For children who thrive in a social learning environment our group acting classes serve the Canton area as well.
The trial lesson is $65. Forty five minutes with me personally. If your child continues within 30 days that $65 goes toward the first month.
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Canton Kids Surprise People
I’ll tell you something I’ve noticed over seven years of working in this community. Canton kids are underestimated. They come from a smaller town, they don’t always have the same exposure as kids from larger suburban communities, and sometimes they carry that into the room with them.
And then they perform. And nobody underestimates them anymore.
— Michael Lamb, Founder
Performing Arts Programs, Est. 1997