"FAME AND CELEBRATE” BACKGROUND
INFORMATION
Clayton Productions was
founded July of 1981 in Salt Lake
City, Utah as a
private entertainment school for youth under the direction of D. Kim
Clayton. Since its humble
beginnings, Mr. Clayton has seen nearly 6000 youth walk through his doors
to become a part of the magical world of song, dance, showmanship and
performance.
The nationally
recognized performing groups,
"FAME" and “CELEBRATE,” are two of thirteen talented
performing organizations at Clayton Productions and represent them
nationally as two of their premier showcase performing groups. These talented boys and girls range
in age from 15-18 years. Each
performer has been carefully selected through a difficult audition process
because of his/her talents, commitment to excellence, and desire to share
their musical gift with people of the world.
The repertoire of "FAME" and “CELEBRATE,” include high‑energy song and dance routines from
Broadway to Country, Pop to Funk, Swing to Musical Theater ‑ visiting
popular eras such as Rock 'n' Roll of the 50's, Roaring 20's, Big Band Era
of the 40's, Salutes to the
70's and 80's, and of course...the hits of today. Familiar favorites from Broadway
musicals such as Big River, The Wiz, Salute
to Disney, West Side Story, Newsies, Grease,
City of Angels,
Cats, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and
Starlight Express are a part of
their agenda (all music arranged and written by D. Kim Clayton specifically
for these productions).
Groups from Clayton
Productions have performed in such places as the Statue of Liberty, United
Nations, Walt Disney World, The White House, Pentagon, Kings Dominion,
Taste of Chicago, Ilikai Hotel, BYU Hawaii,
Embarcadero, Sea World, Disneyland, McDonald's World Youth Classic,
England, Scotland, Wales, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Austria, Czech
Republic, and Venezuela to name a few.
Mr. Clayton's students have also performed as leads, support roles,
and extras in network television movies, music videos, national and local
television/radio commercials, LDS Church videos, Cable Television, local
and community theatrical productions, Lagoon's Music USA, and BYU's Young
Ambassadors.
Because we see so many
negative influences in our world of today, it is refreshing to experience
something that is positive, professional, uplifting, and yet still contains
all of the entertaining qualities of "Showbiz". We invite you to join us....an
experience that you won't soon forget.
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