No Hate But Harmony
2007 - 2008
Click here
to view No Hate's
new 2007-2008 promo reel
and see what it's all about!
Jimmy & David with the No Hate But Harmony Cast
Jimmy Locust, Founder & Director
Teachers, Guidance
Counselors, Administrators, PTO Organizations & Principals interested in bringing
No Hate to your school,
click here to view
and print our informative press kit! (pdf
file)
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On Sunday, April 6th,
Jimmy Locust
was the keynote speaker for the
Connecticut Association of Independent Schools
Student Diversity Leadership Conference!
He brought with him No Hate But Harmony
who put on an inspirational performance
and received 2 standing ovations!
"On behalf of the CAIS Commission on
Diversity in Independent Schools, I would like to sincerely thank you
for your participation in our April 6th Student-Adult Diversity
Leadership Conference.
Feedback from participants indicates that this conference was a
resounding success - much of which can be attributed to your
presentations. Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule
to present a thoughtful and dynamic presentation to CAIS students and
faculty."
-
Diane E. Brewer, Director of Programs and Services
"Children learn from lessons, but they
learn more powerfully from models. Jimmy Locust was an inspiring
model for our students."
- Doug Lyons, Executive Director, Connecticut Association of Independent
Schools
Jimmy with Afiya Roberts
(above) & Niliezer Vazquez
(below),
two enthusiastic students who attended this event.
2008 No Hate But Harmony Photo Shoot
  
Alex Accornero
Haley Besser
Hilary Goldsmith
  
Michelle Feghali
Jo Hanna Hartless
Alana Kasindorf
  
Rachel Naumann
Rachel Schulte
Taylor Ross
 
Jimmy & David with No Hate's Cast and Dancers!
No Hate But Harmony is excited about the start of
shooting their pilot/documentary! Under the direction of
Rocky Progano, President and founder of MediaCOM Inc.,
of Stamford, CT, this reality show will go behind the scenes of
No Hate and provide an intimate look inside the group's
rehearsals and performances as they demonstrate real life
scenarios and re-enact their own true life events.
No Hate But Harmony made the
front page of the Greenwich Time on November 17th!
Click
here to read the article about No Hate's performance at Hamilton Avenue
School!
NO HATE STARTS ITS 4TH SEASON AT SCOTTS RIDGE
MIDDLE SCHOOL!
No Hate Cast Members at their 2007 premiere
at Scotts Ridge Middle School
2007-2008 No Hate Dancers (L to R):
Jackie Nelson, Jainee DiDonato, Alexandra Mueller, Jessica
Thibault
Students from Scotts Ridge Middle School after a
great show!
Jimmy with Lisa Rodden, the Scotts Ridge Middle School Guidance
Counselor who headed up the event. Thank you!
Click on the thumbnails to enlarge
Alex Accornero
JoHanna Hartless
& Alana Kasindorf
in between shows
No Hate Cast and Dance Members
introduced themselves to Scotts Ridge Middle School
Watch No Hate But Harmony's opening dance number
Click Here
2006-2007
No Hate Cast and Dancers with
Director, Jimmy Locust
& Guest Director, Maureen Brown
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Congratulations to
our
2007-2008
cast members!
Alex Accornero
Haley Besser
Hillary Goldsmith
Jo Hanna Hartless
Alana Kasindorf
Rachel Naumann
Taylor Ross
Rachel Schulte
Anthony Cifre We are proud to
announce that Ilana Springer
is our
No Hate But Harmony Advocate!
As our advocate, Ilana helps find venues for performances
as well as being our youngest spokesperson.
2007-2008
NO HATE BUT HARMONY
CONFIRMED
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
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Click on the titles of the scenes presented at some of
the No Hate But Harmony Performances to read their scripts.
(If the scene is not underlined, no script is currently
available. Please understand that all scripts are copyrighted and
may not be used without written consent from Jimmy Locust.)
GIVE IT UP
GANGING UP
SINGLED OUT
ABUSIVE
RELATIONSHIPS
I AM WHO I AM
VERBAL ABUSE
TEEN NIGHT
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The
progression of abuse...don't let it happen to you. Tell someone,
it may save your life.
 
 
No one deserves to be hit. Don't let them make you believe it's
your fault.
No Hate But Harmony welcomes David Robertson in
his 2nd year!
We are pleased to announce that
David Robertson is the acting teacher and co-director of No Hate But
Harmony under the direction of Jimmy Locust. You can check out David's bio on the
staff biography page.
No Hate But Harmony performed one of their touring sensations,
I Am Who I Am, on Channel 12's Our Lives.
SCOFIELD MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL
Yet another spectacular performance was put on by the No Hate But
Harmony members, as they spread their message to Scofield Magnet Middle
School on January 25th.
Jimmy and the No Hate Cast and Dancers pose with
Assistant Principal Donna Gardner. Centered is our newest member,
Alana Kasindorf.
Jimmy and the No Hate Cast Members huddle up with
Principal George Giberti on his birthday!
Jimmy with some enthusiastic Scofield students
and Assistant Principal Donna Gardner.
(They really knew how to walk it out!)
"Wow! What a fabulous
performance! No Hate But Harmony truly touched our students
and energized the entire Scofield community. We were rockin' all
day long! Thank you so much. Thank you for your courage and
commitment to show the impact and damaging effects of bullying and
hatred. We do believe that through this program our students will
feel empowered and strive to act honorably by helping those victimized.
The show was so dynamic, and I felt privileged to see it twice.
Bravo and kudos to all."-Donna M. Gardner;
Scofield Magnet Middle School Assistant Principal
"I cannot express how I felt about
your presentation today. The courage that you possess is a kind
that not many people can. Your program helped me realize how
bullying can be dealt with. I also found your dance program and
life story very interesting. Not many people can go through what
you did and come out a star. You are a role model to kids and
adults everywhere. Whether they are being bullied, have been
bullied or are a bully. You have given them the courage to do
what's right and I thank you very much for that."-Henry
Burbank, Scofield Magnet Middle School
If you would like more information about
No Hate But Harmony events, or audition information, please contact
Jimmy Locust through the Contact Information page.
Jimmy Locust ~ Director
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No Hate But Harmony Cast Members
Working to make honor an epidemic!
Stamford Performing Arts Center’s
“No Hate But Harmony”
(Founding Director Jimmy Locust)
No Hate But
Harmony is a show performed by teenage
students for elementary and middle
schools to show the
impact and damaging
effects of
bullying and acts of
hatred on others through the
art forms of
acting and
dancing. No Hate But Harmony gives the
audience a
firsthand look at the effects of these intimidating acts. No
Hate But Harmony also shows how you can play a role in
helping to resolve this type of conflict merely by
speaking
up and
coming to the aid of the victim.
In the show you will see vignettes of the most popular
forms of bullying tactics and how they are avoided or
resolved through tolerance and education. Dance
numbers to popular hip hop songs add an element of fun
to this uplifting event. The great thing about No Hate But
Harmony is that the audience will see
how
responding
honorably can be empowering. The show ends with a fun
interactive dance number during which some of the
audience members get the opportunity to join the cast on
stage and learn dance steps as well as perform with the
cast. This will surely get the crowd excited as they
support their fellow schoolmates.
Jimmy Locust, an African-American who stands 4’ 9”,
founded No Hate but Harmony,
having dealt with
bullying firsthand during his early
lifetime. Now an adult,
he opens the show by talking to the audience
about his
experiences and sharing how standing firm and keeping
his head
up through these
difficulties ultimately paid off.
Jimmy was “discovered” by Paula Abdul and
put to
work in the videos, films and projects she choreographed,
thus
launching his career and opening many professional
doors for him. He has
since worked with Janet Jackson,
Michael Jackson, Debbie Allen and Quincy
Jones.
Jimmy has also
performed on such televised events as
The 64th and
65th
Academy Awards, The Grammy’s
and the 1995 MTV Awards. Now a
artistic director of
his own school in Stamford, CT, choreographer, master
teacher and playwright, he is eager to help children by
showing them that
there is room for all of us in this
world and that being
different is “okay.”
Click to read the press release about
SPAC's successful
5 Week No Hate But Harmony Dance Program
at Dolan Middle School!
Dolan_pioneers_new_5-week_performing_arts_workshop.shtml
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2006-2007 Alumni Cast
Members:
Lestor Mahon, Bradley
Murphy & Adam Vinson
2005-2006 Alumni Cast Members: Lisa Boccuzzi, Bene Cordaro, Kristin
Gulliver, Alexa Cognetta,
Alex Coughlan, Andrew Serkes, Laura Sanzo, Samara Shwidock, Megan Lacerenza,
Rachel Rozado & Ariana Sajnani
2007-2008
NO HATE BUT HARMONY
CONFIRMED
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Scottridge
Middle School
Ridgefield, CT
October 25th
Hamilton Ave School
Greenwich, CT
November 16th King & Low-Heywood Thomas School
Stamford, CT
January 28th
West Rocks Middle School
Norwalk, CT
February 8th Connecticut Association of Independent Schools
Student Diversity Leadership Conference
Key Note Speaking
April 6th, 10am - 4pm
Nathan Hale Middle School
Norwalk, CT
May 15th
Dolan Middle School
Stamford, CT
"Diversity Day"
May 23rd
SPAC Year End Performance
Darien High School
Darien, CT
June 8th 2006-2007
NO HATE BUT HARMONY
CONFIRMED
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Turn of River Middle School
117 Vine Road, Stamford, CT
October 23rd
8:30
9:15
Ilana
Springer's Bat Mitzvah
November 11th
Closed performance
Temple Beth El
350 Roxbury Road / Stamford, CT
January 20th
10-11:15
Scofield
Magnet Middle School
641 Scofieldtown Road / Stamford, CT
January 25th
8:30 am
9:45 am
West
Rocks Middle School
81 West Rocks Road / Norwalk, CT
February 9th
9:15 - 10:01 am
10:05 - 10:50 am If you're interested in
bringing No Hate But Harmony to your school or function, please contact
Jimmy Locust at (203) 323-2623 or email at
dance@stamfordperformingarts.com
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No Hate But Harmony Dancers from left to right: Angelica Heron,
Christine Occhino,
Catherine Heath, Ashley Anderson
TURN OF RIVER
MIDDLE SCHOOL
The No Hate But Harmony performance at Turn of River Middle School on
October 23rd was a hit with students and faculty, as well as Senator
Andrew McDonald who came to show his support!
Check out some of the pictures taken
at the October 23rd show below!
No Hate But Harmony Dancers
Jimmy signing autographs
No Hate Cast with Principal Bass and Tiffany Jackson
No Hate Cast with Senator Andrew McDonald
The
cast made such an impact on the students that
they thanked them in writing! Below are a few of the letters
written by T.O.R students.
I really
enjoyed your show. Not only was it informing, but it was cool and
very interesting. Thank you so much for taking time to teach us
about bullying and keeping kids off drugs. Your show was probably
the most interesting thing we'll see all year. The entire school
and I enjoyed it so much. I hope you come back. It was so
much fun! -
Aurora
Owens
Thank
you for coming to our school. Your performance was amazing.
I think that it made people have second thoughts about bullying another
person. I really liked the dancers and the skits. They were
very entertaining. I hope that the skits made people see that
bullying is wrong, and not to do drugs. Thanks again. -
Ariel
Kobliner
I loved
your performance. I appreciate that you came. I think that
more people should take this more seriously because it's very important
to know why not to (bully and do drugs). Tell the dancers
and the actors that they were great. -
Emily Beresford
Thanks
for showing us the dance and for talking about bullying and drugs.
I was bullied once because of my religion. I felt that way
(singled out), and I'm glad that other people know how it feels now
that you did that skit. Thank you for coming and dancing. -
Hayley Siegel
Thank
you for coming to T.O.R. to help us celebrate Red Ribbon Week. Red
Ribbon Week is very important and not many people realize it. I
think your performance really helped and now I think people feel
differently about it. I really think you should continue to go
around putting on this performance because if people don't know this
information about bullying kids, they wouldn't tell anyone and it will
not stop. I know that a lot of people are aware of bullying
because I'm short, but people don't make fun of me. I am
called "shorty" because it's like my nickname from elementary school (I
wanted the nickname.) Kids from other elementary schools who go to
T.O.R are like, "don't call her that," but then I explain with my
friends that it has just been my nickname for a long time. I think
you have a great group of dancers! -
Hannah Gilpatrick
Thank
you for coming to T.O.R and sharing your dances with us. I also
thank you for sharing your skits for bullying. To tell you the
truth, I'm bullied a lot too. Girls are cruel and spread a lot of
rumors about me, I guess it's not as much as you were bullied but it
still hurts. Your skits really spoke to me and I enjoyed that they
were true. I dance too, in musical theater, and your dances were
so good. Again, thank you for coming to my school for Red Ribbon
Week! -
Zoe DePreta
I really enjoyed your program especially when you were dancing because
you are a very good dancer. Your dancers and actors were very good
and made the skit feel like a movie. They explained a lot and
influenced me and others to not bully other kids because they look or
think differently. You and everyone in your group taught us three
essential in bullying and taught us how not to bully in those ways,
which eliminates lots of bullying in Turn of River. It also is
very encouraging that you do all of this for free. Thank you very
much and I hope your message goes all around America so bullying will
stop one bit at a time. -
T.J. Birkett
Thank
you so much for coming to our school to perform with the theme of Red
Ribbon Week and no-bullying with your touching story, as well as many
others. I will truly try to never bully, and I pledge to be
drug-free. You taught how much words hurt and why you should never
say them. You are also a very good dancer/choreographer.
Whenever you perform at a theatre or school, I will be there cheering
you on. -
Samantha McNichols
I
enjoyed your program that you and your specialized team of
actors/dancers presented during first period on October 23, 2006.
I agree that it is important to prevent and soon eradicate these
epidemics of taking drugs and bullying, and I am excited that many
people are working to do this like you. In your presentation, I
was (appreciative) that you used the experiences of real people
to get your point through to other real people like us. In
addition, your choreography of those scenes lured us into your acts.
So, thank you for giving us this wonderful program. -
Freddy Bonilla
We are pleased
to announce that Ilana Springer has been appointed as No Hate But
Harmony's Youth
Advocate. She will help raise money for scholarships as well as
finding bookings for No Hate But Harmony. We are pleased and
honored to have her!!
Click Here
to view newspaper articles regarding the No Hate But Harmony show at
Dolan Middle School, as well as the press coverage of the No Hate But
Harmony auditions for the 2005-2006 season.
Click Here to view
the ad in the New Canaan, Darien, Rowayton Magazine featuring No Hate But Harmony with a feature
article in the What's New for Kids section entitled "Empowering Advice".
Click Here to view the cover
of the March 2006 edition of the New Canaan, Darien, Rowayton Magazine. For more information about the New Canaan, Darien, Rowayton Magazine, visit their
website at http://www.ncdmag.com
Click Here to view
the Press Release announcing Auditions and Scholarships for "No Hate But
Harmony"
Sunday, January 8, 2006: Jimmy Locust was
featured on the front page of The Stamford Times regarding the auditions
for No Hate But Harmony. Reporter A.J. O'Connell writes, "He
intends to end bullying through entertainment, including skits depicting
the less savory social rites of school, such as harassment, emotional
torture and physical abuse, which he mixes with choreographed dances and
popular songs to appeal to younger students."
Testimonials:
"The overall performance of the show was excellent. No Hate but
Harmony presented a wonderful message on bullying for students and
teachers to see and hear. The skits and the dancing were
educational, inspiring, and entertaining!" -
Sharlene Cameron, Director of Programs for Diversity,
Greenwich Country Day School, Greenwich, CT
"Thank you so much for your time and talent. Having the No Hate
But Harmony troupe here at Dolan Middle School has really made an
impact. You have a special gift. Dolan thanks you for
sharing it with our students."
- Charmaine Tourse, Principal, Dolan Middle School, Stamford, CT
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