JaDuke Inc.
110 Industrial Blvd, Turners Falls
Mission:
Educate and inspire the community at large in the performing arts.
Website:
Phone:
413-218-2954 (Nick)
413-883-1179 (Kim)
Email:
nick@jaduke.com (Nick)
jcpa@jaduke.com (Kim)
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Nick Waynelovich is a lifelong resident of Turners Falls, living there with his wife Charlotte. He graduated cum laude from the University of Lowell with a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a Master's from Plymouth State College in Supervision/Administration. After twenty-nine years of service Nick recently retired as music director at Mohawk Trail Regional High School, where his responsibilities included directing the award-winning high school bands and choruses. Nick was awarded Massachusetts Arts Alliance Music Teacher of the Year in 1989. His groups have performed extensively throughout Massachusetts. Nick’s performing groups have won multiple Grand Championships across the Eastern Seaboard in Concert Chorus, Show Choir, Jazz Band and Concert Band. He also directed the Let's Dance Band, an amateur swing band. Nick is the Director and founder of Ja'Duke Productions, comprised of the Ja'Duke Sound Company, Ja'Duke Theater Company, The JaDuke Center for the Performing Arts, the Shea Swing Orchestra and the King Phillip Dixieland Band. He is President of JaDuke Incorporated where he directs at least four major productions a year. Nick’s newest endeavor is the JaDuke Scene Shop (www.jadukesceneshop.com) which is a national theatrical drop and prop rental company. JaDuke Scene Shop is the only national rental company in the United States to have a complete set of theatrical drops for Curtains the musical. JaDuke Scene Shop drops have recently been seen in Wisconsin, Utah and South Carolina. JaDuke is now in negotiations to send its Little Shop of Horrors plants to the Cayman Islands. Nick has completed five CDs for Warner Brothers Publications. The last project was an inspirational album for piano in which he arranged, recorded and produced and is now available in music stores throughout the United States and internationally. With one more dream to complete Nick hopes to build The JaDuke Theater which is a 405 seat theater with a 100 foot proscenium stage that is phase two for the JaDuke Center for the Performing Arts. All this is made possible by the love and support of Nick’s family Lisa, Kimberly, Aubrey, John and a special thank you to his loving wife Charlotte.
Kimberly Williams is owner and director of the JaDuke Center for the Performing Arts. With over 30 years of dance experience, Kimberly enjoys teaching all ages and types of dancing. She grew up dancing, singing, and acting and has performed in and directed hundreds of musicals. She has won numerous awards an accolades for her dancing and choreography but she most prides herself in providing a healthy and loving environment for kids to explore the arts. Her favorite expression is "living the dream" and she gets to do that everyday.
JaDuke Inc.
JaDuke Inc. began in 1997 as a production company producing two musicals a year and performing at various events with their big band and swing band. In 2004, JaDuke Inc. opened the JaDuke Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Turners Falls, MA specializing in classes in singing, dancing, and acting for children and adults. During this time, JaDuke began producing around six musicals a year. In 2007, JaDuke built their own performing arts center in the industrial park in Turners Falls, MA. This building now houses JaDuke Preschool, JaDuke Center for the Performing Arts, JaDuke Productions, and JaDuke Scene Shop. JaDuke is now looking to expand to the next phase in opening a theater and performing arts space. The goal is to expand to this in the next year.