SOCSA has been featured by several media organizations, such as the Dana Point Times, L.A. Times, Orange County Register and Dana Point News.If your media organization wishes to features SOCSA's amazing arts academy, please contact:
SOCSA's STAR-STUDDED SPECTACULAR Join us for the largest Capital Campaign Fundraiser at a private home in Ritz Cove and the BIGGEST Celebrity Event in Dana Point History!
2010 EUROPEAN CHOIR TRIP FORMS The Dana Hills SOCSA Choir is going to Europe this April!! CLICK ON THIS LINK to download and print the forms you will need to submit to Mr. Woods to attend this exciting trip.
Dana Point City Council Member, Scott Schoeffel, donates to SOCSA Foundation! SOCSA Foundation received a donation of $2,700.00 in support of the SOCSA instrumental music program in April 2009... Scott Schoeffel continues to donate his net compensation as a City Council Member each month READ MORE...
APRIL 2009 - The Peter & Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation donate $5,000.00 again to the SOCSA Foundation in support of Art Education! READ MORE...
SOCSA Dance Presents: vibe Night of spectacular pieces choreographed and danced by the students in the SOCSA Dance Program, and the SOCSA Dance Production Teams. Jan 21, 22 & 23... BUY TICKETS ONLINE NOW!
SOCSA RELEASES 30-SECOND COMMERICIAL ONLINE FEATURING DANA POINT MAYOR FOR THE $4 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW THEATER... WATCH THE NEW COMMERCIAL ONLINE NOW.
BUY SOCSA PERFORMANCE PHOTOS ONLINE NOW: These professional photos make GREAT personalized gifts for your SOCSA student or relatives... and a portion of the sale goes to support the SOCSA Academy.
SOCSA RELEASES 30-SECOND COMMERICIAL ONLINE FEATURING DANA POINT MAYOR FOR THE $4 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW THEATER... WATCH THE NEW COMMERCIAL ONLINE NOW.
2010 EUROPEAN CHOIR TRIP FORMS The Dana Hills SOCSA Choir is going to Europe this April!! CLICK ON THIS LINK to download and print the forms you will need to submit to Mr. Woods to attend this exciting trip.
FOLLOW SOCSA ON TWITTER Get SOCSA updates on your mobile phone via Twitter! Fast and easy way to keep up with all things SOCSA...
SOCSA RELEASES 30-SECOND COMMERICIAL ONLINE FEATURING DANA POINT MAYOR FOR THE $4 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW THEATER... WATCH THE NEW COMMERCIAL ONLINE NOW.
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ORDER PAST SOCSA DVDs ONLINE! Now you can order your favorite past SOCSA Performance DVDs online from our good friends at Affordable Video & Photography.
SOCSA FOUNDATION RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION: SOCSA Academy's Artistic Director, Ray Woods, and his wife donate $10,000.00 for the future Dana Hills High School Performing Arts Center... READ FULL STORY
SOCSA RELEASES 30-SECOND COMMERICIAL ONLINE FEATURING DANA POINT MAYOR FOR THE $4 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW THEATER... WATCH THE NEW COMMERCIAL ONLINE NOW.
SOCSA NEWS & PRESS RELEASES:
OCTOBER 2009 - Fidelity Investments donates $10,000.00 to the SOCSA Foundation in support of Arts Education at the SOCSA Academy.
MAY 2009 - SOCSA RELEASES 30-SECOND COMMERICIAL ONLINE FEATURING DANA POINT MAYOR FOR THE $4 MILLION CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEW THEATER... WATCH THE NEW COMMERCIAL ONLINE NOW.
JUNE 2009 - COFFEE IMPORTERS DONATES $1,200 to SOCSA Jim Miller, owner of the Coffee Importers in the Dana Point Harbor, raises over $1,200 for the SOCSA Foundation via 30th Anniversary Raffle... read more.
APRIL 2009 - The Peter & Masha Plotkin Memorial Foundation donate $5,000.00 again to the SOCSA Foundation in support of Art Education! READ MORE...
APRIL 2009 - Dana Point City Council Member, Scott Schoeffel, donates net compensation as City Council Member to SOCSA Foundation! READ MORE...
APRIL 2009 - SOCSA PRESENTS THE SPRING MUSICAL: ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, APR 23, 24 & 25 and APR 30, MAY 1 & 2: A surprising twist on the story of "The Princess and The Pea" full of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the familiar classic of royal courtship and comeuppance provides for some side-splitting shenanigans. BUY TICKETS ONLINE ~ DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE (PDF).
JAN 2009 - SOCSA FOUNDATION RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION: SOCSA Academy's Artistic Director, Ray Woods, and his wife donate $10,000.00 for the future Dana Hills High School Performing Arts Center... READ FULL STORY
NOVEMBER 2008 - SOCSA PRESENTS: BROADWAY NIGHT, NOV 5 & 6: Join us for a non-stop, music packed, wonderfully creative medley of your favorite Broadway shows performed by our own talented SOCSA students. BUY TICKETS ONLINE ~ DOWNLOAD PDF PRESS RELEASE.
OCTOBER 2008: PRESS RELEASE, JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN, SOCSA PRESENTS THE FALL PLAY, AN AMAZING PRODUCTION OF "THE CRUCIBLE". October 23, 24 & 25, 2008 @ 7:00pm at the Porthole Theater insdie Dana Hills High School. (CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS ONLINE)
SEPTEMBER 2008: THE FOLLOWING SOCSA ALUMNI NEWS WAS PROVIDED BY EILEEN JOHNSON, SOCSA ALUMNI PARENT:
DATE: Sept 29, 2008
"News about Michelle she got the Second National Tour of WICKED!!!!! She will be moving to NY in January then March 7 they open in Florida! She is the U/S for Glinda! We are so happy! She will be home for Christmas and she plans on seeing Mr. Woods maybe she can talk to some of the kids. She signed at 20 yrs old not much older than the students. It just goes to show determination does pay off (and a miracle or two haha)." DATE: March 13, 2008
"Just a quick update on one of SOCSA's alumni from 2005. Michelle Johnson, has just booked Glinda in the show Wicked at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre, in Chicago! She starts in April.
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SEPTEMBER 2008: PRESS RELEASE, SOCSA looks to the future in 2008-09!
SEPTEMBER 2008 IN THE OC REGISTER: SOCSA grads band together with music Nathan Longdon and Nick Papageorge are two members of Thatwasthen, a band that also includes fellow South Orange County School of the Arts graduate Brent Sinay, was featured in the OC Register.
JUNE 2008: VIEW PHOTOS FROM "HAIR, THERE & EVERYWHERE" - Parks Salon's 2008 Summer Soiree & Fundraiser to benefit SOCSA was Sunday, June 29th and raised over $2,000.00 for SOCSA! THANK YOU to Geoff and Heather Parks of Parks Salon for this generous donation.
FEBRUARY 2008: SOCSA STUDENT 2008 FACT SHEET. This fact sheet contains breif information about SOCSA, the SOCSA Academy's mission statement, 2008 SOCSA Student statistics, academic achievements & honors and history of SOCSA.
Below are a select few links to articles featuring South Orange County School of the Arts:
APRIL 25, 2008: DANA POINT TIMES: Theater Project for DHHS Moving Forward: THE LATEST: A brand-new performing arts center at Dana Hills High School took a large step to becoming a reality on April 21 when the Capo Unified school board voted to accept $3 million from a state grant to help pay for the proposed $13 million project....
APRIL 4, 2008: DANA POINT TIMES:
ABOUT THE NEW PROPOSED PERFORMING ARTS COMPLEX AT DANA HILLS:
The following news article ran in the Dana Point Times on Friday, April 4th... to learn more about the proposed new Performing Arts Complex at Dana Hills, read the following and attend SOCSA's next board meeting at 7:00pm on Monday, April 14, 2008, in the Choir Room at Dana Hills High School.
SOCSA NEWS: FEB 23, 2008: FRESHMAN WINS MONARCH BEACH SUNRISE ROTARY VOCAL COMPETITION
This year's crop of 9 singers from Dana Hills High School's SOCSA program was a very talented bunch. At the direction of SOCSA's Artistic Director, Ray Woods, they competed with each other to move on to the YOUNG SINGER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION Semi Finals for Rotary District 5320 that will be at UCI CONCERT HALL on March 15, 2008, as rated by 3 judges. WATCH VIDEOS ONLINE OF THE WINNERS...
FEB 22, 2008: DANA POINT TIMES & CAPISTRANO DISPATCH: SOCSA MAKES FRONT PAGE OF LOCAL PAPER
South County's Got Talent! SOCSA at Dana Hills High School breeds tomorrow's television, Broadway and rock stars. READ MORE...
Nov 8, 2007: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: Broadway comes to town The South Orange County School of the Arts presented Broadway Night on Nov. 1 and 2, a medley of Broadway classics from shows such as "Rent," "Chicago," and "The Producers." Funny numbers like "Anything You Can Do," and "When You Got It, Flaunt It," had the sold out audience laughing out loud, complemented by more emotional numbers such as "As Long as He Needs Me."
OCT 25, 2007: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: CAPPIES REVIEW: The Haunting of Hill House "SOCSA Dana Hills mastered the art of suspense and expressed this in their production of 'The Haunting of Hill House.' It was the perfect Halloween preview that left the audience screaming even after the actors left the stage."
OCT 10, 2007: DANA POINT NEWS:
Artistic Director Ray woods accepted the Outstanding Arts Educator award for the SOCSA Academy. READ MORE...
SEPT 21, 2007: CUSD SUPERINTENDENT'S WEEKLY UPDATE NEWSLETTER: SOCSA Musicians play for Opera Pacific reception:
Dana Hills High School's South Orange County School of the Arts (SOCSA)
string quartet, featuring Kayvon Sesar, violin; Yasmin Manners, violin; Rhea
Hosanny, Viola; and Michelle Lee, cello, played at the Irvine Bowl during Opera
Pacific's reception on Saturday night. This talented quartet also performed at the
reception for Interim Superintendent Woodrow Carter on Monday afternoon.
JUN 18, 2007: ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: Congratulations to the most successful class in DHHS history "(SOCSA's) music program produced many accomplished musicians, one of whom is now playing in the LA Philharmonic. SOCSA produced a hand full of professional actors including two currently acting on Broadway."
Even though we operate through a publicly funded school, the SOCSA Academy still runs a large amount of privately funded programs and events. One of the main purposes of the SOCSA Foundation is to raise the capital needed to underwrite many pertinent expenditures that such an indepth arts program can incur.
We are always pleased to accept donations from corporations, foundations, governmental grant programs and private parties. To request information on donating to SOCSA, including specific areas you may wish to fund and tax information, please call (949) 240-1994. We greatly appreciate any help that you can offer!
To learn more about the SOCSA program, please watch our brief video produced during the 2006/2007 school year by clicking on the PLAY button below:
Currently, there are three methods of donating funds to the SOCSA Foundation:
You can make an online credit card donation through Paypal (you don't need a Paypal account):
You can fill out our Donor Form and submit it with your donation via US Mail.
SOCSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, Federal ID No. 33-0810174
FOUNDATION CORPORATE SPONSORS
Without the support of local and national sponsors, the SOCSA Academy would not be as strong as it is today... we say THANK YOU to these many generous supporters:
Since 2001: The First American Financial Corporation Foundation
Since 2003: The Allergan Foundation
Since 2004: The City of Laguna Niguel, The Irvine Company, The Professional Resources, Renato?s, Union Bank of California Foundation, The UPS Store,
Warner Brothers
Since 2005: All-American Mini Storage, Bechtel Corporation, Boand Family Foundation, The Coffee Importers, Countrywide Loans Home Loans, Frome Foundation, Marion Knott-Montapert, Moiso Living Trust, SOKA,
Taylor Woodrow Homes
Since 2006: Fidelity Title, Fieldstone Communities, First American Title, Friess Construction, Gary and Company, JB Jeweler, Pacific Mercantile Bank, The Frome Family Foundation, Watt Family
Since 2007: The Frome Family Foundation , The City of Dana Point, The City of Laguna Niguel, The Plotkin Foundation, Fidelity National Title, Diane Harkey, First American Title, Friess Construction, FM Electric, Pacific Mercantile Bank, BuildingOnline, The Brig Restaurant, Aquatic Technologies, The Allergan Foundation, Dana Point Fine Arts, Edison International, Lexus Mission Viejo, Gary and Cheryl Williams Family, Coffee Importers, Costco, Albertsons, First American Corporation, Patrick & Suzanne Tidalgo , The Richter Family, Michael J. Tile and Stone, Tom Wilson and The Uplinger Family.
ORDER ANNIE or BROADWAY NIGHT, SHOWCASE 2009 AND OTHER PAST SOCSA DVDs and CDs ONLINE! Now you can order your favorite past SOCSA Performance DVDs and Soundtrack CDs online from our good friends at Affordable Video & Photography. 
FEB 22, 2008: DANA POINT TIMES & CAPISTRANO DISPATCH: SOCSA MAKES FRONT PAGE OF LOCAL PAPER
OCT 10, 2007: DANA POINT NEWS:
