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Cary Teen Council The Teen Council set a record number of volunteer hours for a year with a grand total of 19,261 hours across Cary and Wake County. According to Independentsector.org, the value of this service is over $421,000 to the community. At the NC State Youth Council banquet, the Cary Teen Council won awards for "Most Diverse Council" and "Most Outstanding Teen - Kyra Jasper" Cary Arts Center Applause! Cary Youth Theatre presented "Lyle the Crocodile" a play performed and designed by area youth. Participants for Applause! increased over 33% over the same quarter last year. Much of this increase is due to added classes in western Cary. en plein air Paint the Town, Art Auction & Gala included 34 regional artists that painted signs of Downtown's landscape and architecture. Over 20 downtown businesses exhibited the paintings until the Art Auction, which brought over 200 people to the Cary Arts Center for the auction. Booth Amphitheatre kicked off its 16th season in April with the Beer & Bacon Festival as well as the Great Grapes Wine Celebration. In May, five national acts performed. Chris Stapleton sold out in 18 minutes, the fastest sellout in Amphitheatre history. The NC Symphony's Summerfest began on May 28 and continued with double concerts each week in June. All concerts performed better than budgeted with high attendance Koka Booth A new public-private partnership (Adopt-A-Spot, Friends of Page Walker, Cary Garden Club, and Cary Women's Club) created a Pollinator Garden. The new garden has been certified as a wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. Page-Walker Arts & History Center FY16 attendance topped 37,000 for the first time and summer camps continue to be the largest revenue generator (generating $49,765 in FY16.) Cary Downtown Theater The Theater launched a new Science in Film series starting with a collaboration with Bond Brothers Brewery featuring a class film followed by a talk by the brew master. Two daytime Summer Series were added. Film Day Fun Day is aimed at children and a matinee series was added for the senior population. For the 23rd year, Spring Daze returned to Bond Park at the end of April and featured over 180 N.C. artists. A special highlight was outreach to Susan Silver's art class at Cary High School for the design of the festival poster. All submissions were displayed at the Festival, with Emily Pittman's "A Spring Awakening in Cary" being selected.