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The Performance: I prefer* the most comfortable, quiet space available with students pulled up close in a slightly rounded seating arrangement.

The Workshop: I prefer* a place to spread out 6 blankets and room around those blankets for the students to move (a gym, a stage, open library space...)

* No worries! I have worked with thousands of groups in many different situations, from hallways to auditoriums and most can be made workable.

I can enjoy a"taste test" of stories and music from our diverse multicultural world and along the way find out a bit about the people from which they came.

I can celebrate our common humanity and better understand the blessing that come form our differences.

I can better see that of myself in the eyes of others.

I can build my sense of how each culture and each person is part of tapestry that makes our one world beautiful.

I can grow my knowledge of our world"s geography and identify each of the peopled continents of the world.

I can speak about the musical instruments I most enjoyed, and perhaps choose one I might like to learn to play.

In this one or two part program, student take a whirl wind tour of our world through story, song and musical instruments. Along the way they "visit" each of the six peopled continents.

My hope is to plant seeds of understanding, so that students consider how our differences and our similarities (the needs-hopes-laughter-tears we all share) help make our world a little more fun and fascinating. 37 full-time years of experience help me adapt my work to the wit and intellect of each age group.

TWO PART PROGRAM

Part A: The Performance: "One World: A Multicultural Celebration." Students listen to funny and moving stories from many of the world's people and hear fascinating/beautiful musical instruments from many of the places they come from. Stories, songs and music that tickle life's funny bone, touch the heart and celebrate with great gladness our common humanity.

Part B: The Playshop; "A Musical Instrument Petting Zoo." Around 100 irresistible musical instruments are placed on 6 colorful cloths, one for each of the world's peopled continents.
First students hear the amazing and varied sounds the musical instruments make.
Next students learn to gently and carefully handle them (in 37 years of sharing my instruments with children, never once has one been broken!).
Then we set up a "freeze" signal, with a surprisingly realistic bird whistle with European/West Asian roots.
After that students are invited to try out the instruments (with the exception of those played in the mouth).
In the end we regather, with a closing song and/or dance.

ONE PART PROGRAM

This combines both parts above in one visit. Starting with a mini performance and continues on to the musical instrument petting zoo.

Yes! Absolutely!

This program by far takes the most schlepping of all my programs. Extra hands to help me set it up and pack it out are EXTRAORDINARILY HELPFUL

As well caregivers are welcome to the performance part of this two part program and would be TRULY HELPFUL at the "playshop" part of this program. They can help small hands with my musical instruments, help me give periodic gentle reminders on how to handle them and enjoy both listening and trying out of those instruments.