Visits with Grama Tippy-Toes
Ready-to-go themes include Snowy Owls, Arctic Animals, Friendship and Feelings, Baby Chicks, Health and Exercise, Courtesy and Respect, Habitats around the World and Camping with Grama.
T.E. Breitenbach – Artist, Playwright, Composer, Creative
Life as an artist, creativity, painting instruction, writing musicals, working studio tours.
Tango Fusion Dance Company
The joy of dance and the cultural impact it has had on communities throughout history.
Veena Chandra – Dance and Music School of India
Indian customs, traditions, culture, music, dance and food
Ball In The House
Hailing from Boston, Ball in the House is a cappella at it’s very best!
Eileen C. Mack – Voice of the Mountains
Storytelling: Mother Goose; Mother Nature: general telling; helping children become tellers; One woman program: Voice of the Mountains.: Jeanne R.Foster
Roger Day (Loyd Artists) – Musical Storytelling
Roger Day writes and performs award-winning children’s music that tickles the imagination with infectious tunes and rhythms and inspiring characters.
Billy Jonas (Loyd Artists) – Music and Storytelling
Billy Jonas believes that creating a bright future starts with kids. Using homemade and re-cyclable “re-percussion” instruments, songs that celebrate community, as well as personal and planetary ecology, his think-outside-the-box educational performances occur at schools, colleges, universities and libraries around the country. Billy’s goal is to plant musical seeds, that will help grow creative, open-minded, engaged and open-hearted citizens of the world.
Some ask: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Billy Jonas asks: “What is the sound of 600 sets of keys jingling on the downbeat? And how shall we inspire the audience to do it?” For 25 years, Billy Jonas, performer, singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and educator, has perfected the art of the neo-tribal hootenanny around the globe – original songs performed with a generous dose of audience participation. Jonas and his band perform using voice, guitar, and industrial re-percussion – homemade creations of buckets and barrels, keys and cans, bells and body percussion. Each concert is a soul-spelunking, heart healing, joy-filled journey of spirited music that is accessible to anyone and everyone, regard- less of age or cultural background.
Reggie Harris (Loyd Artists) – Music and Character Education
Respect and tolerance
Scott Ainslie (Loyd Artists) – Musical Storytelling
Scott Ainslie is a traditional acoustic Blues singer, guitarist, historian and songwriter with personal roots in the Civil Rights era and a great affection for cross-cultural exchange. He is a powerful musician, a fine singer and a masterful storyteller. Peppered with humor and stories, Ainslie’s teaching concerts help students and teachers learn to listen for the musical building blocks that continue to influence the music they hear all around them today – contemporary Rock, Bluegrass, Country, Gospel, Metal, R & B, and Hip-Hop.
John Farrell – Hope River Music
Songs and Stories Around the World: Global Awareness and Tolerance