BOCES ID
1029
For
K-2, 3-5, Middle school, High school
Categories
Creative Writing, Music, Storytelling
Curriculum
ELA, The Arts
Costs
$450 for first performance/workshop, each additional performance 1/2 price, sliding scale and block booking discounts available.
Dates Available
Year round
Program Theme
Programs can be adapted to a wide variety of curriculum related and seasonal themes. For more information, specific program titles, and quotes about the work, please visit the website link below.
Program Description
Parent’s Choice award winning performer Davis Bates shares songs and stories from the United States and around the world that address issues of literacy, diversity, community, imagination, history, family and the environment. Programs can address a variety of specific themes and age groups, including inter-generational audiences. Programs for younger audiences include a lot of participation and movement, while programs for older audiences are more narrative, while still including some participation. Curriculum support activities are available for all programs. Instruments played include spoons, limberjack and afuche/cabasa.
Website
Phone
(413) 625-0202
Address
PO Box 210
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370
Associated Acts/Performances
Davis Bates & Roger Tincknell: Programs include Across the Americas & Earth Rhythms, two programs addressing immigration, diversity, the environment and the natural world, respectively./Performances