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Franklin Free Library

Franklin Free Library Presents…

2008 Summertime Arts, Education,
& Just Plain Fun

All programs are FREE and take place on Tuesdays at 10 AM
at the Franklin Free Library, 334 Main St., Franklin

June 24

IVY VINE PLAYERS – Come watch puppeteer Grian MacGregor: the only performer who wears her stage!

July 1

ENERJEE JAZZ QUARTET – Find out why jazz is the swingin’est music ever! Sax, guitar, bass & drums.

July 8

FIDGETS FREEDOM – Hear the story Fidget’s Freedom and meet the star, a live peregrine falcon! By Jeff & Susan O’Handley of the WildlifeLearning Company.

July 15

INTERNATIONAL DANCES: HULA, BOOT & HAKA – Costumes, music & dance from around the world, including the South African boot dance and Maori Stick Dances from New Zealand!

July 22

MUSIC FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD – Music from Tibet with Karma Lodro. See and hear two 7-foot ceremonial horns, Tibetan cymbals, oboe & drums!

July 29

MERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE – Youth Theatre musical production of The Emperor’s New Clothes!

August 5

MAGIC, MUSIC, & VENTRILOQUISM – Children’s entertainer Steve Charney and his dummy Harry show how much fun reading can be with magic tricks, songs, and surprises!

August 12

TACONES CALIENTES - The magic and passion of Flamenco music and dance with guitarist and composer Maria Zemantauski and dancer La Niña (Rebeca Byam)!

August 19

FAT FIDDLES – Bass & cello duo Jered Egan and Steve Stalker use movement, images, and audience participation to teach kids & grownups about how music is put together!

August 26

SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF GHANA - A drum & dance performance inspired by Ghana, West Africa. Drummer Zorkie Nelson will play for his son, Felix Nelson, performing traditional dance from that region.

For more information call Linda Burkhart
at 829-2941 or 829-8559

Programs made possible, in part, by funds from the NYS Office of Children & Family Services through the auspices of the Delaware County Youth Bureau, The A. Lindsay & Olive B. O’Connor Foundation Inc. and the NYS Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered in Delaware County by The Roxbury Arts Group, Inc.

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