McAlester

It's been a busy two weeks! I'm a bit behind in blogging about my gigs, so I'm going to go ahead and do today's and work backwards. That puts things in the wrong order, but oh, well, now you know!

Today we were at McAlester. I've been to the library there many years running, and we always enjoy coming back. Many of the kids hang out between and after the shows, and it's fun to interact with them. My first show was populated mostly by preschoolers, and somehow I actually ended up singing for a full hour!

Anita Ross, the librarian, always goes all out in decorating the room, as you see in these pix:

Dancing "out loud"

"Gimme five!"

Posing with some fans:

Discussing books:

McAlester

I did two shows at the McAlester Library today. The children's librarian there, Anita, works mighty hard for her kids. In between her two library programs she re-sets the room to distribute a free lunch to any kids who show up for it. She has a great bunch of kid volunteers working for her, and she's also a real go-getter when it comes to drumming up funding from the community.

This photo is from "Insect Zoo," a new song, which I'm still working out the participation to. Any song that includes kid interactions takes some time to "settle" - every show I learn a little something new about what works and what doesn't. Here we're doing "grasshoppers gliding." (That's Anita back there helping me out.)

The rest of these photos were taken with some of the helpers. I've kind of gotten to know these kids over the years that I've been visiting McAlester and it was great to see them again today!

Here we are with a toad! There were also painted lady butterfly chrysalises, and a preying mantis egg for the kids to observe.