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Delightful Show of Music & Storytelling to Celebrate Light
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Kids Dress up as Duck, Rooster & Bluebird to Bring Back the Sun in "Why Rooster Crows at Sunrise" |
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We celebrate many different holidays during the winter season, such as Kwanzaa and Winter Solstice, with which many children may be unfamiliar. But now there's "Sun, Moon, Stars, Shine!" Using ancient cultural stories, songs & even an audience -enacted play, Maichack shares the celebration of the gift of light that all cultures embrace as part of their winter holidays.
The program opens with an original title song that the audience can echo. Then come stories and more songs, including an engaging Tlingit (Native American) tale of Raven's Gift of Light, in which the trickster bird disguised as a little boy recovers the stolen sun, moon, and stars and gives them back to the world; an Asian folktale, The Two Brothers, that answers the question, how did the face get on the moon? In this story, two brothers, one rich, the other poor, treat a broken-winged sparrow in different ways, with appropriate rewards from the wise sparrow.
The program culminates in a charming Vietnamese legend, "Why Rooster Crows at Sunrise," enacted in the moment by audience volunteers. Children can be older or very young and earn applause as they wear sumptuous feather boas & hats. Bring your camera.
The music? Mary Jo sings, plays guitar & fiddle, and invites the audience to participate by chanting, clapping. Children join Mary Jo on stage (with percussion shakers) for a sing-along of familiar tunes that relate to the theme: You Are My Sunshine, Twinkle, Twinkle, This Little Light of Mine. There's a Hannukah song about candles, too. Everyone loves seeing their kids shine.
Sun, Moon, Stars, Shine! — REVIEW
"She's a dynamic storyteller
and singer. She adapts her program to the audience....She's extremely vivacious
and talented....She introduces new kinds of celebrations to those who primarily
know about Christian or Judaic traditions. I'm very impressed with the performance.
She's a true professional."
- Fran Rourke, Director, Monson, MA Library
