Monday 5 May 2008

Dance-a -Chalemina and Spill the Garden Storytimes

Tommorow is a packed out bookfest day for the children of Linton.

In the morning the pre-school children in Chestnut and Granta Playgroups will be invited to "Dance-A-Story" with Cindy Faulkner. Cindy is a practitioner in the Linton Complementary Health Centre and is trained in Dance, Drama and Mime with over 15 years experience of teaching movement in the community.

Spill the Beans are making a welcome return to Linton bookfest and will begin a day of performances and workshops at the Infant school. They will also visit the Heights and end up at the Granta Special School in the afternoon. Gary Dadd, teacher at the Special School has been adament from day one of planning the 2008 Bookfest that he wanted Spill the Beans to visit his school. "Their high energy, interactive, fun approach to poetry is just what our children will enjoy". The in-school performances by Spill the Beans have been made possible by grants from the Parish Council and the Charles and Mary Anderson Benefaction Trust.

In the afternoon the Infant School will also enjoy a performance of "Sir Goward the Coward and the Feasty Beasty", thanks to a grant from the Making Music Out Reach Programme. Chalemina specialise in small-scale productions for young children. They will put on a fully-staged performance with splendid costumes, singing, dancing and music (on ancient instruments) - which is entertaining, educational and fun. Chalemina perform regularly at the Cambridge Summer Music Festival in their Music 4 Kids programme, tomorrow children at the Infants school will enjoy it for free.

Finally at 3.30pm all children are invited to the first of our Garden storytimes, a reading of "The Monkey Puzzle", which is to be at 41 Back Road. If the weather forcast is to be relied upon it is going to be a scorcher, so don't forget your hats.

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