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Enthusiasm is catching! Join songwriter Al deCant for a musical performance that promotes the joy of reading and empowers kids to discover their own potential for becoming life long readers.
Al’s spirited performance is packed with toe tapping music, great stories, and heaps of audience participation that celebrate the reading experience for children of all ages. Al will bring Pete and his adventures from Rocking in My School Shoes and Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons to life while strumming out Pete’s very cool and groovy songs on his guitar. Songs from Al’s CDs, MetaMorphosis and I Don't Wanna Go to Bed! and a bunch of newly written music will be featured. Al will bring along his guitar, drums, egg shakers, parachute, rhythm sticks, puppets, plus a variety of rhythm instruments for the audience to play!
AGE GROUP: | Family and Children (6-12) | Family and Children (0-5) |
EVENT TYPE: | Literature, Arts, and Culture |
TAGS: | performance | music |
The Donald G. Mitchell Memorial Library was founded in 1910, adopted into the New Haven Free Public Library System in 1922, and opened in its current facility in 1966. Situated on the edge of Beecher Park, Mitchell Library has become a cornerstone of the Westville, Amity, Beaver Hills, Edgewood, and West Rock neighborhoods. Residents frequent the library to attend community meetings; borrow the latest bestsellers; enjoy, attend, or participate in a library program; or take advantage of the library’s free Wi-Fi.
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