The Music Hall the place for family entertainment in Northern New England!
Each year, our KidsRULE! series brings to our stage three top live shows, 12 movies, and 16 School Days Series matinees. Over 30 events for kids make
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Welcome to another exciting season of our school Days series!
All about our School Days Series...
• All performances last approximately ONE hour.
• Seating is determined by group size. Each group is assigned a block of seats.
• Actual paper tickets will not be issued.
• Advance registration and a $50 non-refundable deposit or payment in full are required.
I wanted you to know how much our classes enjoyed the SDS performance. It was such a wonderful show, the kids loved it and the adults were amazed. Thank you again and we will see you next year.
- Alana Flynn Seabrook Elementary Teacher ”
The Music Hall - the Seacoast’s largest performing arts classroom - announces its 16th Annual School Days Series which brings children from 80 local schools, homeschoolers and families for high caliber, affordable matinees.
Our 16th season features shows based on best-selling books like The Berenstain Bears, Knuffle Bunny and Giggle, Giggle Quack, science fun with Beakman and Thomas Edison, American Civics lessons with We the People and so much more!
We hope your little learners will join us and learn through the arts, as more than 20,000 school children do here annually at The Music Hall. The upcoming season is also filled with opportunities for teachers and other creative educators. For each School Days Series performance, we offer detailed study guides available now at www.themusichall.org
We look forward to speaking with you to arrange the details of your class or home school or family visit. Space is limited so reserve soon! A deposit is required to reserve seats. With so many wonderful shows, we hope to see you often at The Music Hall. Act now – some shows sold out last season - don’t miss out!
Chris Curtis
| school days series coordinator
• The Music Hall must enforce a non-refundable FULL PAYMENT policy three weeks prior to performance due to our contractual obligations to our performers. NO EXCEPTIONS. No snow day refunds available.
• Study guides and bus information are now available on our website! www.themusichall.org
• A confirmation notice will be sent after reservation and deposit are received.
We greatly appreciate your compliance with the above; it enables The Music Hall to continue to provide high caliber educational programs to Seacoast children.
Following each program description is a symbol which indicates the curriculum that may be enhanced by the performance.
For More Info: Contact Chris Curtis at ccurtis@themusichall.org (603) 433-3100 x11
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:30am & 11:30am
We
Theaterworks USa
An all-new musical revue that brings American Civics lessons to life and promises to make Social Studies exciting and accessible. Students will have a blast learning about the three branches of government, the First Amendment, presidential elections, democracy, the judicial process, and more. Featuring a variety of musical styles relevant to today’s youth, this show will instill American pride in audiences of all ages, and perhaps even inspire them to get involved and make a difference!
APProPrIATE For grADES 4-8
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 9:30am & 11:30am Berenstain Bears in
“Family Matters: The Musical”
Theaterworks USa
There’s trouble in the tree house...Brother Bear has trouble with a school quiz, so he hides it in the cookie jar. Sister Bear makes friends with a frog and hides it in the cookie jar. Papa has been eating candy when he’s supposed to be on a diet, and the wrapper ends up in the cookie jar... It’s up to Mama to follow the cookie trail and sort things out!
APProPrIATE For K-3
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 9:30am –K-3 11:30am Grades 4-5 Thomas edison: inventor, lecturer, & Prankster Theaterworks USa
The greatest inventor of all time, live and in-person, at The Music Hall!
One of America’s most remarkable minds, Thomas Alva Edison, engages students in this exciting, hands-on, motivational program. Students will have the chance to assist in recreating some of his most famous experiments! Edison shares several secrets that students can use in their dayto-day lives.
APProPrIATE For grADES K-5
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:30am & 11:30am
Giggle, Giggle Quack
Holden & arts associates inc.
In this hilarious sequel to the barnyard blockbuster, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type good ole Farmer Brown decides to take a vacation leaving his city-slicker brother, Bob, in charge of the farm. Armed with very specific directions on how to care for the animals, brother Bob doesn’t know that Duck is re-writing the instructions demanding “pizza for the hen,” “bubble baths for the pig” and “movie night for the cow.” It’s another madcap musical mutiny for kids of all ages!
APProPrIATE For grADES PrE K - 4
Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:30am & 11:30am knuffle Bunny: a cautionary Musical
The John f Kennedy center for the Performing arts
With music by Grammy-winning composer Michael Silversher, Emmywinning author/illustrator Mo Willems adapts his book Knuffle Bunny in this Kennedy Center commission - about family, best friends, baby steps, and memories that last a lifetime.
Chock full of adventure, song, and gigantic dancing laundry, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical tells a tale of firsts: a stuffed animal’s first trip in the laundry, a little girl’s first words, and a Daddy’s first time dealing with his child going “boneless.”
APProPrIATE For grADES K AND uP
Thursday, April 7, 2011 9:30am & 11:30am Beakman On
The Brain!
Kid’s Entertainment
From the Emmy Award winning children’s science TV show Beakman’s World, the entertaining and lively scientist Beakman (Paul Zaloom) will tour a brand new production. With plenty of audience participation and his wacky sense of humor, Beakman employs a series of large scale, fun, and very visual demonstrations to illustrate how the brain works. Have you ever wondered how we think, feel, smell and see? What makes us cry, laugh, smile and sneeze? Beakman will address the science of the brain in a fun, wacky and exploratory way for kids and adults alike. Be ready to be brain teased!
APProPrIATE For grADES 2 AND uP
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 9:30am & 11:30am
Three classics by Mercer Mayer:
There’s an alligator under My Bed, a nightmare in My closet, and something
in My attic
Omaha Theater company
How does the little boy get over that big alligator that lives under his bed? Or another child command his toy soldiers to protect him from the Big Nightmare that lives in his closet – or is it the Big Nightmare that needs to be protected? And, what about the little girl who lassoes the Silly Scary Thing that lives in her farmhouse attic? Omaha Theater’s original musical production is designed with vivid and imaginative costumes and scenery, where the Alligator, the Nightmare and the Thing become your best friend.
APProPrIATE For grADES PrE-K To 4
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 9:30am & 11:30am Duck for President, Fancy nancy & Other story Books
Theaterworks USa
An all-new musical revue featuring mini-musicals based on best-selling children’s books. In Duck for President the winds of change are blowing, and a politically ambitious Duck is leading the revolution! As he is elected as the leader of the farm, and then as the governor of the state, voters across the nation wonder: can Duck bring a new bill to Capitol Hill?
APProPrIATE For grADES K-4