BETTY   LEHRMAN 88 Flanagan Drive Framingham, MA 01701 (508) 877-9738 E Mail: betty@bettylehrman.com Website: www.bettylehrman.com Betty Lehrman enchants audiences with programs of original stories, history, folktales, picture books and songs. Since 1978, Betty has appeared in schools, libraries, museums, festivals, and concert halls across the US, Australia, and Thailand. Broadcasts include National Public Radio, WGBH-FM, WCVB-TV and many others. She has won Parents' Choice and American Library Association awards, and is a published author. Currently she is works part-time as the drama director of the Benjamin Franklin Charter School in Franklin, MA. Her most-requested program, a dramatic presentation of the life of author Laura Ingalls Wilder, comprises a full hour of stories, music and games featuring costumed participation from selected students. Program Titles: Laura Ingalls Wilder's 'Little House' Stories (K-6); The Blue Shawl (historical drama with musician, grades 4-12); Picture Book Tales (K-2), and many others Audience Limit: 250/assembly Fee: $500 for 45 minute show; $650 for two in one day. $550 for "The Blue Shawl". Block bookings and workshops negotiable Funding Sources: Massachusetts Cultural Council and local cultural councils

MARGARET   McCANDLESS 550 Manning Street Jefferson, MA 01522 (508) 829-4894 E Mail: minstrelm3@charter.net As a folksinger, historian, and storyteller, Margaret McCandless rouses audiences to sing along, add sound effects, and take part in her programs. Margaret performs traditional folk tales, historical narratives, and songs of the past five hundred years, playing harp, hurdy-gurdy, concertina, recorders, guitar, banjo, bones, and more. Margaret's costumed repertoire includes myths from many cultures, Medieval and Renaissance music and armor, Colonial America, sea music, the building of our nation including railroads, canals, slavery and freedom, the Civil War, cowpokes, and settlers. Margaret can be previewed on her award-winning cable-TV show, "The Hat Tree," or at Higgins Armory Museum, Mystic Seaport's Sea Music Festival, other festivals, and Civil War re-enactments. Margaret is listed in the Massachusetts Touring Roster. Also available as a duo with Craig Edwards, chanteyman, role-player, and fiddler at Mystic Seaport Museum. Same topics, more instruments. Program Titles: Medieval & Renaissance Music & Instruments; The Year 1000 in Europe and Asia; The Age of Sail; Little House Music; Cowpokes, Rustlers, & Pioneers; The Civil War; Slavery & Freedom; Waterways & Railways; A New Nation; Greek Myths. Audience Limits: 50/class; 200/assembly Fee: $350 for first assembly, $200 for each additional (+ travel); $400 for a day of classrooms (+ travel)