BLACK HISTORY
(See Also SOCIAL STUDIES-FAMOUS PEOPLE, SOCIAL STUDIES-HISTORICAL CHARACTERS, AMERICAN HISTORY, OCCUPATIONS; LANGUAGE ARTS - FOLK TALES)
DANCE/MUSIC || STORYTELLING || HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
DANCE/MUSIC
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ART OF BLACK MUSIC & DANCE, INC. |
De Ama Battle, Director
32 Cameron Avenue
Somerville, MA 02144
(617) 666-1859
E Mail: deamabattle@yahoo.com
Website: www.abdm.net
ABDM's 30 year history continues to support its mission to preserve African-rooted heritage through instruction and performance, and to
bring to the classroom the diverse cultures of the African Diaspora. The dynamic ensemble of professional educators and performing artists deliver
works from a rich repertoire to audiences of all ages. ABDM's success is its artistic and educational flexibility, its high powered performances and its
unique audience participation. ABDM's Founder/Director De Ama Battle has studied, taught and/or performed throughout West Africa,
New England, Jamaica, and Brazil.
Program Titles: Our African Heritage
Fee: $600 - $900
Special Requirements: 30 minute set-up required
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| ABIGAIL
"IFATOLA" JEFFERSON |
P.O. Box 176
Peacedale, RI 02883
(401) 932-6565 or (401) 783-4982
EMail: abijef@cox.net
Website: www.abigailjefferson.com
Abigail "Ifatola" Jefferson, storyteller, dancer and arts educator, performs and conducts workshops nationally. Through a unique blend of story, dance, song, and rhythm, Abigail brings to life traditional stories from around the globe. Her performance presentations are highly interactive, educational and fun-filled. Audiences of all ages have described her performances and workshops as inspiring, informative, and energizing.
Abigail has conducted workshops and performed in schools, churches, prisons, shelters, theatres, festivals and libraries. She is a graduate of Howard University with a B.F.A. in theatre, and holds a M.Ed. from Lesley University. Currently, Abigail is an adjunct professor for Lesley University's Creative Arts and Learning Program, and the co-director of Celebration of Culture, a program designed to increase students' and educators' appreciation of diversity. She has traveled to Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, and Cuba to study cultural traditions.
Program Title: Dance, Drum, Story or Celebration of Culture
Audience Limit: 200
Fee: $500 plus travel
Funding Source: New England Foundation for the Arts, Rhode Island State Council for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, local councils.
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STORYTELLING
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JO MAICHACK MINSTREL/STORYTELLER |
Maichack Arts
93 Homestead Ave.
Holyoke, MA 01040
(413) 532-3667
Fax (413) 538-6023
E Mail: EmJay7@aol.com
Website: www.maryjomaichack.com/
Winner of two national awards (NAPPA Gold & Honors) for her CDs of storytelling & music, veteran singer and storyteller Mary Jo Maichack
has "got it down to a science," says Pat Pierce of Newington's Lucy Robbins-Welles Library. Mary Jo offers a huge variety of themes for
your library, school (prek-8), museum, festival or other venue, from summer reading club shows to school residencies and professional
development workshops for teachers and parents in using storytelling as oral literacy skill-building. Fun. Fun. Fun.
Aligned with learning standards. Easy, fun and businesslike in making arrangements. Free posters and press releases save you time.
Performer, creative teaching artist, cabaret singer and dynamic teller of folktales, Mary Jo's shows work because they are unusually
interactive. In family and children's programs, your audiences sing, (MJ plays guitar) chant, play instruments, make sound effects,
dance, act in costumes and have a ball. Vastly experienced (22 years) in any age-group or mix of ages. Using multicultural folktales at
the heart of each program, Mary Jo weaves in music, dance & audience play. Please visit Web site for show descriptions from summer
reading to preschools to Halloween and beyond. Winner, Julie Andrews Artist-in-Residence Award, Mass. Cultural Council Stars residency,
NEFA touring artist can help fund your program. B.A. cum laude, English lit., Middlebury College. Extensive foreign language study.
"Clever and engaging," says School Library Journal, "A perfect choice for the literacy path," says L.A. Parent Magazine
As a cabaret singer interpreting the Great American Songbook, Mary Jo brings top notch professional pianists to accompany her and
wow your audience--background or shows. Performed at Pittsfield Mass.'s Colonial Theatre, Cranwell Resort, Berkshire Forum.
Program Titles: Books Are Celebrations—the funniest reading show ever; Everybody Says Hello—Multilingual Fun in Story & Song; The People Could Fly/African-American Folktales and Music; Clever Maidens: Women's History in Folklore and Myth; Greek Myths—ALIVE!, Native American Tales; Skunk Grease & Turpentine (Hilarious Tall Tales & Tunes of American Pioneers); The Minstrel's Revels: A Medieval Romp; Or Would You Rather Be A Fish? Folklore & Songs of the Sea); Howlarious Halloween/Ghost Stories & Songs; Sun, Moon, Stars!; All Together Now/Stories & Songs to Celebrate Diversity; Round the World in Tales & Tunes multicultural show; The Lake of the Croaking Frogs and Other Tales & Tunes of Nature; Preschoolers’ Palooza!; Stinkbug Bugaloo: Stories & Songs of Insects; Meowls & Growls: Animal Tales; After-school programs incorporating performance with teaching kids storytelling skills; Workshops, in-service programs and residencies in storytelling for adults and children; “Oh, Behave! Family Audience Management Essentials for Event Hosts.”
Audience Limit: prefer audiences of 200 and under but will discuss any
Fee: $395 and up
Funding Source: Massachusetts Cultural Council, local councils, CT Humanities Council, other
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Ellen Weiner
Professional Artists Management
2411 Bay Road
Sharon, MA 02067
(617) 784-6394
Fax: (781) 784-5393
E Mail: elweiner@att.net
Website: www.elweiner.com
A respected and sought-after storyteller, Sumner's message is Yes!
You can be anything you want to be. Appreciating differences and
self-esteem are two topics close to his heart and ones that are
frequently requested. In addition, he has in his repertoire many
stories from folk literature as well as the African-American experience.
His original story about Martin Luther King, Jr., "Daddy King" is heavily
booked each year. Workshops for students and teachers are also available.
Audience Limit: 25/workshop; 200/assembly
Fee: Begin at $400 for the first performance, $250 for each thereafter same day/same location.
Funding Sources: Massachusetts Cultural Council, New England Foundation for the Arts, B.O.C.E.S. (New York)
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HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES FOR CHILDREN INC. |
Joan Schaeffer
1344 East Bailey Road
Naperville, IL 60565
(800) 305-0472
Fax: (630) 305-6042
E Mail: hpcprograms@historicalperspectives.net
Website: www.historicalperspectives.net
For over 20 years, Historical Perspectives for Children has educated and inspired students with compelling full-life
portrayals of historical role models whose stories will complement your social studies, science, language arts and character
education curricula. These engaging, multi-media and interactive productions dramatize each character's life from their
childhood through their adulthood, showing children the process each went through to achieve what they did. At the end of the
program, students will say to themselves, “Maybe I can do that someday!”
Program Titles: BEN FRANKLIN: Statesman and Inventor; HELEN KELLER: Champion of the Disabled; HARRIET TUBMAN: Conductor of the Underground Railroad; LAURA INGALLS WILDER: Writer of the Frontier
Audience Limits: Up to 300
Fee: Ranges from $515 - $775, depending on location. Block-booking discounts available.
Funding Source: Massachusetts Cultural Council grants
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