ATTENTION TEACHERS

ATTENTION TEACHERS

Eau Claire Regional Arts Council/ State Theatre

Together with: Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western WI

And McDonough Mfg. Co.

Presents:

The 2001-2002 Children’s Series Tickets $5.00 ea.

Big Top Chautauqua—30th Star

Thursday November 1, 2001

12:30PM Target Audience: Grades 7-12

30th Star, Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua’s acclaimed Wisconsin musical history is a grand “song witness” account celebrating 150 years of Wisconsin statehood. A multimedia production, the show recounts Wisconsin history with songs, dramatic readings, storytelling and hundreds of historical photographs drawn from archives and collections around the state. 30th Star is a rich, broad, and high-spirited account of the people, places, events, influences, politics, and resources of Wisconsin.

Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company—Grimm Tales

Monday December 10, 2001

10:30AM Target Audience: Grades K-6

Welcome to the world of Once Upon a Time. It is a world of Princesses and wolves, golden geese and glass slippers. It is the world of Brothers Grimm and their stories-stories that have been handed down for more than a century to generation upon generation of children and brought to life in movies and plays and dozens of storybooks. The Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company brings to life these beloved tales in a new light, while allowing the spirit of the stories to stay the same, and end with happily ever after.

Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration on Tour

Monday March 11, 2002

10:00AM & 12:00NOON Target Audience: Grades K-6

Take a vibrant journey through the streets of Harlem. Streets full of life, language, history, rhythm, and music merging into an exciting blend of poetry jazz and art telling the tales of the people of Harlem. Building upon the words of Walter Dean Myers the award-winning book Harlem, the stories are expanded by the artwork of Christopher Myers, the script by Bill Gimmette and the jazz music of Kysia Bostic to create an incredible piece of theater.

Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia—The Very Hungry Caterpillar & The Very Quiet Cricket

Friday April 19, 2002

10:00AM & 11:30AM Target Audience: Grades K-6

Through the use of spectacular puppets, The Very Hungry Caterpillar tells the tale of the hungry caterpillar’s progress through an amazing variety of food towards his eventual metamorphosis into a butterfly. An unofficial ‘sequel’ to the story, The Very Quiet Cricket, follows the quest of a little cricket that yearns to find his own voice.

Order Form ECRAC 2001-2002

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EVENT	Date/Time	No. of Seats	$5.00 Ea.	Total $
Big Top Chautauqua - 30th Star	Thu. 11/1/01 12:30pm		$5.00
Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Co.Grimm Tales	Mon. 12/10/01 10:30am		$5.00
Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration on Tour	Mon. 3/11/02 10:00am		$5.00
Kennedy CenterImagination Celebration on Tour	Mon. 3/11/02 12Noon		$5.00
Mermaid Theater of Nova ScotiaThe Very Hungry Caterpillar & The Very Quiet Cricket	Fri. 4/19/02 10:00am		$5.00
Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia The Very Hungry Caterpillar & The Very Quiet Cricket	Fri. 4/19/02 11:30am		$5.00

TOTAL $________________

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All payments must be received no later than 5 business days prior to the show. Payments may be made by the following methods: Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover, Check or cash. Please only one check per order or per classroom made payable to ECRAC.

Mail to: ECRAC 316 Eau Claire St. Eau Claire, WI 54701

Fax: 715-832-0828 Phone: 715-832-2787 E-mail: ecrac@charter.net

One Entrance ticket per order will be mailed upon receipt of payment.

No refunds will be given for unoccupied reserved seats.

Eau Claire Regional Arts Center/State Theatre

316 Eau Claire Street

Eau Claire, WI 54701