Metro Region: New York State Performers, Programmers & Related Resources for Public Libraries & Groups


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Performer	Program	Category	Description	Fee
Rucker, Sparky and Rhonda	Heroes & Hard Times	History, Multicultural- Other, Music	Sparky and Rhonda Rucker take the audience on a journey spanning over three centuries of American and African-American history, including slavery, the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, the westward migration, the birth of blues music, and the Civil Rights Movement. Each era is interspersed with stories and popular songs from the period. They accompany themselves with fingerpicking and bottleneck blues guitar, blues harmonica, old-time banjo, spoons, and bones. Their music includes old-time blues, Appalachian music, Civil War music, spirituals, and slave songs as well as originals. Sparky and Rhonda also tell traditional tales, for example Brer Rabbit, High John the Conqueror, or Appalachian tales,and they have been featured at the International Storytelling Center and festival.	$351- $500
Kumalo, Robbi	Keep The Beat	Multicultural- Other, Music, Performing Arts- Puppetry	Keep the Beat is multi-lingual world music concert featuring folk songs from around the globe with pulsating energy and interactivity. The emphasis of the concert is how people all over the world are connected by music, history, and daily interaction. Robbi K & Friends chant with you in Yoruba, hum Zulu folk songs like Mbube, dance to the Latin clavé rhythm, and sing in reggae style celebrating l’chaim; and the many things we have in common with each other. Robbi shares stories about her travels as a musician, and through call & response you'll find yourself singing in 5 different languages. Keep the Beat is a wonderful concert for festivals, schools, and main stage family programs. Children exposed to these songs will not only be singing them for many years to come but hopefully will be inspired to become loving and open-minded participants in the global community.	$351- $500
Kornrich, Mike	MIKE KORNRICH'S ROCKIN AND FROLICKIN MUSICAL SHOW FOR KIDS	Music	Family entertainment on Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica and Vocals. Songs like: Purple People Eater, Rock Around The Clock, Twist and Shout, Blue Suede Shoes. A fun time for dancing for kids of all ages and adults. See www.mikekornrich.com	$201- $350
Bromka, Sondra & John	'Who Has Heard the Wind?' - Interactive Family Concert of Early Wind Instruments	History, Music, Science	This performance is the perfect complement to our storytelling performance 'THE BOY WHO WENT TO VISIT the NORTH WIND.' Our extensive early instrument collection features a joyous diversity of historic MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, and TRADITIONAL FOLK INSTRUMENTS. Playing upon the wind as our theme and setting, we often usher in our performance journey with an early music mini-concert , specially highlighting our collection of early wind instruments of all shapes, sizes, and sounds. The audience is treated to consorts of recorders, of curious crumhorns, historical bagpipes both loud and soft, and a mysteriously ancient gemshorn. As you enjoy this exploration of historic instruments, marvel at the wonderful ways human kind has used wood, animal horn, reed, leather, and ingenuity to invent instruments that create a rainbow of musical sounds. These two complementary programs unite to appeal to all the senses, a memorable and meaningful feast for the eyes, ears, and imagination! For EARTHDAY and ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS EVENTS, the artists can also explore mankind’s long partnership with the wind as energy, and how cultures around the world have shaped, utilized, and interacted with wind’s many powers and wonders. Windmills, kites, sailboats, seeds… wind contributes significantly to our lives, pleasures, & history.	$351- $500
Booking, Unbound	Spook Handy - Let’s Get Out the Vote!	Music, Other	Let’s Get Out the Vote! - Democracy goes way beyond the right to vote. But voting is an essential part of the process. Clean community programs, environmental legislation, civil rights, women’s rights, worker’s rights and so many other issues we all value are affected by who our elected officials are. This fun, empowering and educational concert brings people from all parts of the community together to celebrate the vision of the founders of this great nation. Sing along, laugh and let your voice be heard!! An excellent program for Libraries, Arts Centers, Churches, Schools and other meeting places.	$351- $500
Connolly, Carol	Just Dig It! (Summer Reading 2013)	Literature- Other, Music, Performing Arts- Storytelling	Tales ‘n Tunes, award-winning musical storytelling duo, will be digging deep with a lively and entertaining Summer Reading performance which will cultivate kids’ imaginations with tunes and tales about gardens and gardening. Sprouting ideas through books is the perfect way to propagate a crop of budding readers, and summer is the perfect growing season. Watch children bloom as they listen to and take part in stories and songs which celebrate reading. Tales ‘n Tunes perennially provides a fun and enriching musical story event that will encourage participants to “Dig into Reading.”	$201- $350
white, samantha	The Reading Show	Music	As seen at the New York State PTA PARP Conference & the Niagara Frontier Reading Council Fall Conference Get kids really excited about reading with this high-energy program! Perfect to kickoff or conclude Parents as Reading Partners(PARP), Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), Accelerated Reader, OhioReads! or other reading incentive programs, or simply as a fun concert with an all-important message, this show uses singable, original upbeat songs and even a disco tune to get students really fired up to read! The messages in this program are very clear: reading is fun, it's something we can all learn to do, it enables us to follow our dreams and become anything we want to be, and it can take us on some fascinating new adventures. As with all Hill Brothers performances, you can expect lots of laughs and surprises along with tons of audience participation!	$501- $1000
Davis, Lydia Adams	Hits of 1909	History, Music, Performing Arts- Theater	Hits of 1909. Lydia Adams Davis with pianist Ruthanne Schempf. (In costume) Colonial/Civil War/Victorian/Turn of the Century/Tin Pan Alley.	$201- $350
Encore Performing Arts, Inc.	RICHARD STILLMAN'S MUSIC & DANCE PROGRAMS	Multicultural- Other, Music, Performing Arts- Dance	RICHARD STILLMAN is a master showman—singer, dancer, musician, storyteller. Shows are filled with audience participation. Available in 1 or 2 man formats. • THE WORLD MOSAIC OF MUSIC AND DANCE explores the musical instruments and dance styles from many cultures around the world, including Africa, Asia, Spain, South America, Ireland, America and more. • TAP DANCING TROUBADOURS OF VAUDEVILLE explores how music is created with the feet, fingers and voice, by recapturing the liveliness of old-time vaudeville. • THE IRISH MINSTREL takes a musical trip to the Emerald Isle with bagpipes, stories, jigs and reels, using authentic Irish instruments and traditional Irish dances. • HOLIDAY TROUBADOURS takes a musical journey around the world to the winter celebrations of all cultures—Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanza, and other winter holidays. . PECOS BILL RIDES THE OREGON TRAIL stories and songs of the Wild West and Oregon Trail are woven together with cowboy hat tricks, western rope spinning and more. . COUNTRY HOEDOWN Enjoy banjo playing, square dancing, clog dancing, cowboy rope tricks, and more in this exciting western program filled with fun and participation. . Additional program availalbe	$351- $500
Rymer, Brady	Brady Rymer's Storybook Rock	Music, Performing Arts- Storytelling	2009 Children's Grammy nominee Brady Rymer’s rollicking, roots-y tunes resonate through American culture, bringing an honest, joyful spirit to music for all generations; “his music has a rock ‘n’ roll heart,” wrote The New York Times.	$501- $1000

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