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


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Performer	Program	Category	Description	Fee
Kolarik, Frank	Character Education Presentations	Life Skills- Other, Performing Arts- Storytelling	Listen Up Safety Services provides informative, engaging, and entertaining multimedia character education presentations that hit home for students, helping them discover the information that they really need in order to stay safe and out of trouble. Popular presentations include: Internet Rights and Responsibilities, Bullying, “Don’t Be a Rat?” Dealing with strangers, Substance abuse, and “S.O.S. Serving Our School.” In each presentation, students critically reflect on, interpret and discuss their understanding of the issues through stories, video clips, current events, and role-plays, connecting these to their own lives and to society as a whole. Students have the opportunity to interact and communicate their ideas and feelings through expressing their own experiences, telling their stories, and role-playing. For more information check out www.listenupss.com.	$351- $500
Deaner, Don	Live your passions and follow your dreams!	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Life Skills- Other	What stops us from following our dreams? What prevents us from living a passionate and fulfilling life? Is it fear? Too young? Too old? Maybe it’s a lack of time or money or maybe is it simply not in the cards for us. No matter what you think the reasons are, we all can have and deserve an amazing life. Using PowerPoint, handouts and motivational speaking, I explore life balance, fears, goals and what they are comprised of, and the importance of being happy and following one’s dreams.	Up to $100
Basini, Lisa	Anything in A Blanket	Life Skills- Food	Create some great snacks using biscuit dough. We will make mini cheese puffs, pizza rolls, nacho rolls and apple cinamon rolls.	$201- $350
Basini, Lisa	Scones	Life Skills- Food, Life Skills- Other, Life Skills- Food	Lets make Scones from scratch to take home and bake and enjoy with family and friends. Great recipes, comes with all plus a baking dish to take home project. Paper chef hat and apron also inculed	$101- $200
Basini, Lisa	Story Book Cake: Family Craft	Life Skills- Food	Create a bedtime story and picture using fondant cut outs.	$201- $350
Jayne, Jill	Jump with Jill	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Music	Jump with Jill is a professional live show that travels the country transforming nutrition education into a rock & roll nutrition concert. The school assembly takes childhood obesity by storm, serving as a kid-appropriate approach for kicking off wellness committee initiatives, reinforcing classroom learning, and supporting a healthier cafeteria menu. The show is both educationally sound and completely rock & roll. Armed with catchy songs, upbeat dance moves, and a hip wardrobe, Jump with Jill uses the same tools normally used to sell junk food and keep kids sedentary to get kids engaged, moving, and learning about healthy habits. The live Jump with Jill show has been performed live 1,000 times for 250,000 kids all over the United States and Europe and has been featured in national media outlets including Nickelodeon, Sprout PBS, NPR, and The Washington Post.	$1001- $3000
Hartin-Gelardi, Lorraine	Be the Hero of Your Own Life…Finding Your Place in Family Stories	Life Skills- Other, Literature- Other, Performing Arts- Storytelling	Every family has a collection of stories, sayings, photos, objects, memories and customs that make them unique. Storyteller Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi will help children become “story detectives” and search out the answers to questions such as “What was the worst meal you ever cooked?” “What is the best vacation you had as a family?” “How did you get your name?” Children will develop techniques for exploring family history and ways to share their stories with others.	$101- $200
Basini, Lisa	Spider Web Jumbo Cookie	Life Skills- Food	Who knew spiders could be so yummy!	$101- $200
Theater, Open Hand	The Chocolate War	Life Skills- Other, Performing Arts- Puppetry	Open Hand Theater’s vibrant puppets of all shapes and sizes, some over 12 feet tall, are taking on the issue of bullying and escalating conflict in a colorful and delightful imaginary land inhabited by juggling dwarfs, stretchy bouncing giants, friendly flowers and other wise musical beings. Springer and Sprong, two seemingly inseparable pals, tumble into a series haphazard events that could lead to a catastrophic quarrel. Will the entire town follow them into battle? … or will a small stream of harmony bring them all back together again?	$501- $1000
Basini, Lisa	The Breakfast Club	Life Skills- Food	Pancakes, Waffels, Hot Apples and Cinnamon, butter, Maple Syrup, Chocolate Syrup, Whip Cream, Sprinkles and Juice. Lot of fun, everyone will participate in making the breakfast from scratch.	$201- $350

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* Inclusion in this database does not indicate endorsement of any performer or program by the NYS Education Department, the Office of Cultural Education, the NYS Library or the participating library systems, nor does it eliminate the need for reference checks and appropriate standard screening procedures.