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


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Performer	Program	Category	Description	Fee
Byers, Kathy	TWO CHARACTERS' EDUCATION	Life Skills- Other, Music, Performing Arts- Puppetry	Lydia’s new CD: We All Have Lunch is also a 2012 Parents’ Choice Award winner. Yes, entertainers can be Characters, and so are each and every one of our kids! The song, Friends Forever, Kathy and Lydia wrote when they had a slight disagreement on where the next iPod recording should go in rehearsal. Sample Setlist: WHO WE ARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE HEY, IT’S MY TURN FOOD PANTRY FOREVER FRIENDS I AM SNAKE SO MANY WAYS TO BE SMART WHY DO TURTLES CROSS THE ROAD? WHAT CAN ONE LITTLE PERSON DO? WATER THE LUNCH SONG THE GOLDEN RULE STICKS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO RAINBOW OF COLOR WHO WE ARE MAKES A DIFFERENCE	$351- $500
Russian, Duo	Russia & Beyond!	Life Skills- Other, Multicultural- Other, Music	From Russian roots to classical favorites, from vocals to ragtime, the Russian Duo is a magical collaboration between a Siberian virtuoso balalaika and an American concert pianist. This international project was born out of love of traditional music and classical elegance, and a wish to share this repertoire in a vibrant, cross-cultural musical experience.	$501- $1000
White, Corey	Follow your Fire!	Life Skills- Other, Performing Arts- Other, Visual Arts- Other	Imagine if feeling different in life is actually not so different. The audience will follow their own path through this workshop as they learn about being yourself, keeping it safe, oh, and did we mention Fire Dancing! Highlights of this program include audience participation, dance and acrobatics, comedy, history, as well as a question and answer portion and a trivia filled follow up web video. Follow your Fire will take the audience through their own story of learning how to follow their own path in life, even if it means going against the grain. That story is about the rich, historical cultures that modern day fire dancing comes from. The audience will even get to try what its like to warm up and spin practice poi. Then, the moment we have all been waiting for, the fire show! After our hands on fire safety section, the troupe will demonstrate all the props the audience has learned about in a display of fire and light. We will follow up with a question and answer portion plus an online trivia video for the audience to follow up with.	$351- $500
Basini, Lisa	Homemade Waffles with Hot Apple Topping and Whip Cream	Life Skills- Food	Who could resist this yummy dessert during peak apple season. Everyone will mix and measure their own ingredients to make their waffles, then enjoy them with hot apple topping and fresh whip cream!!	$201- $350
Storper, MS, RD, Barbara	FOODPLAY	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Food, Performing Arts- Theater	FOODPLAY is a national award-winning theater show that combines fantastic feats of juggling, captivating characters, music, magic, and audience participation with motivating health messages to help children take charge of growing up healthy and fit. Addressing the major nutrition, fitness, and self-esteem concerns affecting today's schoolchildren, FOODPLAY provides kids with the practical tools they need to improve their eating and exercise habits — all in a spirit of fun and celebration! FOODPLAY programs are research-based with proven results dramatically improving the eating and exercise habits of the nation's youth. Bring FOODPLAY to your school, conference, or special event to help counter today's number-one health epidemic, childhood obesity, and help trigger school-wide excitement toward improving school nutrition and wellness. Plus, FOODPLAY's School Resource Kits provide fun-filled supplementary curricula materials for students, parents, teachers, health staff, and press.	$1001- $3000
Nager, Stuart	everywhere I look...: a biographic monologue experience	Life Skills- Other, Multicultural- Other, Performing Arts- Theater	everywhere I look... a true story of a concentration camp survivor and the horrors that still plague us today (older teens and adults only) *Language issues that are integral to the performance.	$501- $1000
Basini, Lisa	It's all about the Matzo!	Life Skills- Food	Learn how to make candy, an appetizer and soup using Matzo!!	$201- $350
Pelc, Cindy and Jim	Take Flight!	Life Skills- Other, Science, Visual Arts- Crafts	Learn how to fold your own world-class paper airplanes! We supply the preprinted paper. We explain what keeps airplanes in the air and the science of flight with visual aids. Demonstration of different types of flying objects such as airplanes and balloons. Target age is 7 to teen; younger children may participate with parental help and guidance.	Up to $100
Smalley, Carol Parenzan	Writing for Children	Life Skills- Other, Literature- Authors, Performing Arts- Storytelling	Carol Parenzan Smalley is a writer, editor, and educator of children's writing materials. She is also the creator and instructor of Writing for Children, an online course offered through 2,400+ colleges and universities around the world. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to the children's publishing industry and provided with first steps to writing for children and getting published. Includes a Q and A session. All materials supplied. Target age: Grade 8 to adult.	$351- $500
Banilivy, Mansour	SafeTALK: Suicide Alertness for Everyone	Health & Fitness- Other, Life Skills- Other	SafeTALK is a two and a half to three hour training that prepares anyone over the age of 15 to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first aid resources	Up to $100

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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.