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Community Focus
Section C March 20,1997
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*mticiponts in the 'Read to Me' Festival pay attention to Jose Aruego 's slide presentation
Student volunteers from the drama departments of ML Tabor, R.J. Reynolds and Hanes Middle
f Schools provided dramatic color for the festival.
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Patricia Pa* mad Morjorie Ptkt
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tort of the feitinU, take advan
tage of a photo op with
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Mori* Artmri and her daughter
Hop* got along famously with
the Panda.
Trinette Chase and son Aaron
Taylor enjoyed the performance of
Healing Force. Members shown
middle and right are Sonji and
Joseph Anderson. Not pictured is
member Gail Anderson.
Junior League, Piedmont Parent
sponsor 'Read to Me' Festival
By FBLBC1A P. MCMILLAN ?> ^ -
Sp?cUi to th? ChrottcU
The Winston-Salem Junior
League and Piedmont
Parent sponsored the
Adventures in Reading
'Read to Me' Festival on
Saturday, March IS, in
order to encourage parents
in the community to read to
their children. It was a celebration of
story sharing, reading, books, adven
tures, explorations and recreation for
the entire family. It was held at the
Benton Convention Center from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Maijorie Pike, chairman
of the festival of the Junior League,
and Patricia Poe of Piedmont Parent
"This story reminds us
that we need our eiders in
the community. We must
go back to a time when
we respected and revered
our elder*
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coordinated the festival.
Internationally known storytellers
and local popular entertainers and vol
unteers from the Junior League and
["various agencies in the community
I were available to provide hands-on
creative projects, science explorations,
interactive games, camp adventures
and plenty of books. Children received
free books when they participated in
the various booth activities and sta
tions.
Storytellers included the Healing
Force, Jose Aruego and David Holt,
who appeared on stage. Puppeteer
Becky Lofland appeared with
Androgeena to entertain the children.
The Healing Force, a local music/sto
rytelling group that is nationally
known, had the children participating
by playing musical instruments,
singing, clapping, and dancing as they
shared their story, called "The Children
Who Could Do Without Their Elders."
"This story reminds us that we
need our elders in the community. We
must go back to a time when we
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