Back to School with Miss Kathy!

Back to School with Miss Kathy!

September 7, 2009

September Greetings to You!

It's BACK TO SCHOOL with Miss Kathy and Pageant Wagon Productions . . .

. . . and nowhere is that more true than at the NEW Vineland Public Charter School where Miss Kathy has just come onboard as one of the professional enrichment teachers bringing Pageant Wagon drama classes to the kindergarten through second grade classes every Wednesday! I've just finished equipping my huge classroom and welcomed my students for the year! We're called MISS KATHY'S DRAMA CATS! Visit my website and click on the VPCS Drama Cats index button to see pictures and learn all about my specially tailored program for the school - bringing an alternative in academics through the foundation of the perfoming arts and creativity to Cumberland County!

TALE SPIN STORIES closed out the summer with the 5th annual Victorian Tea Party. This year we celebrate with special guests, Mr. David - a frquent Pageant Wagon Player guest at Tale Spin Stories - and Sarah Snow portraying the "Queen". It was TEA WITH THE QUEEN at CUMBERLAND MALL where Miss Kathy served tea with entertainment to over almost 100 youngsters, featuring real china cups and saucers! The elegant affair will featured tea etiquette and royal tales and youngsters dressed in their best! See photos on the Tale Spin Scrapbook page of my website!

PAGEANT WAGON PARABLE PLAYER'S HOME SCHOOL THEATRE FALL SEMESTER: Homeschoolers are looking forward to the Fall 2009 semester - HOLIDAY RADIO REVIEW kicking off on September 14! Classes run for 12 weeks on Mondays from 1:00pm-3:30pm. Tuition is $20 per child per week. Check out the Home School Theatre page of our website for scrapbook photos of rehearsal fun! Interested in the upcoming semesters of PWP Parable Players Home School Theatre? Spring 2010 semester - SING A SONG OF SHAKESPEARE is coming soon, too. Contact Miss Kathy now to enroll!

MISS KATHY as JANE AUSTEN at the VINTAGE ROSE TEA ROOM: Friday, September 18, at 7:00pm. Call Gail at 856 293-0500 to secure your place at this reservations only program - space is limited!

PROGRAMS FOR LOVERS OF LITERATURE AND HISTORY continue to be a focus at PWP, with Miss Kathy and Mr. Ed both doing the research and gathering the props and costumes for a fascinating journey into a book or into the past:

STROLLING THROUGH EMILY'S GARDEN with Miss Kathy as Emily Dickinson comes with a huge display of foliage and poetry wrapping a biography of Miss Dickinson around her love of flowers and nature. Also in this series is A JANE AUSTEN TEA, BEATRIX POTTER TEA, and REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN featuring salutes to American matriarchs and role models, Betsy Ross, Abigail Adams, and Sarah Hale! This program can be adapted for elementary and middle schools, too!

IN THE WORKS - Miss Kathy brings Colonial era AMERICAN HISTORY to life as a Revolutionary bookbinder collecting the stories of our Founding Fathers - their words, deeds and definitions - and the price they paid for our American freedom, in this old-fashioned patriotic salute to traditional American values.

These programs are adaptable for SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS, and ELDER CARE FACILITIES. Remember to BOOK EARLY FOR CHOICE DATES!

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS - BOOK NOW FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2009-2010: Contact Miss Kathy and ask about her Classic Literature Book Dramatizations for the classroom! Newbery Honor book, "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C. S. Lewis, are just two of the tales Miss Kathy will be sharing at local elementary schools this spring. Programs feature an adapted retelling of a classic for all, and may include a follow-up interactive workshop especially geared to LEAP students!

MELODRAMA 2010: Production has begun for our annual Melodrama Summer Teatre for 2010, "HOOLIGANS AT HIGH TIDE - A Seaside Whale of a Tale!" featuring gypsies, whalers, mad lighthouse keepers, pirates, and lepedopterists (that's butterfly lovers for the layman!) I'm in the research stages just now, but we have gathered some important set pieces and are mapping out costume and lighting ideas in addition to plot and character outlines. More information coming!

VISIT THE PWPLAYERS FAN-SITES: Click on www.myspace.com/pageantwagonplayers to see slide-shows and videos, hear some of the music from past performances, and meet the Pageant Wagon Players up close and personal. Add yourself as a "friend" and stay in touch with PWPlayer adventures. ALSO: The Pageant Wagon Players are on FACEBOOK - check it out!!!

OUR HEALTH & WELLNESS TEAM IS GROWING: PAGEANT WAGON WELLNESS is the dynamic story of Miss Kathy's own wellness journey from chronic pain and fatigue to vitality and wholeness through nutrition and supplementation. Of course, using the #1 nutritional supplement in the nation from the most highly respected name in wellness for over 50 years, SHAKLEE CORPORATION, has made a great impact on Pageant Wagon lifestyles in both personal care and home care. Sharing the opportunity for you to make health and wellness lifestyle changes is the mission of Pageant Wagon Wellness in this network approach to health care. Visit the pwpstorytellers website for Miss Kathy's story, and www.shaklee.net/pageantwagonwellness for the rest of the story! Call and book a PWWellness Tea Party today!! 856 205-9334

HAT STAND STORIES for ELDER CARE and ADULT DAY CARE: A plethora of monthly program ideas for your residents - call Miss Kathy to consult about themes and fees!

SEND THIS TO A FRIEND who you think would be interested in the enrichment programs of Pageant Wagon Productions LLC and Miss Kathy. Encourage others to subscribe to our newsletter and help us get the word out about our many speaking, storytelling, educational and entertainment programs for children of all ages! Who do you know that works in elder care, adult day care, education, libraries, community organizations, church ministries, or for that matter - anyone looking for terrific entertainment for children's birthday parties? Forward www.pwpstorytellers.com to them and remind them to click on the Newsletter Page.

Joy to you all!
Kathryn "Miss Kathy" Ross