New Year News!

New Year News!

January 19, 2010

Happy New Year to You!

January 2010 brings the promise of many new things as Pageant Wagon Productions steps out in fresh directions.

FAREWELL PAGEANT WAGON PLAYERS' MELODRAMA SUMMERS: After five successful years of our Melodrama Summer Family Theatre, our Pageant Wagon Players have begun to move onto their higher education and careers. In addition, my own production responsibilities have caused me to consider how I might best pace my activities this year. To that end, we've said farewell to our Melodrama Summers, proud of five successful years of family friendly entertainment.

THE NEW THING: For 2010, I have come on board the production team for Calvary Chapel Vineland and will be working on a full season of Drama Ministry which will now include the NEW CALVARY CHAPEL SUMMER THEATRE - continuing the family friendly entertainment tradition begun with our melodramas, but now with a full support production team to add to the quality and share the work responsibilities. I am very excited for this opportunity to partner with like minds in family entertainment. Details on our year's performance schedule will be coming in future newsletters.

PAGEANT WAGON PARABLE PLAYER'S HOME SCHOOL THEATRE FALL SEMESTER: Our HOLIDAY RADIO REVIEW was a smashing success! Congratulations to our talented little troupe. Now, as to the Spring Semester . . .

PAGEANT WAGON PARABLE PLAYER'S HOME SCHOOL THEATRE SPRING SEMESTER - SING A SONG OF SHAKESPEARE is coming soon! Thirteen sessions run for 12 weeks, February 1 through April 19, on Mondays from 1:00pm-3:30pm with performance and awards night on Friday, April 23. Tuition is $20 per child per session. Contact Miss Kathy now to enroll or get on the waiting list for the Fall 2010 semester where we'll explore Oriental Theatre with "The Saragaku Star Story"!

MISS KATHY'S DRAMA CATS at the Vineland Public Charter School brought the house down with thunderous applause at their December 11th Holiday Concert. January finds us back to school and in production for our end of year drama recitals. We're studying PINOCCHIO,which will feature a literature study of the story, puppet making, and three separate productions of the story for each grade level, kindergarten through second grades. Visit my website and click on the VPCS Drama Cats index button to see pictures and learn all about my specially tailored "Drama Cats" program for the school - bringing an alternative in academics through the foundation of the performing arts and creativity to Cumberland County!

TALE SPIN STORIES continues to welcome new Talespinners each week - this month is Winter Wonderland Month! Don't miss all the biz every Tuesday, at 10:30am, at Center Court in Cumberland Mall in Vineland. See you there!

CHRONICLES OF NARNIA AT ST. MARY'S IN VINELAND with Miss Kathy presenting a Book Dramatization of the C. S. Lewis classic, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" this month.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS - BOOK NOW FOR the Second Semester 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 has adapted for dramatic reading. Programs may include a follow-up interactive workshop especially geared to LEAP students! Call Miss Kathy to discuss a program for your school!

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

Look ahead to the spring with terrific programs like 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!

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

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