Pizza, Puppets, Stories, Serpents and Sea-Shanties
Saturday, February 19th, 2022, 12:30pm
Kicking off February school vacation, another FREE Children’s Program of entertainment is on tap for Saturday, Feb. 19 — right in your home, via virtual internet Zoom broadcast — presented by the Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation to start Cape Ann public schools’ 2022 Winter Vacation.
From 12:30 to 2 p.m., the lineup includes story time with book readings by popular Cape Ann authors and performers Stan & Daisy Nell, Alice Gardner, Peter Berkrot, and Pat Johnson; a puppet show by Through Me to You Puppeteers, and a sea-shanties singalong led by Rockport musician Corey Wrinn.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Sign up and you’ll get an email with a link for connecting to Zoom. You will also get an option to download a free printable PDF of Daisy Nell’s new coloring book Moxie and the Whale; the printed version is for sale now at Maritime Gloucester.
The Program:
- Daisy Nell & Stan Collinson — reading, singing, from her coloring book Moxie and the Whale.
- Alice Gardner — Gloucester author reading her book St. Peter's Fiesta, Gloucester, Ma
- Peter Berkrot — acclaimed audio-book narrator reading Gloucester Sea Serpent by M.T. Anderson
- Leigh Baltzer — puppeteer from Through Me To You Puppetry
- Pat Johnson — reading longtime favorite Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
- Corey Wrinn — Rockport musician/artist singing original sea-shanties with guitar.
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The GMF Annual Fund is dedicated to raising the resources that are necessary to run the organization. In 2026 the Meetinghouse will reach 220 years in service to Cape Ann, a miraculous survivor and centerpiece of the Historic District. Our successful and ongoing mission is to preserve it as a cultural venue, civic hub and community gathering center.
We are mostly volunteers but our paid executive assistant, Ashley Shedd, provides invaluable and efficient office support. We also incur significant costs for building use, graphics, web hosting, marketing, advertising and other essential services. This year we will be hiring additional professional staff for enhanced program growth, grant-writing, development, and planning for the upcoming Capital Campaign.
Your generous contributions to the Annual Fund are central to facilitating our vision for a completely renovated and updated Meetinghouse, complementary to the new Sawyer Free Library and expanded Cape Ann Museum – an incomparable resource capable of hosting as many as 500 participants for community-focused forums, events and performances.
Delivering on our great aspirations depends upon you.
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