Pizza, Puppets, Stories, Serpents and Sea-Shanties

Pizza, Puppets, Stories, Serpents and Sea-Shanties

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.

    Event Info:

    • Saturday, February 19th, 2022
    • 12:30pm to 2pm
    • a virtual event
    • Tickets: Free Event!

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