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Weekly Notice
A
WEEKLY
PUBLICATION
OF
MONADNOCK
April 29, 2014
Issue 31
WALDORF
SCHOOL
Monadnock Waldorf School is dedicated to nurturing young human beings who will be capable of contributing fully to the
tasks of life with courage, compassion, and conviction. We strive to foster wholeness and life long well being through awakening
an abiding love and interest in the world while cultivating the gifts and strengths that are unique to each individual student.
Calendar of School
Events
Tuesdays & Wednesdays
Parent/Child Classes, 9:00 to 11:30 am
at the Nursery-Kindergarten
April 28– May 3
WALDORF AWARENESS WEEK!
April 29
Green Up Day
May 1
Grandparents & Special Friends Day
May 2
Elementary and HS May Day,
11:00 am
May 3
Nursery-Kindergarten May Day
Middle School
Concert
Please mark your calendars: the sixth, seventh,
and eighth graders will present their musical work
from the year at a concert on Wednesday May
14th at 6:30 pm in the Elementar y School Assembly Room. As always, it will be a full, spirited
evening of music featuring the middle school
band, the orchestra, the 7/8th grade chorus, and
the afterschool music ensemble!
Celebrating Waldorf Awareness
Week: April 28-May 3
Waldorf Awareness Week is in full swing. Many cars, offices, businesses and
desktops are boasting Waldorf Awareness Week signs (thanks!) and many activities are planned for the week:
It’s not too late for you to post a Waldorf Awareness Week sign. Signs are
available in the offices at all three campuses.
Thursday, May 1: Grandparents and Special Friends Day. Over 45
grandparents and special friends of the school will visit us on Thursday for breakfast and to experience Waldorf education for themselves
as they attend class with our students. Keene’s Mayor, Kendall Lane,
will be one of our special guests and he will be making an official
proclamation at the event!
Friday, May 2: Elementary and High School May Day Celebration!
Please remember to invite your friends with children to enjoy performances by our elementary and high school students, to awaken the
earth by singing “Halantow,” and share a picnic with you. There will
be gifts of flower crowns for visiting children.
Friday, May 2: MWS ArtWalk Opening Reception and display of artwork at the High School, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Later , take a str oll
downtown to enjoy our public ArtWalk display in the window at Local Burger, 82 Main Street, Keene (new location).
Saturday, May 3: Nursery-Kindergarten May Day. This celebr ation is
for families enrolled at the N-K.
Saturday, May 3: Blacksmithing Wor kshop for Students in gr ades 810. Please see description of this workshop online at: http://
www.monadnockwaldorf.com/high-school. Registration materials are
available on this site. A few openings remain. Be sure to register by
May 1, to avoid disappointment.
All Week: Watch for special Facebook posts and shar e them with your
friends.
Nell Wiener and Bruce Elliot
98 South Lincoln Street, Keene, NH 03431, 603-357-4442, fax 603-357-2955
www.monadnockwaldorfschool.org
“Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, let them go forth in freedom” -Rudolf Steiner
Elementary May Day Celebration
Friday May 2 at 11:00 am
This is the week! The first flowers are up, trees are budding, green is appearing everywhere; it's time to awaken the plants together and encourage their growth. Please join us at the amphitheater at Robin Hood Park on Friday, May 2. The classes will walk
up to the park at 10:40 a.m. and the dancing begins at 11:00 a.m. Music will greet the community before the children arrive. All
elementary classes will be dancing and we are very happy to welcome the HS students to this festival for the first time. After the
classes dance, we'll all join hands to sing and dance the "Halantow". The words are below if you'd like to practice.
After the dancing, the students should stay with their class teachers until the picnics begin. Teachers will let their classes
know the plans for the afternoon. Students are welcome to go home with parents or remain at school until dismissal. Junior high
students will only be released with notes from parents. Please remember to have your children shake their teacher's hands goodbye.
One never knows the weather at May Day. We'll be outside for more than an hour, so you might need rain gear, sun hats,
bug balm, and who knows what else to be comfortable! Bring it all! Don't forget a blanket for viewing the festivities and please
stand behind the audience if you'd like to take photos.
Rain Information: in the event of inclement weather , festivities will take place at the elementar y campus. You may
call the Main Office if you have weather questions.
Monica Marshall for the May Day Committee
Halantow
May Day Song
MWS ArtWalk Display,
May 2 - 11 @ Local Burger
Chorus:
Halantow, jolly rumble-o,
We were up, long before the day-o!
To welcome in the summer,
To welcome in the May-o.
Summer is a comin’ and the
Look for art work by Monadnock Waldorf School students in the window of Local Burger, 82 Main Street, Keene. We’ll also have our own
opening reception at MWHS, 146 School street, Keene, from 6 pm to
7:30 pm on Friday May 2. A great way to start the weekend!
Winter’s gone away-o!
What became of all the Spaniards
That made so great a boast-o?
They shall eat the feathery goose,
And we shall eat the roast-o!
ChorusRobin Hood and Little John
Have both gone to the fair-o,
And we shall to the jolly green wood
To hunt the buck and hare-o!
-ChorusTake no shame to wear the horn.
It was the crest ‘ere you were born,
Your father’s father wore it,
Your father wore it, too-o!
Blacksmithing Workshop for
Students Grades 8-10, May 3
Stefan Hofer will offer a hands-on blacksmithing workshop for students
in grades 8-10 on Saturday, May 3, from 1:00 to 5:00 pm, at Monadnock
Waldorf High School.
Participants will learn techniques for heating, tapering, bending and twisting metal and for punching holes to create a hand-forged tab hook.
There is a limit of 8 participants for the workshop. The fee, which covers
instruction and materials, is $30, payable at the time of registration. Registration deadline is May 1.
For more information or to register, please contact Pat Meissner at 603357-4442 Ext. 105 or pmeissner@monadnockwaldorfschool.org
ChorusGod bless ye Mary and Joseph,
And all ye might and power-o,
Peace be to New England,
And peace by day and night-o!
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We’re a Healthy Monadnock
Champion School!
Monadnock Waldorf School recently received a silver designation in the Champion Schools Program for Healthy Monadnock, an
initiative to improve health and well-being in the Monadnock region with the goal of being the healthiest community in the country
by the year 2020!
How did we do it? By doing what we have been doing for years: making sure our students get lots of healthy physical activity
every day through circle work, forest walks, recess, games, and physical education; by supporting healthy food choices for snack
and lunch each day; and by encouraging as many students as possible to walk or bike to school each day. We are lucky to be a
school where these values are fully shared and supported by our parent community!
On Monday, May 5 community health educator Kelsey Plifka will join us in our Monday morning assembly at 8:15 am to
present us with our Healthy Monadnock Champion School banner. Join us if you can!
You can become a Healthy Monadnock Champion, too. Log onto
http://www.cheshire-med.com/vision_2020/champions_register.html and register today. It’s fast and easy!
Lisa Mahar
The Roly Poly
Rice Ball!
A Puppet Show
for Children of
All Ages,
May 10
Green Up Day 2014!
Thanks to all the students, parents, and teachers who worked so hard
Tuesday afternoon to clean up, spruce up, and beautify the playgrounds
and gardens at the elementary school. It was a true team effort with outstanding results—and just in time for both Grandparents and Special
Friends Day and May Day. Welcome, spring!
Renowned Cobb Meadow Puppeteers present: The
Roly Poly Rice Ball, a silk marionette puppet show
for children ages 3 to 93, at Monadnock Waldorf
School, 98 South Lincoln Street, Keene, on Saturday, May 10. Two performances are scheduled:
at 10:30 am and 1:00 pm.
The public is invited to come and enjoy this
Japanese tale about a man who chases a rice
ball into a hole in the ground and finds a world
of mice living below! Tickets are $5 per person
or $12 per family.
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Annual Fund Gifts
Each year Monadnock Waldorf School undertakes several
key fundraising efforts essential to a healthy budget. Like
most independent schools, tuition revenue alone does not
cover the full cost of a Monadnock Waldorf School education. Events like the Crafts Fair and fund drives like the
Annual Fund are essential to make up the difference.
We are always moved by the support our school receives
from parents, grandparents, faculty, alumni families, and
our broad circle of friends. We are grateful to each of you.
And we mean it when we say we could not do it without
you.
Our Annual Fund goal for this year is $80,000. To date
we have received 124 gifts totaling $65,059! (That’s 10
more gifts and $7925 more since my last report on April
8.) Gifts this year range in size from $10.00 to $8,000.
Parents are our largest giving group and we count on your
participation to reach our goal. If you haven’t yet, would
you please make a gift today? Your check (with Annual
Fund in the memo) can be dropped off or sent into our
Main Office at 98 South Lincoln Street in Keene 03431.
Credit/debit gifts are welcome, of course, and can be made
with Jo-Anne Yardley in our Business Office (357-4442
extension 103).
With your help we will meet our important goal and continue to offer this outstanding education to our students.
Thanks!
Lisa Mahar
Sign up for the
DeMar Kids
Marathon
Students in grades two through
five are invited to sign up for the DeMar Kids Marathon
to be held in Keene on September 28. To be eligible, students run or walk 25 miles before Friday, September 12,
log their miles and hand in their log sheets. Once the log
sheets are turned in, the students will receive a tee-shirt to
wear on race day and will be able to walk/run the last 1.2
miles of the DeMar Marathon to the finish line at Keene
State College!
Spread the Word!
Summer Program at the
Nursery-Kindergarten
Summer Garden is an outdoor program for children ages 3 to 6 at
our beautiful Nursery-Kindergarten. The morning program runs
from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm, with an optional aftercare program from
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. Seven consecutive, week-long, sessions will
begin June 23. The final session ends on August 8. Children may
enroll for any number of the sessions.
Summer Garden fees are $185 per week. The optional aftercare
program is $100 per week. Some financial assistance is available.
Additional information and registration form attached.
This is a great way to enjoy the summer with us a week at a time!
New Parent/Child Sessions
Our new Tuesday session begins May 6 and continues through
June 10 from 9:00 to 11:30 am.
Our new Wednesday sessions begins May 7th and continues
through June 11th 9:00 to 11:30 am.
Come join other parents and their young ones at our Parent/Child
Groups. Together we’ll sing, prepare and eat a nutritious snack,
play indoors and out, explore new toys, and make new friends. To
register or for more information, please call 603-357-4442.
Parents—Come One! Come All!
Board of Trustees Hosts Town
Hall Meeting, June 5th
On Thursday evening June 5 at 7:00 pm our Board of Trustees will
host an all-school meeting in our Assembly Room at the elementary
school.
This is a special opportunity in an open meeting to discuss the quality
of our education, to review parent feedback about MWS, to learn
about the organizational renewal work that has occurred over the past
24 months, to answer questions of the moment, and to separate MWS
reality from myths and legends. Please mark your calendars and plan
to be there!
Jeff Miller,
President, MWS Trustees
This event is entirely free. Ms. Lichatz will send
home information packets with registration forms early
next week. Registration forms are due back by Monday,
June 2. Learn more at clarencedemar.com/kidsmarathon/.
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Elementary News
Elementary Aftercare to
Include Grade Five Next
Year
Our elementary aftercare will be available to students in
grades one through five next school year. If you would like
to register your student for aftercare, simply see Jo-Anne
Yardley in the Business Office. You may sign up for just
the days you need or purchase a packet of days to be used at
your discretion.
The program takes place after school every day until
5:30, though you can pick your child up at any time. Students can easily be released to on-site music lessons or onsite afterschool activities like circus arts and then return to
aftercare. Out aftercare teacher, Janet Buckbee, provides a
snack and lots of time to play with friends both outside and
inside.
High School News
Save the Date: Senior Play,
May 15-17
MWHS will perform The Good Doctor by Neil Simon
(based on the stories of Anton Chekhov) at Heberton Hall, 60
Winter Street, Keene, on Thursday, May 15; Friday, May 16;
and Saturday, May 17.
Curtain time is 7 pm. Tickets will be available at the door
and are $7 for adults, $5 for students.
Play synopsis: A beleaguered writer, representing Chekhov, is
struggling to write. As he creates a series of nine short stories,
he takes the audience on a journey through human eccentricities and frailties. Each of the stories takes on a life of its own,
in turn, full of laughter and pathos. And each reflects different
human needs, wants or emotions—droll at times, tearful between giggles and explosive laughter. But all are inextricably
bound to a whole picture that affirms the human condition.
High School News
High School Music
Concert
Please join us May 8 at 7:00 pm for a concert of instrumental and choral music featuring students in grades 9-12. This
will be in the Assembly Room at the Elementary school.
High School
Art Supplies Wish list
The high-school's practical and studio art workshops,
and the experience of the students when they are in it,
would greatly benefit from donations of the following
items:
Bench Vises
Bench Grinders
Hand Grinders
Angle Grinders
Dremel set
Table Saw
Printing press
Book press
Drills
Metal Scissors
Anvils
Forges
Pliers for Blacksmithing
Metal Saws
Metal Rivets: Iron, Copper, Aluminum
Scribes
90º Base squares
Centering Squares
Calipers
Wooden handled Awls
Pencil Divider or Compass with two Metal legs
Stone carving tools
Sandbags
Potter's Wheel
Ceramic tools
Lazy susan or banding wheels
1-3 gallon buckets with lids
Oil Paints
Canvases (used are fine if can be re-gessoed)
Standing Easels
Spinning Wheels
Looms
If you have any of the above and no longer need them,
or if you know of someone, somewhere who might
being willing to gift any of these items to the school,
please contact Kristin Powers at 603-762-3774.
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Torin Finser to Sign His
New Book
Monadnock Waldorf School and Antioch University New
England are teaming up to host Torin Finser introducing and
signing his new book, A Second Classroom: Parent-Teacher
Relationships in a Waldorf School, at Antioch on Friday afternoon, May 16, at 4:00 pm in the Community Room at 40
Avon Street in Keene.
Torin Finser has been an educator for over 30 years and
serves as the chair of the Education Department at Antioch,
though his most renowned role here at MWS may be as the
father of Ionas in grade seven!
In A Second Classroom: Parent-Teacher Relationships in a
Waldorf School Torin explores the question: “What does a
successful school look like?” He notes that a healthy school
is also a community and that community depends on the
quality of relationships, chiefly the relationships among students, parents, and teachers.
Join others interested in these compelling topics for a spirited introduction to this new book by our friend and colleague,
Torin Finser. All are welcome!
Weekly Food Prices
Tuesdays:
“Sweet Nothings” Cookies $0.75/cookie
Wednesdays:
Pizza $2.00/cheese; $2.75/veggie or meat
Lemonade $.75/cup
Thursdays: Tacos $2.00
Orchard Hill Breadworks Bread and Cookies
Community Kitchen
Thanks to all who continue to place non-perishable food items
and hygiene products in the box by the front door at the elementary school for delivery to the Community Kitchen. Why not hang
a bag on the door right now with a couple of items to be dropped
off in the morning? Donations can also be left at the high school
or nursery-kindergarten offices.
Have you ever thought about volunteering to serve a meal at the
Community Kitchen on 37 Mechanic Street in Keene? Find out
more by logging on to thecommunitykitchen.org or by calling 352
-3200.
Lisa Mahar
Bulletin Board
House for sale: Histor ical home (1870's
Federal Revival style) at 271 Roxbury St.
within walking distance to the Waldorf
School, Robin Hood Park and downtown
Keene. Over 2,700 sq. ft. includes an accessory unit apartment. There's an additional 700
s.f. artist workshop/studio/gallery in the barn,
with
gallery
lighting
&
separate
heat. Flexible layout, with 5 bedrooms, 2.5
baths, 2.5 attics, 2 unfinished basement (one
is a walk-out). Roof (original slate) and house
foundation in excellent condition. Many updates: Electrical, plumbing, new kitchen, new
full bath, den, high-efficiency over 1/2
acre. $260,000. wood furnace with city tax
abatement and automatic oil back-up. Large
lot, See 271Roxbury.com for images and details.
Jon and Luann Udell
8633, LuannUdell@gmail.com .
603-352-
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Bulletin Board cont.
Weekly Notice
In an effort to offset the expense of publishing the W eekly Notice, which costs
approximately $5,000 per year, we are
encouraging you to make a suggested donation of $10 to place bulletin board and
community event listings that are professional in nature. This donation will cover
the cost of running the ad for three weeks.
We ask that you make your donation in
advance. Thank you for your support!
Share your home, change the world.
Host a YFU exchange student. Youth
For Understanding (YFU), a nonprofit intercultural exchange organization, seeks
loving families to mentor and host international high school students coming to
the New England area. Share your family
traditions--welcome an international teenager eager to experience American culture,
learn about social responsibility, and build
interpersonal bonds of friendship that will
last a lifetime, Denisse Neal. Please visit
our website: www.yfuusa.org or call: 617868-3660 for more information. 4-2-14
Female Antioch Grad student in the sustainable MBA program is looking for a
room to rent in Keene beginning May 1.
Moving from the Boston area, originally
from Washington, D.C. Loves yoga, hiking, biking, anything outdoors, etc. Looking for a room to rent within walking distance to Downtown Keene. $500/month or
less preferable. Would prefer to live with a
family. Yard and/or pets, a plus. I am
very nice, respectful, quiet and responsible.
Please
contact
Sylvie
Levy
at
slevy4@antioch.edu 4-3-14
I am looking for a ride-on mower, either
working or easily reparable. Please call or
text Mr. Falconbridge: 603-762-8338. 326-14
Dreamy and imaginative portraiture:
Spring mini photo sessions with Firefly
Photography in Keene. May 15 and 16th at
dusk. Outdoor location is tbd. Details are at
www.whimsicalstorytelling.com/bloom.
$30 discount for Waldorf families. Dana
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On your mark, get set, grow! Br uce
and Jenny Wooster, announce Picadilly
Farm CSA shares for sale. Now in our
eighth year, we’re offering certifiedorganic produce shares for pickup at
the farm, in Winchester, or pick up in
Keene on Tuesdays. Offerings include
full-season shares, summer shares, or
once-a-month coupon shares, plus a
two-box December share of winter staples.
V isit
our
website
(www.picadillyfarm.com) or call 2398718 for more details and sign-up information. 3-12-14
Abenaki Springs Farm 2014 CSA
will be offering full and half shares
again this year. Pick up fr eshest variety of produce at Walpole and Keene
Farmers’ Markets. Available three
times a week for a full six months.
You pick up what you want, when you
want it. Call Bruce Bickford at 603209-7100. 3-4-14
CSA member shares available from
Hillside Springs Farm and CSA Garden in Westmoreland, NH. Hillside
Springs Farm is a small horse-powered
CSA farm growing three acres and over
100 varieties of vegetables, herbs, and
flowers using only sustainable, organic,
and biodynamic farming methods. The
farm offers full and half shares, an extended 24-week harvest season, early
heirloom tomatoes, sweet red peppers,
eggplant, and basil from our greenhouses, and freshly pressed apple cider from
our orchard in the fall. Pickup is on the
farm, Tuesdays and Fridays, or at a
Keene drop-off site, Tuesday or Friday
evenings. Farmers Frank Hunter and
Kim Peavey have been farming since
2002 in Westmoreland, working with
black Percheron horses Betsey and Ben
and Belgian horses Molly and Moon.
The farmers and horses together plow,
disc, harrow, spread compost, cultivate,
gather firewood, and make loose hay,
all in the name of small-scale sustainable farming, healthy land, and healthy
food. Please see
www.hillsidespringsfarm.com or call
Frank and Kim at 399-7288 for more
information. 3-5-14
House Needed: Stephanie and Ian,
are seeking a home to rent ASAP. Our
current house rental is being sold and
we must move. The ideal home for
our family is 2-3 bedrooms and has a
small garden space available. A woodstove
would
be
a
bonus!
Our budget is on the smaller side but
we are happy to do yard work and/or
chore exchanges. We have a lovely
and calm 7+ year old dog named Emma
who comes with her own glowing references. I look forward to hearing from
you! ritchie.stephanie@gmail.com . 4-9
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Chicken Coop Wanted: Chicken
coop to house 6 hens. Any chicken
accessories also needed. Contact Jennifer Butler at 313-7121. 4-14-14
One Bedroom Apartment or a Studio
Space Wanted: A new colleague,
Micah Witri, our Outdoor Education
and Games/Practical Arts Teacher, is
moving to the area in August. He is
looking for a place in town to be close
to school. If you know of anything that
will be available to rent in August or
September, please let me know and I
will put you in touch with him. He
comes highly recommended and will be
a reliable tenant! Janet Gordon 3131170.
House for sale:
Country living
within the city limits! Roomy house
with a great view on 7.5 acres just a
mile from the school. 3 BR 2 BR, sun
room, study, and big walk-out basement; large garden and shed, detached
garage, coop for chickens and fenced
field for raising animals. No herbicides/pesticides for 14 years. Big yard
and lots of perennials. Available July/
August.
$384,900, by appointment. Call Paul and Cindy Wood 3521086 or 603-721-1692. 7
Community Events
Join us next week for a NEW series of Yoga Mondays
Yoga Mondays: 3:30-5p.m. at MWHS HATHA YOGA for Teens and Adults, Level I/II $42/adults, $35/teens. 7 Mondays, following the school calendar, beginning April 14 Questions: Call Liza Dupuis: 357-1360. Give yourself the gift of your own exquisite
attention this spring!
In Our Element ~ a retreat by the sea
Cape Cod * May 30 - June 1
A transformative weekend awaits! In our cottage on the beach we will gather for a creative feast and joyful connection. Workshops
in dreamy layered painting, jewelry making, nuno-felting, mixed media prayer flags, dream catchers, nature mandalas and hula hoop
dance along with healthy delicious meals, relaxation on the beach, time in nature and a fire dance to witness. All inclusive weekend
~ $585 (payment plan available). Retreat will be led by Emily Falconbridge and Faith Evans-Sills. V isit our Facebook page
"inourelementretreatbythesea"for more details or call Emily 603 762 8339.
The Cyprus Friendship Program is seeking host families for July.
CFP promotes peace and understanding in Cyprus -- an island divided by a militarized UN buffer zone with Muslim Turkishspeaking Cypriots on the north and Christian Greek-speaking Cypriots on the south -- by bringing together teenagers from both
sides of the divide with future leadership potential, encouraging lifelong friendships among them, and extending these friendships to
their friends and families.
While here with you, the Cypriot teens are not tourists. They will participate in your normal summer schedule. A CFP Coordinator
will arrange for some programmatic activities, roughly one per week. There will also be social activities in which you are welcome
(but not required) to join. These social gatherings have been a fantastic way for people here in NH to meet others who share their
interests in peace-building.
Hosting is an eye-opening, enriching experience. And it truly couldn’t be easier. As a host, you need to fit the following criteria:
 a safe, neutral home for the teens to build a friendship;
 a bedroom for the pair to share alone; and
 daylong adult supervision.
If you are interested in more information, please contact Cassie Cleverly at 603-203-6673 or cassiec@cyprusfriendship.org. Please
check out our website (www.cyprusfriendship.org) and our latest newsletter (http://cyprusfriendship.org/wp-content/
uploads/2014/03/2014-spring-newsletter.pdf)
Immersion in the Arts 2014
To register, please contact Marcy Schepker, 325 Breed Road, Harrisville, NH 03450, 603-827-3014, marcyschepker1@gmail.com
 Session I: Pre-Teen and Teen Residential, June 29, 5 pm to July 4, 7 pm. Adam Grissom-Schepker—Sculpture; Marcy Schepker—Fiber; Hans Schepker—Mosaic and Glass Fusing/Slumping; limit 15 students, $550
 Session II: Pre-Teen and Teen Residential, July 6, 5 pm to July 18, 7 pm. Adam Grissom-Schepker—Sculpture; Marcy Schepker—Fiber; Hans Schepker—Stained Glass, Glass Fusing/Slumping and Paper; limit 15 students, $1200
 Day Program I, “Constructions Small and Large”, July 7 to July 11, 9 am to 3 pm daily, ages 7 to 11. Leaders: Marcy Schepker
and Danya Pugliese; limit 10 students, $250.
 Day Program II, “Games—Making and Playing”, July 14 to July 18, 9 am to 3 pm daily, ages 7 to 11. Leaders: Marcy Schepker and Danya Pugliese; limit 10 students, $250.
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Cobb Meadow Puppeteers Present:
The
Roly Poly Rice Ball
A silk marionette puppet show for children ages 3 to 93!
At Monadnock Waldorf School
98 South Lincoln Street
Keene, New Hampshire
Saturday, May 10
Two Performances:
10:30 am and 1:00 pm
Come and enjoy this Japanese tale about a man who chases a rice ball into a hole in
the ground and finds a world of mice living below!
Tickets at the Door: $5/$12 per family
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