http://giantmagnet.org/
Apparently it’s over.
Apparently it’s one of the reasons it is coming to an end is because it can’t compete for time and funding against the state mandated testing.
Damn it!
I used to work this festival every year when I lived in seattle and it was called The Seattle International Children’s Festival and it was an excellent temp job for some of my friends and a “real job” for others.
Apparently, it’s dying because it depended on bussed in school groups and now it can’t compete against the state mandated standardized tests that also happen during the month of may.
Two performances stand out in my mind, a sweet and lovely actor/musician piece from somewhere like the Netherlands; two actors, and two or threee musicians, the story created for an audience of preschoolers, about a lonely man who made friends with a dog and then they were together as friends and not alone anymore. The second was Rennie Harris Puremotion Hip Hop.
The death of this festival is so wrong on so many levels.