June 2009 Newsletter

Greetings from Paul

Be Creative@ Your Library
Fun Summer Activities for Your Kids
Grant Writing Tips
Kick Off the School Year with Read Yourself Silly!
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Memorial Day has passed. The weather is warming up. The school year is almost over......Summer is here! For most of you that means signing your kids up for swimming lessons, little league, or camp. For others it is time for vacations and sitting by the pool.

Summer is definitely a time for play and this summer Flow Circus will be visiting libraries, camps, and town festivals to encourage families to be playful together! My performances are created to appeal to kids and adults so that families have the opportunity to laugh together. We encourage our campers to go home and teach parents and siblings to juggle so that it can become a family pasttime. This summer we will also be kicking off Skill Toy Clubs at several libraries to help bring communities together through the juggling arts.

Whatever plans you have made for your summer, we hope that you remember to play!!

Playfully yours,
Paul



Be Creative@Your Library! is the Summer Reading Program theme at many libraries in the US. Flow Circus will be visiting over 70 libraries along the East Coast to debut a new performance that encourages kids of all ages (adults too!) to look at their every day environments a little more creatively. Just think of how much more fun you would have as plain silverware becomes a performance object that can be balanced, spun, or flipped! The summer tour begins this week with performances in Alabama.

We will also be teaching juggling and balloon twisting workshops to provide tweens & teens with creative ways to express themselves. Be sure to check the calendar at your local library to see what wonderful programs are planned for your community. Bring your kids, grandkids, and neighbors to Be Creative! this summer.

For a look at our summer schedule, click here.



Fun Summer Activities for Your Kids: Looking for an activity to engage your kids this summer? Visit the Flow Circus Store and find a variety of juggling props, skill toys, instructional books/DVD's, magic tricks, and balloon twisting supplies. Whether your child has participated in our of our past camps and workshops or if he/she is totally new to the variety arts, you will find items to captivate them in an active and playful way. Imagine your family at the beach this summer (adults and kids) learning how to juggle together!

Please feel free to contact Paul: (919) 426-9157 or paul@flowcircus.com if you have questions about any Flow Circus Store products.



Grant Writing Tips: The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) recently posted Grant Writing Tips to their blog. It was written by Kim McLoud, a first grade teacher that has been awarded 11 grants in the last two years. It is definitely worth a read if you are planning to write grants in the near future.

Please contact Dawn at dawn@flowcircus.com or (919) 604-3462 if you need help writing a grant to bring Flow Circus performances/programs to your organization.


Kick Off the School Year with Read Yourself Silly! As the school year wraps up, we know that PTA's and school cultural arts reps are already planning for the 2009-10 school year. This playful and engaging performance encourages students to learn visit the library to learn new skills like juggling and magic! For middle and high schools, Flow Circus performs Do Something! to challenge tweens & teens to think creatively about career options.

Contact Dawn at dawn@flowcircus.com or (919) 604-3462 if you are interested in having Flow Circus visit your school.



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