In-Person Event

Magpie -Sense of Wonder: Internationally renowned singers, songwriters and performers Terry Leonino & Greg Artzner, a.k.a. Magpie, bring a musical celebration of the natural world, singing songs that exalt the Earth and the many fauna and flora we share her with, from the great whales in the oceans to the squirrels in your backyard.  Terry and Greg are masters at getting young audiences to join in the singing as well as moving in their seats using signs and gestures. The very singable songs and choruses will teach some environmental lessons as well as offering some things children can do to protect our planet, some basic actions they can take and choices they can make. 

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Sense of Wonder is inspired by the great writer and environmentalist Rachel Carson, whose remarkable book by the same title encouraged parents and teachers of young children to cultivate curiosity, marvel, and a spirit of inquiry in them by energizing and nurturing their innate affection for animals, trees, flowers and other living things. Ms. Carson called it “…a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.” Fostering this love of the natural world in as many of our children as we can is one way we can promote an environmental ethos that will help to protect our Earth.  And music can help.

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