calendar archive
2010
December 11 - Step On The Beat CD kickoff at the Champaign
Public Library, Champaign, IL 2-2:45 p.m.
December 4 - Step On The Beat CD kickoff at the Urbana Free Library, Urbana, IL 2-3 p.m.
November 12 - AlphaBeat and Brain Bop workshops for EC Head Start educators, Lake Ridge Head Start, Gary, IN
August 19 - Brain Bop Workshop for Early Childhood Educators at the PALS School, Peoria, IL
April 23 - In-Service for Harlem Consolidated School District #122, Loves Park, IL
April 24 - Dancetalk workshop for Educators, Champaign Public Library
April 9 - Brain Bop Workshop, Indiana AEYC Conference, Indianapolis
February - One-month residency at Head Start Savoy site, supported in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council's Arts-in-Education program.
January 29 - Illinois Music Educators Association Conference, Peoria, IL - Brain Bop Workshop
Jan 30 - ILMEA, Peoria - Ice Breakers and Friend Makers Workshop January 4 - AlphaBeat Workshop for Champaign County Head Start infant and toddler teachers and aides, Savoy, IL
January 4 - Brain Bop Workshop for Champaign Unit #4 After-school program leaders
2009
January 5 - Workshop for Champaign County Head Start infant and toddler teachers and aides, Savoy, IL
January 21- Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
Jan.24 - Indiana Music Educator's Association State Conference, Indianapolis February 7 - Presentation at the "Partners In Education" Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
February, 2009 - One-month residency for Headstart, Savoy, IL Supported in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
March 6 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
March 21 - Keynote and Workshops on Learning through Movement, Heart of Illinois AEYC, Peoria, IL
April 1 - One-day student workshops and staff development on Brain Bop!, Riverton, IL
April 23, 2009 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
May 4-8, 2009 - One-week 3rd- grade residency at Barkstall Elementary School, Champaign; Simple Machines and ME
October 8-10, 2009 - Workshops in Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 21-22, 2009 - Workshops in New Bedford, Mass.
Nov. 6, 2009 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
2008
October 11, 2007 - Urbana Park District's 100th Anniversary Chautauqua Celebration.
December 6, 2007 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Premiere of Lecture Demonstration Common Threads.
January 6, 2008 - Performance for Grand Opening of the Champaign Public Library. With Rocky Maffit and Chad Dunn.
January 3 - 18, 2008 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Residency with 4th grade students.
January 14 - 18, 2008 - Barkstall Elementary, Champaign. Simple Machines and M. E. with 3rd grade students.
February, 2008 - Performances of Common Threads at four elementary schools, Urbana, Il. King (Feb. 6); Wiley (Feb. 13); Yankee Ridge (Feb. 19); Leal (Feb. 26)
February 12, 2008 - Workshops with students at the St. Joseph School for the Deaf, Urbana, IL.
February 20 - 22, 2008 - Partners In Education Workshops, Lafayette, LA
March 26, 2008 - "Words Alive!" family program, O'Fallon, IL. March 13, 2008 - Program for Girl Scouts at Prairie Elementary School, Urbana, working on their Dance Badge, lead by Common Threads performers.
April, 2008 - After-school program in Urbana elementary schools, lead by Common Threads performers.
April 5, 2008 - Teacher Workshop and Family Program for First Baptist Church PreSchool, Savoy, IL
April 15 & 18, 2008 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
April 22 - May 2, 2008 - Residency sponsored by the Bensenville Public Library, Bensenville, IL.
April 26, 2008 - Make-A-Dance Bachelorette Party, Paxton, IL
May 7, 2008- "Dance A Story" parent/child program, Champaign Public Library
May 8, 2008 - Israeli Folk Dance, Israel Independence Day, Champaign, IL
May 12 - May 22, 2008 - Multicultural Dance Residency with 2nd grade students, Stratton Elementary, Champaign. June 10, 2008 - Library Program, Mattoon, IL
August 16, 2008 - Champaign Public Library, Homeschoolers Fair
October 4, 2008 - Youth Literature Festival, Champaign, IL with Rocky Maffit.
November 7, 2008 - Viewing Dance: Lunchtime Lecture and Performance with Talkback for Osher Life Long Learning Institute, UIUC, Champaign.
Nov. 21-22, 2008 - Iowa Music Educator's Association State Conference, Ames, Iowa.
2007
Sept. 11-15, 2006, Westview Elementary, Champaign. Theme: Respect. Funded in part through an Illinois Arts Council "Quickstart" grant.
October, 2006 - In-Service for Unit #4 New Teachers on the BrainDance
January, April, 2007 - In-Service for Unit #4 Teachers on Integrated Learning through Movement Every Body Can Do Science
January, 2007 - Mt. Zion, IL February, 2007 - Westview Elementary, Champaign, IL
February, 2007 - Folk Dance Workshop, Davenport, IOWA
March, 2007 - Performance for Family Resiliency Center, UIUC, Champaign.
March, 2007 - Parent/Child and Teacher Workshops, Potomac, MD
April, 2007 - Kenwood Elementary, Champaign, IL
April, 2007 - BrainDance Workshop, Freeport, IL
May 7 - 25, 2007, Clara Peterson Elementary, Paxton, IL. Kindergarten Dancers!
2005-2006
October 17 - 21, 2005, Isaac Fox Elementary School, Lake Zurich, IL
October 24 - 28, 2005, South Side Elementary, Champaign, IL
November 14 - 18, 2005, Barkstall Elementary, Champaign, IL
November 28 - December 2, Dr. Howard Elementary, Champaign, IL
January 9 - 13, 2006, Booker T. Washington Elementary, Champaign, IL
January 20, 24, 26, 31, Feb. 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 2006 - "Making Connections Through Music" (Mental Health Center of Champaign)
Jan. 20, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
Feb. 4, 2006 - Kids at Krannert "Action Painting through Movement" (Krannert Art Museum; Champaign) - Interpreting the Exhibition "Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne" 350 musuem patrons participated in this event!
Feb. 7, 2006 - "Wiggles for the Wee Ones," Champaign Public Library, Program for 1-3 year olds & Parents
Feb. 10, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
February 20 - 24, 2006, Stratton Elementary, Champaign, IL
February 27 - March 3, 2006, Garden Hills Elementary, Champaign, IL
March 4, 2006 - Step On the Beat program for PPROUD, Champaign, IL
March 8 & 9, 2006 - Shelbyville Schools 2-day residency, Shelbyville, IL
March 10, 2006 - Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
March 27 - March 31, 2006, Robeson Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 3 - 7, 2006, Carrie Busey Elementary, Champaign, IL
April 8, 2006 - Carle Clinic Healing Day (Music and Movement Event), Urbana, IL
April 17 - 21, 2006, Kenwood Elementary, Champaign, IL April 21, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL
April 24 - 28, 2006, Westview Elementary, Champaign, IL
May 1 - 26, 2006, Clara Peterson Elementary, Paxton, IL, funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council's Arts in Education program
May 5 & 19, 2006 - "Safety Net" After-school Program. The Hope School, Decatur, IL