Shopping, Time for Shopping

The morning's over. Let the shopping & hugging begin! Thanks Phyllis & Pat for all of your planning & for providing such a great opportunity for me to be with our local early childhood community.

Great Higgeldy of 2010

The one of my nearly 100 original songs that truly benefits from a participatory experience is my "Higgeldy Dance." The song emerged on our trans-Atlantic speaking tour to England (thank you Renee and Susan,) which evolved to include a bus trip to Scotland...... which is where I heard our tour guide utter such happy phrases as 'higgeldy biggeldy' and 'shiggle da boot' in the mist of Edinburgh Castle. Mix it all together and you've got a "Higgeldy Dance." The main ingredient is to cross the mid-line with your feet for the engaging chorus. The verses themselves are fairly self explanatory. It makes for a rousing conclusion to a thrilling morning workshop. Every now and then the room lends itself to a group experience. Columbus State provided the perfect space to have everyone involved.

First Professional "Reading"

Were you there? Were you in the audience? Were you part of the celebration -- the unveiling -- the inauguration?? This was the day. The moment. The supreme occasion. The sharing. The long awaited event. Drumroll. Applause. Excitement. Adrenalin. Enthusiasm. Energy. More excitement. More applause.

In case you weren't able to be in Columbus for the great historic reading, you need not despair. This is what it looked like from the big stage --for the first time to share my book with teachers and with my daughter Sarah at the Canon -- we have plenty of documentation to share. Megan, from the front row volunteered to join the act for the sake of posterity. Thanks to both Megan & Sarah for sharing in this monumental first turning of the pages in a professional setting.

These are the first sequential pictures of the interior pages. I get all ticklish just posting the pictures and having the opportunity to relive it..... all over again.

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Sarah's Along to Capture

The difference in having my daughter Sarah in attendance at one of my events, is that there are oodles of pictures of me during my presentation to share. Here's a couple from the launch of the morning. Thanks sweetie!! Mama-in-action........