Sing & Dance to American Folk Songs

Red Yarn

This program offered by: Red Yarn

In this classroom performance program, family folksinger & puppeteer Red Yarn will perform interactive folk songs of the USA, encouraging students to sing, dance, stomp and clap along. Between songs, Red Yarn will perform puppetry skits with his “critter” puppets — animal characters from folklore that share social emotional lessons and other curriculum connections. Students will learn about multicultural musical traditions of the USA, learn some new music concepts, and engage with basic puppetry techniques along the way. This performance can be shortened to 30 minutes if that is preferable. This is an acoustic show without amplification, so works for up to 30 students in a classroom space. For a larger group in a larger space like a gym or auditorium, assembly prices apply.

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Details

Program Model: In Class

Art Form: Music

Curriculum Connections: Social Studies

Grades: 1, K, Pre-K

Program Requirements: -A ~4'x6' area to set up puppet suitcase & guitar -5 minutes to set up and 5 minutes to tear down

Instruction Language(s): English

Min. Residency Sessions/Classroom: N/A

Red Yarn

About the Artist

Red Yarn

Andy Furgeson, aka Red Yarn, is a musician, puppeteer and educator from Austin, Texas, based in Portland since 2005. After several years working in after school programs and playing music for grown-ups, Andy decided to combine his passions for education and music by creating Red Yarn. Since going full-time as a family performer and teaching artist in June 2012, Andy has performed 250 shows per year, taught music and puppetry to thousands of students, and touched the lives of countless families with his songs, puppets, and positive messages. With seven albums, extensive touring, and videos galore, Red Yarn is taking his creative folklore project to a national scale. Andy lives in North Portland with his wife and singing partner Jessie Eller-Isaacs (an English teacher at Cleveland High School), their two young children, and a basement full of critter puppets.

"Red Yarn is not only an amazing artist and musician, he knows how to work with young learners. He challenges them, builds confidence, helps them identify art in the world...all while having so much fun! I recommend this experience highly." K-5 Teacher

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Program Costs

Program costs are based on a variety of different factors including number of sessions, planning hours needed and material costs. Please contact Arts for Learning NW at [email protected] for help determining the actual cost of your programs.