I drove to Charlton last Wednesday to perform for the library.  Unfortunately the Library was still under construction and I couldn’t perform there.  From what I did get to see of the inside it looks beautiful – and hopefully the patrons will get to see it soon – but for now the librarian is running full steam into the summer program and having a blast with the kids who can find where the programs are going to be that day.  As you can tell from the sign above I performed in the Grange.  Thank you to the town of Charlton for allowing us to use that space – the kids and I had alot of fun.  I forgot to take pictures during the show though – so you will have to use your imaginations!  Just think of laughing children and a big, goofy adult making funny noises.

These pics are from the end of June at a show at Norwell Library that went extremely well.  The kids heard my version of Pete Seeger’s Abiyoyo and were visited by Wolf and Moose who told them some funny tales – as always.  Thank you to Nancy Perry the Children’s Librarian and I hope you all like the pictures! 

• Norwell 1
• Norwell 2
• Norwell 3 – Juggling
• Norwell 4

Thank you to the early birds in Osterville who joined me last Saturday morning!  The intimate group laughed and giggled their way through “Sarah’s Surprise” and loved meeting the alligator.  Thank you to the very wonderful Librarian who sent me these pictures so that everyone else could take a look. 

• Meeting Alligator
• Osterville 12/06
• Osterville 12/06 II

    

The residents had a treat this morning when Crayon Campus joined us at the nursing home for a few stories and a lot of laughs!  These pictures were brilliantly taken by my mother in law, who was there to enjoy the stories with her mother, a resident at the home.  At the end of the show everyone, including all the seniors, shook Alligator’s hand.  It was a blast, and thank you to Brandon Woods for letting me come and tell my stories there.

 

I planned on doing alot more blogs about the shows that I do, but it has gotten so busy, especially the end of May.  After my birthday where I turned 31 I broke into a very busy week and now the first few weeks of June are even busier!  I promise to try to post more pictures and blog about the shows and I am sorry to those of you who have emailed me asking if I was going to post pictures of some past shows – Iwill try to do better.

Meanwhile – enjoy these pics of the Marshfield Kindergarten having a blast this past Monday! 

• Dancing
• Dancing 2

  

After an extremely busy week, I was in Scituate on Tuesday, Fall River Wednesday, a wonderful show for the residents of Royal Nursing Home in Falmouth on Thursday, then Thursday night spent in New Bedford telling some families stories for Little People’s College Family Reading Night, then Friday where I spent the whole day in Hanover and ended in Hull for an Ice Cream Social hosted by the Hull Family Network, I am looking forward to my day off on Sunday.  My foot seems to healing just fine, and thank you to everyone who has either called or emailed me well wishes.  My doctor said nothing is actually broken. 

Lastly, after a quick meeting with the owner of Cubby’s Clubhouse (871 Washington St, Rte 53 – right across the street from McGee Toyota, in Hanover), I will be doing 2 shows this week.  Both Thursday (5/24) and Friday (5/25) I will be there from 5:30 – 7:00pm telling my funny tales and selling my CD’s.  Call Cubby’s for more information (781) 826 – 2582.  If you have the opportunity swing by and check it out!  Hope to see you there!

Below are some pictures from Family Literacy Night participating in the song “Hi My Name is Joe” with some pretty funny results.

• Family Literacy Night 1
• Family Literacy Night 2
• Family Literacy Night 3

  

Last Friday, after my shows in Pembroke, during a daring attempt to save a small child off of a rock that he climbed but could not get down, I slipped off the rock and my ankle rolled, spraining it severely.  It may not look pretty – but it felt worse.  No fears though!  I still did my show at the Charter School at 6:00 and even did my teacher training in Taunton the next day.  Check out the pictures!  Warning – some of them are pretty gross.

• Big Ryan Sign
• Big Ryan Sign II
• The Park where the Accident occurred
• Teacher Training
• Foot 5/6/07
• Foot 5/8/07

  

This past Thursday and Saturday I had two great shows.  First, the Bourne Library packed the crowd in nice and tight – so that everyone who came to see me had a chance to!  There was hardly standing room!  What a enthusiastic crowd that showed up! 

Next, on Saturday, I visited the Buttonwood Zoo where another room FULL of people laughed along to my silly stories and had alot of fun meeting Edgar and Charlie and, of course, Alligator!  Check out the pics below to see all of the storytelling action!

• Wolf and Moose at Bourne                  Big Ryan Announcement
• Bourne 3                                                 Zoo Crowd 2
• Bourne 4                                                 Me Moving So Fast – I look all blurry!
• Zoo Entrance                                          Meeting Alligator
• Zoo Crowd                                               Juggling!

 

A large group of friends joined me at the South Yarmouth Library this past Wednesday evening.  Some of whom have never seen a Big Ryan show before!  After the show was over many of the new fans came over to tell me just how much they enjoyed the show!  A large thank you goes to the Children’s Librarian who took all of the pictures and shared them with me so I could post them here!

• Alligator – not behaving
• The Fishing Song
• Crowd Shot

  

First, let me just appologize about not getting these pictures up right away.  I have been a bit busy – but I wanted to show you just how wonderful the crowds were at this past Saturday’s shows!  Alot of familiar faces showed up to hear my stories!  I told “Morphing Beans” and both Wolf and Moose and the Dog Puppets made appearences!  It was such a fantastic time.  It was also good to see David Mellow – a fellow storyteller – amuse the audience with his tales too!  Check out some of the pictures below!

• The First Group
• Crowd Shots
• Growing and Growing
• The Boys Hangin’
• Wolf and Moose – Hard at Work