Kidstale Services:

Learn something new this summer!

Sign up for Summer 2010 Workshops

Ethnic Music & Dances from Southern Philippines:
Description:  Students will learn to play the kulintang ensemble musical instruments (agong, babendil, & dabakan) and dance two pieces (with costumes): Pangalay (Nail dance) and warrior dance (shown above).   The class will be divided into two:  dancers and musicians.  They will switch for the other piece.  (The workshop at the Sandia Prep will have the puppets.)  They will perform on the last day of the workshop.  To learn about instruments and dances, go to kulintang.  Instructors are:  Jenny DeBouzek and Tessie Greenfield.  To find out about instructors, click instructors.  To inquire about workshop, call Tessie at 214-5150, puppetnettes@kidstale-nm.com.  To inquire about signing up, contact the venues below:

• Sandia Prep Summer School:  "Experience Philippines through Music, Dance & Puppets from Southern Philippines, " June 7 to 25 (3 weeks), 11:25 am to 12:15 Sandia Preparatory Schoo, 532 Osuna NE, Fee:  $115 for 3 weeks.  This is one of the activities offered under "Languages and Music".  Find out more about other activities in the summer school program: Sandia Prep summer program.  (This workshop is open to all youth from age 8 and older.).  To learn more about puppets, go to puppet shows.  To inquire, contact Sandia Prep at 338-3000, summerprep@sandiaprep.org.   You can sign up as early as March.
• Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center (MMMC):  June 21 to July 2 (2 weeks), 9:30-10:30 am,  "Music & Dances from Southern Philippines," Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center, 501 Elizabeth SE.  Contact MMMC.  Open to students from  8 years & older.  Sponsored by NM Asian Family Center and partly funded by United Way.  Registration:  $5 payable to NM Asian Family Center.  No workshop fee.  There are two ways to sign up:  as part of the summer program (this is one of the activities offered) or sign up to attend this workshop ONLY.  The parents have to sign a permission slip. Contact MMMC in May.  Call 275-8731 (ask for Youth Activities).

• Puppet Shows (American & Filipino Cultural Shows)
• Puppet Workshops
• Video Editing
• Audio (Conversion: cassette to CD) Services

Potpourri: 

• Kulintang (Music & dances from Southern Philippines)
• Filipino Americans in New Mexico

• Asians in Albuquerque
• Indonesian Shadow Puppets for Sale (contact Dini at djuag@yahoo.com)

• Promoting Events in Albuquerque

• Prospective Educators in New Mexico
• Stamps to teach multiculturalism

• Puppeteers of America
• UNIMA (International puppet association)
  

Tessie Greenfield, Kidstale puppeteer & Kulintang musician is shown performing a kulintang piece at the St. Joseph Technology Institute

Kidstale-nm.com

Puppetry, Philippine Folktales

in Book, DVD, Videos, VCD's & CD's for Sale

• Puppets
• Video, CDs (Puppetry, Philippine Movies, Dance, Martial Arts)