Come Dance With Me - 2011
During the Summer Reading Program, focused on six different country groups. Charity Hall has a degree in International Dance from St. Olaf College. She came into the library for 1.5 hours each week for 6 weeks to demonstrate and teach basic dances from each of these countries.
- Event Date: June 13, 14, 22, 29
- Location: Waseca Le Sueur Regional Library
- Attendance at each individual event: June 13 = 14, June 14 = 14 , June 22 = 18, June 29 = 12
- Partner Organization(s): Friends of the Waseca Public Library, Teen Advisory Board
- Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: Friends of the Waseca Public Library - supplies & materials, Teen Advisory Board - students to assist children
- Program Outputs: We have a calendar of events which goes home with each patron, thus the word on the program spread which grew attendance.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.
- At the end of each session, the children should be able to name one or two dances specific to the country group we are focusing on.
- They will be able to do some basic steps of the dances.
Original application stated that the children may learn one or two basic dances from each country. Since the sessions were only 30 minutes each, and the ages of the children participating were quite varies, it ended up that just one dance was taught in each session.Part of the time was spent showing the children where the country was on a globe and showing the children various items from the countries ( flags, pictures of children from the specific country, books, etc)At the end of the sessions we brought the children and the music out into the main part of the library and did the dances for parents and other library patrons. The older children (8 - 12 year olds) could name the dance and the country it was from along with a few fun facts about the country. Younger children (Ages 4-7) could name the dance if prompted.