Kids's Music Event at the Artistery

Hi Friends,

Andy from Bark Hide and Horn here. My girlfriend Jessie and I recently started a kids' entertainment group called Jelly Jar Productions and are organizing an event that I thought you all might be interested in. It's a kid and family oriented show at the Artistery (a sweet all-ages live/work/performance space on SE Division, if you don't know it) on Saturday, July 12th in the daytime (maybe 3-6pm?). Our idea is to get a bunch of our musician and artist friends to perform original kids'
songs/puppet shows/plays/stories/etc.-- basically to expose working local artists to an exciting young audience, and to expose young audiences to exciting art and music. In my experience, performing for kids is humbling, invigorating, and incredibly rewarding, and I want to share that experience with others who might not interact with kids day to day.

What we're asking is if you'd be interested in putting together a set (anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes) of songs, stories, puppetry, or something else to perform at the show. We'll probably have an open-mic style section, with a bunch of folks performing a song (or story) or two, leading into two or three longer sets. Original content is awesome, but if you're more comfortable performing classic kids' songs, that's great too. Also, if you have a hidden talent like juggling, making balloon animals, face-painting, drawing caricatures, or cooking carnival food, we're hoping to have a bunch of booths set up for sideline entertainment.

We want to make this a true community event, so any talent or energy you are willing to offer would be amazing. If you have your own brilliant ideas for the event, please let me know, as it is just beginning to take shape and could be anything we make it. But time is of the essence! The event is only a month away, so if you can let me know ASAP if you're interested, we can set up a meeting to brainstorm ideas and get the ball rolling.

Thanks so much for your time, I really hope you are able to get involved.

Best,
Andy
(andyfurgeson@gmail.com)
503-577-0445

PS- Please forward this message to any other friends who might be interested in this kind of thing.