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Dream Shapers provides quality children’s and family shows, programs, and school assemblies. Artists are available throughout Southern California. [Contact us] for artists that are available throughout the country. Choose from the widest selection of family programming available to Southern California schools, libraries, preschools and for community events. All programs are entertaining and interactive. School assembly programs are all standards based, meet all PTA insurance requirements, and have auditioned for and been accepted as qualified programs by the Orange County Department of Education. |
L = Library Shows S = School Assemblies PS = Preschool Programs C = City / Fairs / Festivals / Community Organizations |
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American Cowboy / LSPSC
Music
/ Storytelling / Trick Roping
Experience
life on the Great Plains from 1865-1890 and Listen to
cowboy tales and song. Learn their history, about their
work, daily life, and about skills they developed with
ropes and whips |
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Bob
Harrison
Music
/ Concerts
musical exploration of the songs that teach
about music and that encourage reading in young children.
Bob has been performing for and with children throughout
LA for over 20 years at theaters, malls, schools and
libraries.
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California Juggling
Juggling
Follow the history of juggling and circus arts from ancient Egypt through the jugglers and troubadours of the 11th to 13th centuries, into vaudeville of the early 20th century and ending up with juggling for the 21st century |
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Carrie
Higgins
Music
/ Storytelling
songs, folktale's, instruments, puppets or dancing, Carrie’s dynamic voice and enthusiasm motivates all to join in this rich and exciting experience. Carrie’s sincere love of children and her ease with them brings particular charm to her shows.
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CeCe Antoinette
Storytelling / Theatre
The A.W.E. SERIES is for libraries, schools and city events. The program is designed to acknowledge, honor, encourage and empower females—most especially females of color and cultural diversity |
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Christopher Yates
Variety / Storytelling / Multicultural
Chris combines a wide variety of talents for his family shows and walk-around entertainment. Programs include storytelling, magic, juggling and audience participation. |
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Christy
Lewis
Trick
Roping
National and International Record Holding
Women’s Trick Roper who grew up performing in her
family's Western Variety Show. Her children’s and family programs
are highly entertaining and participatory. |
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Chazz Ross
Percussion
Percussionist in African music & dance, Latin percussion, martial arts, stand-up comedy and acting. His mastery of exotic stick, hand and wind instruments includes many world instruments.
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Chazz & Teresa
African Percussion and Dance
Chazz Ross & Teresa Smith provide a dance demonstration with djembe drums played at times with up to twenty volunteers. Audience, dance and sing to African songs and rhythms. |
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Cowboy
Ken
Music
/ Storytelling / Trick Roping
The American
Cowboy, and American Icon and the image of America. Each show is full of songs, stories, trick
roping and lots of audience participation. Also walk-around trick roping for out door events.
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Craig
Newton
Music
has toured the Midwest, Northwest and Southwest playing
colleges and other venues, and has released two albums of
his original songs as well as an instrumental Christmas
album. |
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Dan
Crow
Music
/ Concerts
Award-winning child and family entertainer,
songwriter and recording artist. Dan has performed over
5000 programs across the US, Europe, Asia, Australia
and Canada. He provides
fun family concerts and language arts educational
programs.
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Dana Law
Magic / Nutrition
Amazing Dana the Magician presents a laugh out loud magic show! It’s funny magic full of audience participation and great mysteries. Dana presents a Nutrition Magic Program where he uses magic to support the learning of healthy eating and exercise. |
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Dave
Kinnoin
Music
/ Concerts
Boundless energy from thirty years of experience, and
a sparkling love for kids Dave ia an award
winning performer and songwriter for Disney, Nickelodeon,
and Sesame Street provides all audiences
with a wonderful musical experience.
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Dave Winstone
Music
Dave Winstone performs as a solo artist or as a part of a band. You can choose from a wide variety of shows that he has available from all around the world. Dave Sings in 8 languages, and plays 9 different instruments |
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Dennis Brown
Music
/ Storytelling / History
An orator, narrator, lecturer, singer and musician Dennis provides 1, 2 and 4 man programs. His dynamic show about Dr. Martin Luther King with oratory and songs is inspiring. Additionally he provides a variety of educational and entertainment
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Georgette
Baker
Music
/ Storytelling / Bilingual
Georgette Baker's programs, presented
in Spanish and English, is a wonderful collection of traditional
songs and stories from Mexico, Central and South America.
She also brings a wide variety of hands on objects collected
from her extensive travels. |
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Georgette
& Robert
Music
Georgette Baker is a certified teacher, speaker of 5 languages and world-traveling performer.
Robert Chavez is a veteran trumpet player and has his Masters in Afro Latin music.
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Ina Buckner-Barnette
Storytelling
Travel the globe with the interactive tales of Ina Buckner-Barnette, The Sunshine Storyteller. Every Show is a humorous collection of multi-cultural tales, sound & movement games and songs to tickle your funny bone and excite your imagination |
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Ina & Chazz
Storytelling / Percussion
Musical storytelling journeys that weave hand rhythms and drums with folktale's, chants, songs and movement games. Supports California Educational Standards in Performing Arts, Language Arts and Social Studies.
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Jay
Leslie
Magic
/ Illusion
Magic and illusion for audience around the
U.S. Jays programs are full of comedy and magical feats that
entertain and amaze his audiences. From close up magic to
stage illusions his programs are ideal for k-6 and family
audiences. |
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Joe
Gandelman
Ventriloquist
/ Puppets / Comedy
A BIG cast of high-visual wooden and puppet characters
plus a famous lip sync number where Joe "throws" his
voice into five wig-clad volunteers who mouth the words
to an oldie while he does the voices.
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Karen Golden
Storyteller
Karen Golden’s mesmerizing stories marry age-old values with rollicking saxophone and amazing sound effects" USA Today. Travel through time and space without leaving your seat with this high energy, insightful and interactive performer. |
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Karen Rae Kraut
Music
/ Storytelling / Variety / Bilingual
Award-winning family performance artist Karen Rae Kraut combines songs, stories, and movement into her own quirky, high energy brand of variety entertainment, which positively overflows with audience participation
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Ken
Frawley
Music
/ Storytelling / Puppets
With a 12-string guitar, puppets and
magic. Ken has performed for over 1500 libraries, schools, community events,
fairs and festivals throughout California in the past 10 years. |
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Linda King-Pruitt
Storytelling
Raised on tall tales from her father, folk
and fairy tales from her mother and Native American legends
from her Choctaw grandmother. Linda weaves her tales with
wit, humor and wide-eyed enthusiasm.
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Makinto
Storytelling / Music / History / Bilingual
Musical theatre style presentations blending music, storytelling, education, fun and lots of audience participation into memorable assemblies.
International artist performing in over 60 countries. |
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Marcus Miller
Percussion
/ Music
Working in music, television, film, and education.
Marcus has an educational workshop series that he performs
in schools, libraries, and museums. He has composed several musical
pieces and recorded three albums.
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Mark
Wenzel
Mime
/ Juggling / Acrobatics
Classical and contemporary mime pieces, stunts and lots of interactive participation. Fun, wild, zany and educational, this unique art form comes alive with Mark Wenzel. |
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Michael
D. McCarty
Storytelling
Dynamic and energetic storytelling. Michael performs around the world. His collections of stories
inform, educate, inspire and amuse include folk tales,
historical tales, spiritual tales and more.
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Peter
Small
Historical
Characters / Storytelling / Science
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Edison.
Impressions include many direct
and humorous quotes from his characters, thereby bringing
authenticity and real enjoyment to his presentations. |
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Rodney
Howard
Native
American Dance
Striving to educate
all of his audiences with the cultural context of each historical dance
and people he represents as well as describe and explain
the costumes that are worn.
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Rebecca
Martin
Storytelling
Using
vibrant stories and animated delivery, Rebecca reaches
the hearts of children and awakens the child within everyone,
while developing imagination and communication abilities. |
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Wildlife Company
Animals and Science
We Bring the Zoo to You! Offering programs for school assemblies and community events focused on animals and habitats. Academic programs for all. All of our presenters and trainers are highly trained professional animal keepers and biologists.
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Wonder world
Puppets
Puppets
/ Magic
Ric Morton brings vast experience in puppetry and theatre
arts to his programs, which are fully staged. Fun,
humorous and participatory programs are for all audiences . The programs include hand and rod
puppets, puppet stage and sound system. |
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JOANNA MELL
Music
With 22 years of experience performing on the orchestral and traditional (Celtic) harps, Joanna carefully tailors her musical selections to her clients' needs to make each special event an unforgettable one. |
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RIC MORTON
Science
/ Magic
“Professor Wisenheimer” brings fun to learning basic scientific principles in a new, interactive way. The audience will learn how to develop a theory with experimentation, followed with a conclusion.
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Ken and georgia frawley
Performances / Workshops
Playful and fun participatory presentations of interactive songs for preschool age children that enhance motor skills, develop vocabulary, and support of early learning (ABCs, Numbers, etc.).
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