Ahoy Mateys!

Ahoy Matey! One of our favorite venues and amusement parks LEGOLAND CA ( http://www.legoland.com/California.htm ) had a sneak preview of a new attraction mid-June. Pirate Shores, a series of fun, water rides and activities is now open to the public. The Patchwork Players joined a number of our favorite entertainers, plus some new friends in introducing this new attraction. We donned our pirate garb and headed out for two rollicking days of telling pirate tales, getting our photos taken, getting squirted by riders on pirate ships and telling and hearing some hilarious pirate jokes. Where did the peg legged pirate go for breakfast? …..I-hop! Why can’t kids go see the scariest pirate movies? Because they are rated AARRRRRR. We especially enjoyed meeting members of a local pirate guild The HMS Stranglehold crew ( http://stranglehold.kagusa.org/pirates/ ). They, in addition to being “real pirates” also have members who dress up as Klingons. Oh, we love the world of entertainers. We hope you get a chance to get over to LEGOLAND sometime soon and play with the pirates. It was a great time.


Patti then joined the Girl Scouts of Yorba Linda in Orange County CA for Around the World in Five Days at their day camp. Nearly 450 girls from Kindergarten through grade 6 were there making crafts, earning badges, and hearing Patti tell stories from Asian. Each day the camp featured guest artists and performers from around the region. They were enthusiastic volunteers and pretty good actors, too. They especially enjoyed helping to bring to life Lon Po Po, the Chinese Little Red Riddinghood story. Patti was a Girl Scout in Minnesota all throughout her school years, and so has a special warm spot in her heart for this terrific young development program.

Over the next five weeks, summer reading programs in the public libraries start with a vengeance. Start tuned for news on Animal Tales: Let’s Act It Out.