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 Before
the program began, Sunshyne visited with the kids who were waiting
for it to start.
At the beginning of the program, Sunshyne the Clown introduced
herself as the “pretty one” and said Tom the Twister was the other
one. She did not want anyone to get them confused.
Sunshyne said the audience needed to know three things to watch a
magic show.
First, Sunshyne told the kids to stay seated on their cinnabuns. Mr.
Tim quickly corrected here and said it is not cinnabuns, it is
bottoms. Sunshyne next said stay seated on their cinnabottoms. Mr.
Tim said it is not cinnabottoms, it is just bottoms. Sunshyne said
the kids needed to stay seated on their “just bottoms” because she
did not want to step on them in their size 22 shoe. It wouldn’t be
pretty. It would just be messy.
Another thing Sunshyne wanted the kids to know about watching a
magic show is they need to know how to smile. The kids had big
smiles as Tim held up a big smile on a stick in front of his face.
The third thing Sunshyne wanted the audience to know is how to clap.
The kids clapped loudly. Mr. Tim then used a plastic clapper and
repeatedly said “clap on” to get the audience to keep clapping.
To do the magic, Mr. Tim had to get Sunshyne’s magic
dust cane out, so the boys and girls could help make the magic
happen. When Mr. Tim could not find it, Sunshyne said it was in her
car. He headed towards their car, but Sunshyne held up a small red
VW car. She said she had an SUV, but it did not get good gas mileage
like the small car. Her next car will be an XYZ.
When Sunshyne took the wand out, she “accidentally”
knocked off Mr. Tim’s hat and then hit him on the backside. It made
the kids laugh very loudly. Sunshyne did that to Mr. Tim two more
times before she used the wand to spread magic dust.
Mr. Tim told everyone the library has a multitude of books on
various subjects. He and Sunshyne like books about flowers. They
have used the information from the books on flowers to grow one of
the most beautiful flowers you have ever seen. They had a copy of
the flower put on a scarf.
The blue scarf Sunshyne held up had a flower on it, but the kids
told them the flower was all white. Mr. Tim said the flower would
get colors on it through magic.
Grabbing a roll of what looked like foam hotdogs, Mr. Tim was
confused. Sunshyne said she brought them in case they got hungry and
hoped to find a big bun for the hotdogs.
Next, Mr. Tim grabbed an empty bag to help do the magic. The bag had
a hole in it because it was not zipped. The hole prompted Sunshyne
to sing “There’s a Hole in the Bucket.” (She would also break into
song several other times during their performance as a response to
something Mr. Tim said.)
Once Mr. Tim threw the scarf in the bag, he walked over to where the
kids were sitting and had several kids “throw” colors at the bag as
he walked through audience. One girl had many colors on her shirt.
As a group, all the kids were told to throw colors at the bag, but
not at Mr. Tim.
When all the colors were in the bag, Mr. Tim chose two children to
help put the colors on the flower. He said one of the wands was his
father’s wand, so he told the little girl not to break it.
Unfortunately, this wand bent when he got it out and handed it to
her. Mr. Tim did not understand why it kept bending.
Since the wand was bent in two places, Sunshyne said it was her
workout wand and lifted it up and down as if she was doing a
workout.
The girls chosen to help were told to wave their wands over the bag,
while the kids in the audience waved their arms.
Mr. Tim pulled the scarf out of the bag and there were colors all
around the flower. Sunshyne and the kids told him the flower itself
was still white.
The kids had not said the magic words, which Mr. Tim told them was
“reading is fun.” He got out a new wand to hand to the girls and
found other wands nested inside.
This time, the helpers each got two wands. On the count of three,
Mr. Tim told his helpers to wave their wands. The rest of the kids
yelled, “reading is fun.”
The scarf was then pulled out of the bag and the
flower was finally colorful.
Next, Mr. Tim said a library is the place to go when
you want to learn about something because there is so much
information there. At the library, Mr. Tim said you can find someone
called Bob the Bookworm. Mr. Tim pulled out a book to show everyone
Bob the Bookworm, but Bob was not in the book when he opened it.
Sunshyne said Bob might be in the library reading books and getting
smart.
Bringing out a fairy tale book, Mr. Tim said Bob
might be in it. Talking about fairy tales got Sunshyne to sing,
“Fairy tales can come true. It can happen to you if you read a
library book.” She hoped to get on “America’s Got Talent.”
When Mr. Tim asked the kids to name fairy tales, they
shouted out tales like Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea,
Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Snow White. Sunshyne mentioned
Goldilocks and the Three Turtles, and the kids told her it was three
bears. When he opened the fairy tale book, Bob was not in it.
As Mr. Tim held up a geography book, Sunshyne showed everyone a
“moon rock” she said an astronaut snuck it back from the moon to
give her. Mr. Tim asked Sunshyne how she knew it was a moon rock.
Sunshyne said it was because the rock was made of Swiss cheese.
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The next book Mr. Tim tried to find Bob the Bookworm
in was an adventure book. Sunshyne once went on an African Safari
adventure and saw all kinds of African animals. She saw a kitty cat,
fish, and a turtle. Sunshyne told everyone she shot an elephant in
her pajamas. Mr. Tim questioned that story and Sunshyne said, “how
he [the elephant] got in my pajamas, I will never know.”
Then Mr. Tim got out a How-To book. Sunshyne said you can learn how
to build things and need a hammer to build them. She grabbed a large
hammer, but the hammer’s “head” fell off.
A history book was the next place Mr. Tim looked. He asked kids what
they knew about history and several mentioned presidents. When he
asked for historical events, one mentioned Pearl Harbor and another
the Civil War. Mr. Tim said the library has many books on the Civil
War.
The book about history had a picture of a covered wagon on the
front, so Sunshyne told everyone her
great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great- great grandfather
who was really great drove a stagecoach when they had covered
wagons. The stagecoach once got held up by robbers. Sunshyne said
the robbers were the only thing keeping the stagecoach up.
Because they were having trouble finding Bob the Bookworm, Mr. Tim
said Bob sometimes gets lost in the library, which is not a bad
place to get lost with so many books.
Taking a piece of cardboard covered in books, Mr. Tim covered the
board with a scarf that had a picture of a spider on it. The kids
were told to wave their hands at the scarf and say, “reading is
fun,” but not point at him. The kids did point at Mr. Tim, who said
“now cut that out.” When Mr. Tim moved the scarf, the kids could see
the board under it, but Bob still did not appear.
The kids told Mr. Tim to turn the board around, but Bob was not on
that side. Bob briefly peered around the side of the board, which
the kids told him.
As Mr. Tim turned his back to the audience, Mr. Tim
said he did not know where Bob was. The kids yelled and told Mr. Tim
they could see Bob on his back. Bob then moved to Mr. Tim’s front as
he tried to look for Bob.
For the next act, Mr. Tim said he studied nursery rhymes when he was
a kid. He told mixed up versions of fairy tales like Mary’s lamb
following her to school and eating the teacher’s lunch. Another one
was that Jack jumped over a candlestick and burned a hole in his
britches. Mr. Tim showed everyone a Mother Goose book, but when he
opened the book, all the pages were blank.
Choosing one of the kids to help, Mr. Tim asked her to take a large
magic pencil and draw pictures. The book then had pictures in it,
but no color.
Another helper got a magic crayon to color in the pictures. Mr. Tim
showed everyone the colored pages, but then the book turned blank
again.
A third helper was chosen, and Mr. Tim handed her a
huge magic wand. The helpers then waved the pencil, crayon and wand
as the other kids shouted, “reading is fun.” The whole book finally
had colorful pages.
The final trick was one Sunshyne said was special. She asked
everyone what we will celebrate next week, and they answered the
Fourth of July. Mr. Tim said the library is a good place to learn
about the Fourth of July.
In many towns like the one Sunshyne lives in, she
said they put flags out for the Fourth of July. Sunshyne told the
kids Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag in 1777. Since then,
more stars have been added.
To help with this trick, Sunshyne chose two boys and one girl.
The three helpers each got one scarf. One scarf was red, one was
blue and one was white. Mr. Tim had the helpers put the scarves in
the red bag, but when he pulled something out, it was a little
plaque and then a toy alligator. The alligator was on Mr. Tim’s
finger. Sunshyne asked if anyone wanted to make a purse or suitcase
out of the alligator.
Each helper then placed one hand on top of the bag and said, “God
Bless America.” When Mr. Tim pulled a large flag out of the bag, it
had red stripes, but no blue section with stars. He said he wanted
them to try it again because we are American and do not give up.
The helpers tried the trick again. This time, the
flag had a blue background and stars where the stripes should be.
The stripes were where the stars should be.
Finally, Mr. Tim gave each helper glasses, hats and magic wands. The
audience shouted, “reading is fun” and waved their fingers as the
helpers waved their wands over the bag. Mr. Tim counted to three,
but then said “wait a minute” because he did not think everyone was
ready. Mr. Tim stopped them more than once. Finally, the kids
screamed they were ready.
Once Mr. Tim decided the kids were ready, the helpers waved their
wands while the others waved their fingers. This time, when the flag
was pulled out, all the colors, stripes and stars were where they
were supposed to be.
When the final trick was finished, Mr. Tim and Sunshyne thanked
everyone for coming. They posed for photos and visited with a few of
the kids after the performance.
Next week, there will not be a program since Thursday is the Fourth
of July. On Thursday, July 11th at 10 a.m., Circus Kaput will
present a program in the library annex.
[Angela Reiners] |
