PIE Story Theatre Holiday Stories and Carols CD Now Available on ITunes and Amazon
The PIE Story Theatre Holidays Stories and Carols CD combines spoken word and harmonious carols to celebrate the spirit of Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah! Featured is a ten-minute adaptation of Dickens's A Christmas Carol entitled Old. Mr. Scrooge!
Online, November 7, 2013 (Newswire.com) - The Holidays are upon us and the talented teaching artists at PIE Story Theatre have created a festive and interactive CD perfect as a classroom aid or stocking stuffer.
Several years ago, a creative team, led my PIE (Projects In Education) Story Theatre founder Patrick Riviere, produced a Holiday CD which features his 10-minute version of A Christmas Carol titled Old Mr. Scrooge. Other stories include A Kwanzaa Story, The Armadillo's Feliz Navidad and The Hanukkah Candles as well as classics like The Elves and The Shoemaker and The Dwarf and The Cobbler's Sons. The team also recorded several classic carols and a "participation story" titled On A Winter's Day that includes a warm-up. "We believe the CD will be a wonderful gift for children but also a creative tool for teachers in Elementary Schools to introduce, in a fun, imaginative and interactive way, holiday stories from other cultures and classic stories that have begun to slip away from our modern-day celebrations," Riviere pointed out.
The CD, entitled PIE Story Theatre Holiday Stories & Carols is now available for download from CD Baby, iTunes, Amazon and other online music sites. It is a perfect gift for the holidays and can be used as both an entertainment and education tool - great for families or teachers in the classroom!
"It's been a labor of love and a long time coming but I believe adults and children alike are going to love it!" Riviere said.
The artists involved with this CD were actor/voiceover artists Melissa Center, Kellie Johnson, Michael Menger, Babs Smith and Riviere. Riviere adapted and wrote a majority of the stories (including Old Mr. Scrooge which was published through Lulu Press) but The PIE Troupe did collaborate on The Kwanzaa Story. The Armadillo's Feliz Navidad was written by renowned international artist, John Bellia.
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