We thank our 2010 sponsors:
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2010 Children's Chautauqua in the Park May 22, 2010 - Viking Park, Gurnee, IL Main Stage• The Verb Drum Circle presented by Boys and Girls club of Lake County • Celebrity reader Representative Sandy Cole • Storytelling with the Double Deckers • Celebrity reader w/ Illinois basketball star Brandon Paul • Teddi & Fred Koch w/ the Lil’ Cow Band And special guest Ella Jenkins • Chamber music with Midwest Young Artists • Storytelling with Tom Clark • Stage Break • Jazz Ensemble Infuzd • Stage Break • Wildlife Discovery Center w/ Rob Carmichael • Children’s Musician David HB Drake Field Activities • “Outdoor Adventure” hosted by Boys Scouts of America • Friends of Volo Bog & Volo Bog State Natural Area • “Bracelet Braids” • “Bird Feeder Building” • “Handprint Rainbow” by Greenbelt Cultural Center • “Family Chess and Checkers” • “The 4-H Experience” • “Book Markin’” hosted by Gurnee Park District • "Five Monkeys and Little Crocodile” with Mary Furlong • “Artists Row” with Lemon Street Gallery • “Catch the Reading Wave” Warren-Newport Public Library • “Prehistoric and Historic Fun with Kenosha Public Museums” • “Strollin’ and Striden’” with Stroller Strides • Busy Brains Children Museum • “Object Learning” with Lake County Discovery Museum • “Kids helping Kids” community quilt with Mothers 4 Others • “Marble Painting” • “Newspaper Seed Pots” • “The Puzzling Project” • “Silly Signing” hosted by Angelique Seidler and Kara Thomas • “Solar System Walk” with Lake County Astronomical Society • “Bubble Station” • “Youngster Yoga” with Sanctuary Yoga • “T-shirt Tizzy” • Tai Chi hosted by Theresa Lilla • The Verb Drum Circle • “Worm Hunt” hosted by Lake County Organics • “Footprint Mural” hosted by The Wonderland of Art • “Playing the Odds” host by Mathnasium • “Clay &World of Traegonia” with Kim Krueger and Dino Crisanti • “The Writing World” with Lisa Riebe • Wildlife Discovery Center and friends • “Reading Retreat with Therapy Dog Bloomberg” 2010 Authors/Illustrators Book Signing • Florence Parry Heide • Mary Jo Reinhart • Kim Krueger • Lisë Dominique • Mary Furlong • Lorijo Metz • Richard McFarland • Ashleigh Grambo • Janet Halfman • Kathleen Long Bostrom • Hugh Griffin • Suzanne Slade • Natalie Rompella • Lisa Riebe • Xernona Woods |
What is Chautauqua? We’re glad you asked!
Chautauqua (pronounced: ʃəˈtɔːkwə) is an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day.
We live in a time when excessive “monitor stimulation” continually stunts the intellectual growth of our children. Therefore, we thought it appropriate to start our own “Children’s Chautauqua Movement”. Children’s Chautauqua in the Park provides an interactive-outdoor place of enrichment for the entire family, especially children.
