CLIMB Theatre – Rhymin’ Simon 2011
Climb Theatre troupe provided twenty performances of Rhymin’ Simon over 10 days as part of the Legacy Program in Lake Agassiz Regional Library System
CLIMB Theatre, located in Inver Grove Heights (a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), is a nationally recognized non-profit company that has provided programming to K-12 schools for 38 years. CLIMB’s theatre artists write, produce and present plays and drama classes on topics like bullying, self-control, respect, friendship, acceptance of differences, methamphetamine-use prevention, and the environment.
Event Dates, Locations and Attendance at each individual event:
• 01/04/2011 - Fosston Library - 25, McIntosh Library - 59
• 01/05/2011 - Bagley Library - 23, Gonvick LINK Site - 20
• 01/06/2011 - Twin Valley LINK Site - 4, Ada Library - 34
• 01/07/2011 - Hawley Library - 16, Barnesville Library - 18
• 01/10/2011 - Cormorant LINK Site - 0, Moorhead Library - 5
• 01/11/2011 - Detroit Lakes Library, Lake Park LINK Site - 7
• 01/12/2011 - Breckenridge Library - 80, Rothsay LINK Site - 19
• 01/19/2011 - Crookston Library - 110, Fertile Library - 10
• 01/20/2011 - Frazee LINK Site - 1, Ulen LINK Site - 20
• 01/21/2011 - Climax Library - 6, Mahnomen Library - 22
479 people attended activity sessions
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.1. Participants will be entertained by professional actors.2. Participants will learn about poetry and rhyming.3. Participants will learn to participate in drama and rhyming.
A summary of survey results is:Please rate the quality of this program: (Using 1-5 scale, with 5 being excellent and 1 being poor)
- Not rated ~ (0), 1~ (1), 2 ~ (1), 3 ~ (5), 4 ~ (25), 5 ~ (45), Average (4.57)
What did you like best about the program?
- Audience participation, fast moving - educational!
- Being a robot (4)
- When it was over
- The acting and changing quick
- It was both educational and entertaining
- Evil Simon dude
- Acting
- Skat
- That it was really funny!
- When Nate got turned into Skat
- Very interactive for my 4yr old
- The play
- Lots of questions for the kids - learning
- Robert
- The actors were awesome!
- Child friendly
- Fun & educational - they were great with the kids
- All of it
- Friendly actors
- That they showed up on a very stormy day
- Very enthusiastic and helped kids w/rhyming words if they weren't sure of a word
- The actors energy
- Exciting & kept their attention (2)
- Costumes/magic
- Rhyming (10)
- Fun way to teach children about rhyming
- Actors were outgoing - age appropriate & educational
- Interaction (26)
- The kids enjoyed it, they were good with them
- Child friendly; educational; not too long - not too short
- The kids had a lot of fun! (3)
- Very creative
- The story (2)
What did you expect to experience or learn from this presentation? Were your expectations met?
- Wasn't sure
- Something like Barney
- I expected that it would be about rhyming or include rhyming - it met all my expectations!
- I expected to learn a lesson
- No, thought it would be longer & little more understandable for 5thgraders
- For it to be puppets
- She loves to rhyme!!!
- Fun for little kids
- No expectations just thought it would be a cool experience for our son
- Learning rhyming, to get my daughter to participate more
- Language drop
- No idea - exceeded expectations
- A little more content
- A fun show for little kids - but a bit too long to keep pre-K's interested.
- Didn't know, what to expect but was good
- A good quality educational experience for kids
- The girls like it
- Fun
- Rhyming (20)
- Some listening skills
- Yes (32)
- Surprised, good rapport with presenters & kids
- Occupy kids & educator
- Expected entertainment and to keep the kids attention - it did
- I thought it was going to be more about behavior - no but still good!
- Above & beyond
- Nothing
- Entertainment
- Have not seen this program before
- Just fun to see attractions come to our link
- I had not attended any type of event like this, so I didn't have any expectations - just curious!
- They were met
What other programs would you like to see offered at the library?
- Romeo & Juliet (4)
- Comedy (5)
- Bullying
- The Last Song/movie
- Love all the programs!!Keep them coming - you guys do great
- Geared toward 7-10 yr olds
- Business - could volunteer or point others towards helping in the community - teamwork - check on elderly in their homes
- Writing, handmaking
- Reading club
- Anything you can get your hands on
- More performances
- Anything for kids is great ...especially interactive (3)
- Summer program - when audience is more available
- Any others but something geared also for younger
- Storytime
- A magic show (3), storytelling, music (4)
- Anything (2)
- Puppet shows/ craft projects (2)
- Insects (2)
- Fairytales
- Animals
- We loved the juggler we saw in Fosston
- More of this type (5)
- Jack Pearson
- Author to work with high school students - for a few days
Prior to this program, have you ever attended a program at the library or sponsored by the library? Yes (53) - No (23) How did you hear about the program?Program flier - 24Information/poster at the library - 11Information/poster in the community - 3Library newsletter - 3Library web site - 1Newspaper/magazine - 16Radio - 1Television - 1From library staff - 21 - Facebook - 1From another person - 23 Check your age range: Birth to 5 (37), 6-17 (37), 18-54 (28), 55 and over (6) What is your zip code? 56520 (18) 58075 (1) 56621 (7) 56514 (5) 56579 (4) 56523 (6) 56542 (4) 56736 (1) 56544 (1) 56634 (2) 56646 (2) 56644 (2) 56549 (6) 56516 (3) 56556 (6) 58460 (2) 56585 (8) Do you have a current library card? Yes - 64 No - 12# of evaluations received: 75