Douglas Wood (2nd program)
Presentations where students will learn about the natural world. Students will learn about books and reading, literacy and writing. Audiences will enjoy listening to music. Through the lyrics of the songs, students and audiences will learn about the human connection to the natural world. Three of the performances were of Doug Wood and the Wild Spirit Band.
Event Dates and Locations:
07/14/2010 – Moorhead Library/Twin Valley LINK Site/Hawley Library
07/15/2010 – Barnesville Library/Breckenridge Library/Rothsay Community Center
07/16/2010 – Bagley Library/McIntosh Library/Gonvick LINK Site
221 people attended this program.
Attendance by location is as follows:
Bagley Library (17),
Barnesville Library (25),
Breckenridge Library (19),
Hawley Library (24),
McIntosh Library (23),
Moorhead Library (33),
Gonvick LINK Site (26),
Rothsay Community Center (22),
Twin Valley LINK Site (32)
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, post-test; End user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status
A Summary of surveys from the program is: Please rate the quality of this program: Using 1-5 scale, with 5 being excellent and 1 being poor.
- 1~ (0), 2 ~ (0), 3 ~ (3), 4 ~ (11), 5 ~ (63), Average (4.72)
What did you like best about the program?
- The banjo music (3)
- Everything (13)
- Informal, fun music (10)
- Very entertaining (2)
- The songs (4)
- Instruments, honesty, attitude
- Talking about nature
- Playing & singing (5)
- Songs that kids could participate in (2)
- Interaction (6)
- Child & Adult friendly (2)
- Reading (3)
- New way to see new authors
- High caliber performance – nothing you’d expect in Gonvick (2)
- Variety (3)
- Insights to book
- Wonderful stories & wonderful music (5)
- Very intriguing
- Interesting to hear about your life & writing; enjoyed it
- It was presented in a way that everybody likes
- Music, words come from life experiences
- Enjoyable
- The reading of his books & music
- Presented great
- Niceness
- Relaxing
- The music (3)
- Personal – regional artist
What would you change about the program?
- Nothing (34)
- Can they post programs outside the library on the board? – Hawley
- Should be longer (12)
- Read from adult book
- Call on kids to help – individual kid participation
- More reading
- Have more people attend (3)
- Thought there would be more music (2)
- Intermission (2)
- Bio (flyer) to take home
- Earlier in the day
- It was a good program and not hard to understand
- More music (2)
What other programs would you like to see offered at the library?
- More music – any kind (9)
- Movies
- More like this (2)
- Science & animal
- Puppet show or animals
- Host more authors (4)
- Read around the clock
- More fun
- History
- Crafts and Hands-on activities
- Nothing (2)
- Storytelling as an art
- Whatever
- Ones with country & pop songs for the 40s to 60s
- More authors
- Similar…local, regional artists/authors
Prior to this program, have you ever attended a program at the library or sponsored by the library?
- Yes (39)
- No (35)
How did you hear about the program?Program flier – 8Information/poster at the library - 13Information/poster in the community – 6Library newsletter - 2Library web site - 5Newspaper/magazine - 43Radio - 1Television - 1From library staff - 15From another person – 18Check your age range:Birth to 5 (4)6-17 (11)18-54 (19)55 and over (41)What is your zip code? 56549 (9) 56545 (1) 56584 (1) 56547 (3) 56514 (4) 56520 (10) 56583 (1) 56621 (13) 56716 (1) 56644 (7) 56652 (1) 56601 (1) 56535 (1) 56556 (2) 56542 (2) 55020 (1) 56541 (1) 56584 (9) 56519 (1)Do you have a current library card? Yes - 66 No – 8 NA - 4# of evaluations: 78