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Home > 2009 Summit > Evening Programs
The 2009 evening programs are looking great! Thank you to Summit faculty volunteers Annie Tiberio-Cameron and Steve Houser for finding all this wonderful talent for us to enjoy.
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Saturday, July 25
Stories of Ndakinna - James Bruchac
Join Abenaki and Adirondack Storyteller James Bruchac for an evening of Native American animal and trickster tales. Along with stories Jim will also share a few of his favorite traditional drum songs. The son of award winning Native author and storyteller Joseph Bruchac James is the author and co-author of several books including How Chipmunk Got His Stripes and Raccoon's Last Race. Fun for the entire family.
Learn more about James Bruhac.
James will also be offering two classes on Sunday morning - "ADK Mammal Tracks" and "Natural Navigation Essentials." He will also offer a family program at 3:30 on Sunday - "Animal Tracks, Nature Awareness and Native Games."
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Sunday, July 26 
Billy B - The Natural Science Song-and-Dance Man
Billy B and over 2 million kids all over North America have danced their way to a better understanding of the natural world. Doing everything from mimicking the slide of tectonic plates with “moon walking” to pretending to be leaves photosynthesizing, a Billy B show is an experience in kinetic learning, because kids love to move and make noise. Billy B has 13 different programs, each illustrating science concepts with song, dance and colorful tapestries. Show titles include: Romp in the Swamp, Geology Rocks, The Singing Tree, Recyclemania, The Rainforest Chorus, Squads of Arthropods, and many more. In a show specially designed for our Family Summit at Silver Bay, Billy B. will perform a potpourri of the greatest and craziest of the numbers from a bunch of these amazingly fun shows. Dance with Billy B as he does the Bog Jog, the Root Dance, Rock & Roll of Photosynthesis, and many more.
Suitable for kids from 1 to 102. His CDs will be available that night and all during the week at our Summit Store.
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And wake up the following Monday morning to:
A Teacher Workshop with Billy B (8:30 – 11:30am)
If you’re a teacher of any age level or subject, we know you’ll enjoy adding this to your Summit experience. Join Billy B for a rib-tickling Monday morning teacher workshop! You’ll learn how to isolate an actual science concept and bring it to life through clever lyrics and catchy tunes. What a fun skill to bring back to your staff and your students! You’ll be the hit of your school, and watch out -- the fun is infectious!
Prerequisites: Ability to laugh and play with your peers.
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Monday, July 27
 Square Dance and Green Lifestyles Evening
For a number of years, Summiteers have joined together in an evening of square dancing with a live band. Our band this year is Quickstep with bmembers John Kirk, Trish Miller and Ed Lowman. They specialize in lively fiddle tunes, folksongs and fancy footwork. In concert, they liven up the place with quick pickin’ tunes and sentimental songs in harmony.
At the same time, participants can do green activities at the Green Lifestyles Evening.
Learn more about Quickstep.
Learn more about the Green Lifestyles Evening and consider volunteering to make it a big success!
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Tuesday, July 28
Arm-of-the-Sea Puppet Theater
Arm-of-the-Sea has a style of magical realism that marries the mythic and the everyday, humanity and the earth, visual arts and natural science, poetry and politics.
They will perform their show Mutual Strangers: Henry Hudson and the River that Discovered Him. It is set in September, 1609. A small ship sent from Europe to find a northern route to the Orient sails 150 miles up a river on the "unknown" North American continent.
Learn more about Arm-of-the-Sea Puppet Theater.
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Wednesday, July 29
Andes Manta
The musicians of Andes Manta believe that through their music they bring a rare opportunity for cultural understanding between the people of their homeland, South America, and the people of modern North America.
In this video, they are re-creating the sounds of a rainforest using their musical instruments. It gets really cool at around 2:30 minutes in.
Learn more about Andes Manta.
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Preceding the Wednesday night evening program with ANDES MANTA:
Pan Pipe Building Workshop at 3:30 – 4:30 (location TBA)
Cost: $10 per pan pipe
(No limit to number of pan pipes per family….hmmm… think family chorus!!)
(Payable directly to Andes Manta at the workshop, in cash or check form.)
Did you ever think that in one hour you could build an Andean pan pipe out of genuine South American materials and learn to play a song? And even more, that you could perform that song in the show later that night in a “Summit Pan Pipe Chorus” ???
Well you can! Sign up for the Wednesday family afternoon program. Kids are welcome by themselves as long as they can use scissors safely, but parents may want to join in the fun also. Andes Manta will help workshop participants increase their musical prowess and have a treasure to take home. And yes, you will really be invited on stage to show your stuff that night!
Get ready for a magical night of music that comes from our neighbors to the south. You will be transported to the rainforest and to the Andean mountains through the sounds of over 50 instruments. And lots of audience participation, even if you didn’t make a pan pipe! The four Lopez brothers of Andes Manta are musical masters, preserving the traditions and culture of the Andes, and are highly respected over two continents. We are honored to host them at our Silver Bay Summit.
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Thursday, July 30
On the last evening of the Summit, we watch a slideshow compiled from Summiteer donated photos, organized by Summit board member Michael Shelby and his crew of photo volunteers.
Sunday to Wednesday after the other shows:
Binocular Star Party – Paul Cameron
Observing the night sky is possible with the naked eye, with binoculars, and with telescopes of all shpaes and sizes. This low-tech gathering will use the naked eye and binoculars to observe some of the basic summer sky elements. If you took the Basic Orientation to the Night Sky class, you can get support in using the tool: Graphic Timetables to Identify Planets in the Sky.
Meet on the porch on Sunday through Wednesday evenings IF THE SKY IS CLEAR AND SHOWS STARS, after the evening program at 9pm. We'll walk to the optimal spot to see a few celestial objects.
Suggested Items: Warm evening clothing, and binoculars. If you have a choice, bring a pair that are 7x50 to 10x50, i.e. 7-10 power with a lens diameter of 50mm which gathers more light than a smaller number mm lens such as 35mm.
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