Extending to the Community

The Dragons Are Singing Tonight intends to benefit the children in the Minnesota community through the shared and healing experiences of singing, storytelling, and creating art. First, TigerLion Arts will host school field trips to the Southern Theater premiere. The production then extends to our residency program at Richard R. Green Central Park School and Northport Elementary School, where more than a thousand students will work with their teachers and our Dragons collaborators to learn the songs and create their own dragon characters and stories through mask and puppetry. We will provide songbooks, art materials, and copies of Jack Prelutsky’s book, and help teachers develop an integrated curriculum in an effort to reach every student.

Finally, the students will participate in two large community events in May 2012, the HOBT MayDay parade in downtown Minneapolis and a choral performance at Richard R. Green Central Park School, where hundreds of children from the two schools will come together to sing The Dragons Are Singing Tonight, conducted by the composer and accompanied by the TigerLion Arts Dragons band.

For more information on the Dragons Residency Program, please contact Laurie MacGregor