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PIZZA, PUPPETS, STORIES, SERPENTS AND SEA-SHANTIES
GLOUCESTER MEETINGHOUSE FOUNDATION
PROUDLY PRESENTS ANOTHER FEBRUARY
VACATION ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP
Kicking off February school vacation, another FREE Children’s Program of entertainment is on tap for
Saturday, Feb. 19 – right in your home, via virtual internet Zoom broadcast – presented by the
Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation to start Cape Ann public schools’ 2022 Winter Vacation.
From 12:30 to 2 p.m., the lineup includes story time with book readings by popular Cape Ann authors
and performers Stan & Daisy Nell, Alice Gardner, Peter Berkrot, and Pat Johnson; a puppet show by
Through Me to You Puppeteers, and a sea-shanties singalong led by Rockport musician Corey Wrinn.
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Sign up by 5 p.m. February 18 and you’ll get an email with a link for
connecting to Zoom AND an option for a $10 discount
(one per family, February 19 only, limit 40 so sign up soon!)
on a large pizza at Sebastian’s, 56 Washington Street, downtown Gloucester.
You will also get an option to download a free printable PDF of Daisy Nell’s
new coloring book Moxie and the Whale; the printed version is for sale now
at Maritime Gloucester.
Registration and more info at www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org/events
Program:
- Daisy Nell & Stan Collinson – reading, singing, from her coloring book Moxie and the Whale.
- Alice Gardner – Gloucester author reading her book St. Peter’s Fiesta, Gloucester, Ma
- Peter Berkrot – acclaimed audio-book narrator reading Gloucester Sea Serpent by M.T. Anderson
- Leigh Baltzer – puppeteer from Through Me To You Puppetry
- Pat Johnson – reading longtime favorite Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
- Corey Wrinn – Rockport musician/artist singing original sea-shanties with guitar.
Good Morning Gloucester 