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THE
WIND IN THE WILLOWS To be played by the Salem Concert Band November
2, 2003 Back to 11/02/03 concert Dear Student: Come join the fun and share your talent!! Salem Concert Band invites you to experience The Wind in the Willows through art and music by creating your own original artwork to be featured at the Salem Concert Band performance at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2003, at the Elsinore Theatre in downtown Salem! In your preferred medium (pencil, charcoal, paints, crayon, pen, etc.) create an image inspired by one of the characters from Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. This masterpiece of children's literature can be found at any area library in book or video format if you would like to learn about the characters in more detail. Please mail your artwork to Salem Concert Band, 41385 Sunset Way SE, Stayton, OR, 97383, or you can drop it off at any of the following locations:
Weather's Music, 2825 Commercial Street SE, Salem Please create your masterpiece on paper no larger than 8 1/2 X 11. Artwork must be submitted no later than Saturday, October 25, 2003, to be displayed. Please print your name, the school you attend, and your grade level on the back of your artwork. Come see your masterpiece displayed in a very special way at the Elsinore and how your work makes this event a very special one indeed! We hope you will take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to have everyone see how truly creative the youth of Salem can be! See you at the concert!!! Students are admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Adult admission is $12 at the door. The River - It may never take a breath, but this character has a life of its own. "Never in his life had [Mole] seen a river before - this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh ... All was a-shake and a-shiver - glints and gleams and sparkles, rustle and swirl, chatter and bubble." Ratty and Mole - These mismatched but entertaining friends meet at the river and together embark on a journey that leads them on many adventures. "When they got home, the Rat made a bright fire in the parlour, and planted the Mole in an armchair in front of it, having fetched down a dressing gown and slippers for him, and told him river stories till suppertime…The day was only the first of similar ones for the emancipated Mole, each of them longer and fuller of interest as the ripening summer moved onward." Mister Toad - Made famous (or infamous?) by the wild Disneyland ride, Mr. Toad is loud, greedy and accident-prone, yet loves a good adventure, a fast car and a cheerful song! "When
the Toad--came--home!
Bang! go the drums! Ulysses the Badger - He is a wise and natural-born leader, though also an elusive hermit. The Badger leads his small "army" comprised of Ratty, Mole, and Toad to break up a gang of mischievous weasels! "The
Badger drew himself up, took a firm grip of this stick with both
paws, glanced round at his comrades, and cried - 'The hour has come!
Follow me!' And flung the door wide open…the mighty Badger,
his whiskers bristling, his great cudgel whistling through the air."
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