Bring your children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or neighbors’ children to next Sunday’s presentation of “The Tale Spinner.”
This is a musical theatre production by the Junior League of Sacramento (JLS) — a women’s volunteer organization that performs hands-on work and trains its members to be leaders. The JLS has been staging its Children’s Theatre productions for more than 60 years, and the JLS has served the Sacramento community for just over 65 years.
What: “The Tale Spinner” — a musical theatre production for children, geared to Pre-K through 3rd grade, but even adults have a lot of fun.
When: Sunday 3/16 with the performance at 2pm — it lasts about 40 minutes, and there will be activities for children after the play
Where: Hiram Johnson High School Auditorium — take U.S. 50 to 65th Street, go south on 65th, turn left on 14th Ave
About 16,000 school children will be seeing this year’s play, which has been running for the past month during the week. Back when school districts had funds for extracurricular activities, upwards of 50,000 children would see it annually. The schools incur costs to bus the children to the production. In recent years, the JLS has received grants specifically for bus transportation from corporate sponsors.
Some of you probably already know about the good work that the JLS has done in the community. This group of women originates or co-founds other organizations. Do you know about the Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento, the Crisis Nurseries, Child Abuse Prevention Council, Fairytale Town, Crocker Art Museum Docent Program, Sacramento Regional Community Foundation, Court Appointed Special Advocate program, or the Nonprofit Resource Center? The JLS started or co-founded those and many more — many organizations have long benefited from the expertise of JLS members. The League was also a key player in restoring Old Sacramento, most notably the Old Eagle Theatre.
The current signature project in the works is partnering to open the Sacramento Children’s Museum, which will be a hands-on learning environment for children.
The JLS has about 900 members locally, and it’s open to all women age 21 and up.
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