SCHOOL ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCES! Bring an entertaining educational assembly program to your school. All shows feature a unique blend of ventriloquism, magic, puppets and song as well as audience participation. Jan Potter, as Cranberry the Clown, weaves an atmosphere of fantasy and fun with these delightful teaching performances. There's Magic in a Book (Reading Show) Celebrate reading! Cranberry highlights the importance and joys of reading while trying to save the school's (or library's) books from destruction by Diction Harry, a bookworm. 40 min., K-3 Caring and Sharing (Character Education) Cranberry the Clown teaches values, sharing, caring, helping and manners, in this variety show. 40 min., Pre-K through 2, follow-up activity guide Keep Them Clean and Healthy (Dental Show) In this award-winning program, Cranberry teaches preventative dental care using colorful oversized props. Learn the “Keep Them Clean and Healthy Song” with Sara the puppet. 40 min., K-3 DR. R. U. WELL’S DON’T SMOKE SHOW (click on DR. R. U. WELL on front page) Grades 2-4 Performed as clown-doctor. Program free in many New York counties. FUN SHOWS for school special events! Cranberry's Magical Merriment This 45-min. variety show delivers giggles and smiles to all ages. K-6 Cranberry's Christmas Cheer Magic Show 45-min. variety show K-6 PUPPET PROGRAM! Puppet Kaleidoscope This visual treat of hand, mouth and rod puppets is laced with humor. The educational focus is on creativity and making choices. In addition to the demonstration of professional puppets, the students see simplified puppets they might create themselves. Fantasy animals perform a colorful dance accompanied by a puppet playing a large keyboard. Children experience ventriloquism with a puppet that thinks she is talking and moving by herself. Students learn how puppets are constructed and manipulated and watch a sock turn into a dog. Jan Potter, the former City Puppeteer of Albany, NY demonstrates how her creative ideas develop. This show is suitable as an assembly program or for smaller groups. K-6 50 minutes