"Autumn" 8' X 11' by Star Moxley; Boise, Idaho
the quilt used as backdrop for
A Quilt of Poetry, Story and Musicalso known as "The Open Hand"

"Her stories and music fill a room with wonder and magic. Angela's performance is a feast of colourful sights and sounds. She's wonderful!"
Pam Greene, Children's Services, Beverly Hills Public Library

Performances
Her performances are a whimsical braid of story, song & poetry played on Autoharp, Tenor Guitar, Washboard, Spoon & Bell.

Angela Lloyd • Story • Song • Poem • Chant
(References, resume, and fee schedule available upon request).

Angela Lloyd's performances celebrate the human experience with poetry, stories, and songs.
A nationally known, award-winning recording artist, Angela plays the autoharp, ukulele, and is an absolute virtuosa on the washboard. Lloyd's whimsical presentation is appropriate for school age children with accommodations made for the specific age range of the audience. A bilingual format is available upon request.

The stories are drawn from the best in children's literature, traditional world folktales and original works based on personal experience. The songs are drawn from vinyl record albums from her childhood, contemporary singer/songwriters, and traditional folk songs. Angela's work hits the standards of the California State Framework for the Visual and Performing Arts.

A Quilt of Poetry, Story and Music (K-8)
highlights transformation and creativity with an emphasis on the special connection between words and music. Infused with the magic of a childhood spent in Caracas, Venezuela, this musical storytelling performance reflects the best of oral and literary traditions. A giant (8X11 ft) quilt and the sunbrella provide a visual feast for the concert that features the washboard's transformation from laundry tool to musical instrument. This performance is available in a bilingual format for grades K-2. Capacity: 350 Students

The Harvest Show (K-8)

The Butterfly Kleenex (K-8)
"A moment ago I had a thousand legs and now, I am wearing a dress!" This central story of transformation is planted in a garden of poems, songs and stories that reminds us we are always growing in one way or another! "Angela's ease with the audience and delight in the exchange makes her performance a place where we can see who we are and celebrate it with humour and timeless wisdom." K-8 Capacity: 350 Students

Books Fall Open, You Fall In! (Family)
A performance individually designed for family reading nights, this collection of stories and songs will delight and inspire the family audience for reading together. (Capacity: 300)

Leaving Home to Find Home
(Middle School/ High school & Adult)
" An element of surprise you can count on, Angela "combines the warmth of ancient storytelling and the brilliance of New Vaudeville!" Leaving home to find home is the central theme in this collection of contemporary American poetry, traditional/ true stories, and songs from traditional and contemporary sources.
An edu-tainment Leaving Home is designed to inspire Theatre and English students to consider the multi-layered experience and possibilities of performing the spoken word.
Middle and High School Capacity: 140 students

Add a Grand Piano, and present Angela Lloyd with pianist Rebecca Rollins:

The Open Hand (Family and Adult)
Stories, Songs, Solo piano, Poetry; Washboard/Piano Duets playing Ragtime Music.

A Friendship in Music and Story: Ruth Crawford Seeger and Carl Sandburg (Family and Adult)
A spoken word and music collaboration for elementary school children Performed by storyteller/musician Angela Lloyd and pianist Rebecca Rollins
(57 word description): This performance pairs the Poetry and Rootabaga Stories (fairy tales with an American landscape dedicated to his daughters 1922-1923) written by Carl Sandburg with Ruth Crawford Seeger’s original piano compositions and American Folk Songs for Children (the text of these songs celebrate a young child’s daily life) which Ruth Crawford Seeger collected and arranged for piano.

The stories are selected from a variety of sources:

• traditional world folktales
• original works based on personal experience
• the best in children's literature (Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories, Richard Kennedy, the poetry of A. A. Milne)
• for young adult and grown-up audiences the poetry of Mary Oliver and Naomi Shihab Nye

The songs are drawn from

• vinyl record albums from her childhood:
  (Carl Orff, Mitch Miller, Duke Ellington, Pete Seeger, Cole Porter)
• contemporary singer/songwriters
• traditional folk songs
• original musical compositions based on the poetry of:
  e.e. cummings, Emily Dickenson, A.A. Milne, Pablo Neruda

Angela's ease with an audience and delight in the exchange make her concerts and workshops a place where we can see who we are and celebrate it with humour and timeless wisdom.