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VOLUME 1 – Number 1

While “Summer pops like a green balloon,” in Barbara Crooker’s poem “Surprise,” musical performers Uncle John & Mikey narrate another balloon contretemps in their song “Hardley, A Clown in the Sky.” Gail Picado’s story, “I Want and Buy Me” tells the tale of two sisters who use those expressions so often that people have forgotten their real names; and writer Erica Orloff introduces us to Russian snow fairies and an irascible czar in “Princess Alexandra and the Morning Frost.”

c o n t e n t s :
1	Shoofly Theme by T. Sherman Tate (lead vocal) and Tommy Hartley (guitar & vocal)
2	Nighttime by Arlene S. Uslander. Performed by Alexander Yannis Stephano
3	Musical Interlude
4	I Want and Buy Me by Gail Picado. Performed by Dede Corvinus, Betsy Gordon, and Kristy Merrell
5	Musical Interlude
6	Cats by Adelaide B. Shaw. Performed by Kristy Merrell
7	Hardley, A Clown in the Sky by Uncle John & Mikey
8	Wishes by Faith Berlin. Performed by Lisa Bowers
9	Amanda’s Debut by Edith Tarbescu. Performed by Ronda Music
10	The Dancing Pig by Adelaide B. Shaw. Performed by Betsy Gordon
11	Musical Interlude
12	Niño by C.D. Janisse. Performed by Richard McGough
13	Surprise by Barbara Crooker. Performed by Kristine Watt
14	Princess Alexandra and the Morning Frost by Erica Orloff. Performed by Greg Miller and Amy Landers
15	My Dreams by Mel Tansill. Performed by Mark Ariail
16	At the Mall by Uncle John & Mikey
17	My Smile by Mel Tansill. Performed by Amy Landers
18	Musical Interlude
19	Why the Lion Rumbles So by Richard Cody. Performed by Greg Miller
20	Caterpillar and Worm by David B. Flynn. Performed by Susanna Rinehart, Michael Allen, and Mark Ariail
21	Shoofly Theme Instrumental

Edited and produced by Arlene Furman and Jack Nestor

Directed by Susana Rinehart

1994 Shoofly, Inc.

The Shoofly Players: Michael Allen, Mark Ariail, Lisa Bowers, Dede Corvinus, Betsy Gordon, Amy Landers, Richard McGough, Kristy Merrell, Greg Miller, Ronda Music, Susanna Rinehart, Alexander Yannis Stephano, and Kristine Watt

Shoofly Theme: T. Sherman Tate (lead vocal); Tommy Hartley (guitar & vocal)

Cover Concept & Design: Kathleen Nestor

Cover Art: Ashley Murr (age 7, Raleigh, NC)

Recorded by: Randy Friel, SoundWave Audio, Chapel Hill
Incidental music composed and arranged by Randy Friel and Chip Crawford

Our thanks to: Harry, Kevin, Bert, Sam, Isaac, Sara, Cassie, Russell, Coral, Nathaniel, Dylan, Michaela, Hannah, Emma, Skyler, Austin, Ariane, Emma, Cai, Chloe, Nick, Kyla, Phoebe, Paul, Zoe, Noah, Michael, Charlie, John and to all the other kids who continue to inspire us.

Special thanks to Susanna Rinehart for her talent, generosity, and art; Randy Friel for knowing what all those buttons are for; Marilyn Furman, Ann Nestor, and Jack Nestor; and to Howard Furman for getting us here.