Samuel Jones :: Eudora's Fable: The Shoe Bird


 

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Jones, Samuel
1935-0000
(b Inverness, Mississippi, 2 June 1935). American
Eudora's Fable: The Shoe Bird <2002>
narrator children's chorus
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Timpanist covers 2 gong notes.
An alternative text, slightly shorter, reduces the duration to 48'.
Source of text: Eudora Welty. Language: English
A fable about animals learning not to shortchange their native gifts to follow fashion. Children's chorus has a substantial role, somewhat in the manner of a Greek chorus. Narrator must be a skilled actor to portray a dozen different characters. Text from Eudora Welty's children's book. A teachers' guide is available.