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The Sound of Music

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The Friends of the Garden City Public Library will sponsor a free, concert version of “The Sound of Music” with the talented cast of Plaza Theatrical Productions on Wednesday evening, June 19.  The classic Broadway musical, featuring an award-winning score by Rodgers & Hammerstein, will have you humming along to beautiful songs, such as "Climb Every Mountain," "My Favorite Things," and the title piece, "The Sound of Music."  This final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein was destined to become the world's most beloved musical. Cast of "The Sound of Music"

When a postulant proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval captain.  Her growing rapport with the youngsters, coupled with her generosity of spirit, gradually captures the heart of the stern captain, and they marry.  Upon returning from their honeymoon, they discover that Austria has been invaded by the Nazis, who demand the captain's immediate service in their navy.  The family's narrow escape over the mountains to Switzerland on the eve of World War II provides one of the most thrilling and inspirational finales ever presented in the theatre.

Adults are invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Friends at 7:00 PM, which will be followed by the 60–90 minute show and refreshments. Seating and parking are limited and on a first-come basis. No tickets are required.

 

Summer Kick-Off Show

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Join us on Thursday, June 20 at 7:00 PM for our summer kick-off show, "Can You Dig It?" with Petra Puppets.  This fun show is open to children ages 2½ through Grade 5 and their families. 

Tickets are required.  Ticket distribution begins Saturday, June 8 at 9:30 AM in the Children’s Room.  Each individual needs his or her own ticket to attend.

 

2013 YA Summer Reading Club

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Come “Beneath the Surface”! Anyone entering Middle School or High School in September 2013 is invited to join the YA Summer Reading Club “Beneath the Surface.”  Registration begins June 17 and continues through the month of July. Sign up at the YA desk in the Library or fill out an online registration form. All registrants get a sign-up prize bag. If you sign-up online, do not forget to ask for a prize bag at your next visit to the Library.

Read - anything: a summer-assignment book, a recreational book, newspaper, magazine, graphic novel, an eBook, or listen to an audiobook. Fill out a mini-review form and hand it in for a raffle prize. Mini-reviews can be put into the raffle box in the YA room or sent by email, in which case a print out will be placed in the raffle box. Instead of a raffle review, you may choose to keep a reading diary and show it to the YA Librarian before August 14.

Everyone who submits a review will get an invitation to the "Annual Pizza Party Back to School Bash" on August 28. Prizes will be awarded.

Will you be away all summer? You may still join and participate in “Beneath the Surface” through email or snail mail to:

YA Librarian
Garden City Public Library
60 Seventh Street
Garden City, NY 11530

Contact Marge Kelly, the YA librarian, with any questions at 516-742-8405, or come and visit her at the YA desk in the Library. Watch for more information about the special programs being offered for ‘tweens and teens this summer.

Remember: the 'Tweens & Teens Room has copies of the books on the Summer Reading Lists from the Garden City Middle School and High School as well as from many of the area private and parochial schools.

 

Library Policy Changes

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The Garden City Public Library Board of Trustees has approved charging 25¢ per day for all overdue items (except DVDs).

All print-outs in the Computer Lab and the Young Adult Computer Center will cost 10¢ per page. Sufficient funds must be present in the user's account to cover the entire cost of a print job or it will not begin.

Free pages are no longer available. Users are encouraged to preview their print jobs carefully.

Due to system changes and processing time, these policies will go into effect on Monday, June 3.

 

Summer 2013: Dig Into Reading!

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Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been counting down the top 20 reasons why you should sign up your child for the Summer Reading Club. Here are the next five reasons:

  1. When parents read, sing and play rhyming games with their toddler, they stimulate language and vocabulary development and build important foundations for learning to read.
  2. The program offers toddlers an opportunity for group interaction.
  3. The program allows elementary age school children to experience different genres.
  4. The program offers recognition to readers.
  5. The program offers free incentives to read.

This year’s Summer Reading Club theme is “Dig Into Reading!” The Little Diggers Read-to-Me Club is for children ages 2½-5 years old (not entering Kindergarten in Fall 2013) while the Explorers Reading Club is for children entering Grades K-5 in September 2013. Special-needs children are welcome with an adult. As part of the Summer Reading Club, children can choose from a variety of activities that they can do either at home or at the Library in order to win prizes.

Registration for the Summer Reading Club begins June 17 at 9:30 AM in the Children’s Room and is ongoing. Non-residents can register beginning Monday, July 1, at 9:30 AM. Check for our flyers in the Children’s Room for more information about the Summer Reading Club and additional summer programming.

 
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