Markets! What wonderful places for meeting people.
At the Artisan Market in June this year I met Deb. Deb is hugely talented, warmly enthusiastic and highly energetic. She was looking for a book to use as the basis for a Children’s Holiday Programme in the school holidays in July. She saw “Ngā Kura Huna ā-Nuku” on my stall and immediately decided to make the story into a drama production.
“I see this has a lot of different characters - Maisie, Whaea Mere, the Father, microbes, snails, worms, butterflies, Maisie’s friends. It has a lovely story with a happy ending …….this is just what I’m looking for!” she said.
Deb and I had a couple of meetings and, the next week, she was into three days of rehearsing culminating in a production at the end of the third day. The high-spirited and totally enthusiastic girls joined Deb in a lively production.
On the Friday of the following week I went with about 20 other grand-parents and parents and siblings to see the show. “The Secrets in the Soil”.
There were butterflies, tomato plants, microbes, a dog, ducks, Whaea Mere, Maisie, Tama and Lily, dancing and singing and…..ta da! ….. compost!