Hoop & Holler for Health!

Using Cultural Arts to Educate and Inspire Children
and Their Families to Live Healthy Lives

Class Acts Arts' special initiative, Hoop & Holler for Health! enters its fourth year of addressing the dramatic rise in childhood obesity with two exciting shows that encourage good nutrition, physical activity and making healthy choices in life. Call or email us to book your program, and be sure to ask about what grant funds may be available for your school.

"This is my fortieth year of teaching public school music and I was
VERY impressed with "Bon Appetit! The show was one of the
most educational and entertaining performances that we have had."

Betty Scott, University Park Elementary School

BON APPETIT!

MUSICAL FOOD FUN with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer

Program Fees: $1300/1525

Songs from the GRAMMY© winning CD "Bon Appetit!" ( Best Musical Album for Children, 2004)

This collection of good humor songs celebrates healthy eating, healthy kids and the fun of food. The interactive concert includes sing-along songs in many different musical styles, developed after much research and consultation with children's nutritionists from the World Bank, the USDA and the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Cathy & Marcy rock out with "The Food Pyramid," jazz it up in "Breakfast Power" and use Celtic sounds to encourage drinking 6 glasses of water a day. A Hula Hoop contest to Big Band swing music reminds us that exercise is fun both indoors and out. Songs are accompanied on guitar, five-string banjo, steel drum and mandolin.

photo credit: Dane Penland

 

BUENA VIDA! with Cantare

A bilingual celebracion of healthy living!

Program Fees: $975/1230

Join Cecilia and Patricia and their special guest musician on a journey to healthy eating, physical and emotional well-being in this lively bilingual fiesta. Cantare's recipe for fun includes the catchy cumbia "A mover el esqueleto/Shake your Bones," the highly dramatic "Tengo un mango tango/Tangy Mango Tango," and an irresistible limbo contest to the rhythm of "Mambo Limbo." Learn about a rainbow of Latin American flavors on the food pyramid and add a few new Spanish words to your healthy living vocabulary.

photo credit Juan C. Caicedo

 

 

Grant funds available. Programs may include CD's for use before and after the show, study guides, visits from nutritionists and opportunities to get students actively involved.