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Hilltown Families and western Massachusetts musician/artist, Tom Knight, have partnered up to offer a series of singing puppet shows for families at home, featuring puppets, songs, and dancing for all ages. We’re starting off Season 2 with a funky soundtrack and finger puppets, Tom sings the tale of a dragon who scares a town of people, until a little girl named Sally faces the dragon directly. Oh, and there is audience participation too! (Roaring is required.) Check it out!
The Tom Knight Show: “Wiggle Worm”
Hilltown Families and western Massachusetts musician/artist, Tom Knight, have partnered up to offer a series of singing puppet shows for families at home, featuring puppets, songs, and dancing for all ages. In the season finale, Tom and the puppets try out some new moves while dancing to the Wiggle Worm. Allie and Henry learn to disco, waltz, twist, and many other dances.
ABOUT TOM KNIGHT
Tom Knight is a multimedia artist, based in Haydenville, MA. He has been delighting children and their grown-ups with his original, interactive, musical puppet show since 1988 with a unique blend of musicianship and puppetry shows. With his release of five CD’s for children and over 900 performances at festivals, museums, and libraries across the country, Tom Knight’s show are always lively and engaging for an intergenerational audience.
ABOUT HILLTOWN FAMILIES PRESENTS
Hilltown Families presents is a program of Hilltown Families, a community-based education network serving all of western Massachusetts, partnering with local artists, performers, individuals, organizations, and small businesses in the delivery of educational and entertaining video content for families at home. Interested in participating? Send your proposal to swildfield@hilltownfamilies.org.
The Tom Knight Show: “The Solar System”
Hilltown Families and western Massachusetts musician/artist, Tom Knight, have partnered up to offer a series of singing puppet shows for families at home, featuring puppets, songs, and dancing for all ages. In episode five, Tom sings a rockin’ song about the solar system while planets spin around his head. (Really.) Allie learns what’s included in the system and why Pluto is not a planet any more.
The Tom Knight Show: “The Elephant’s Lullaby”
Hilltown Families and western Massachusetts musician/artist, Tom Knight, have partnered up to offer a series of singing puppet shows for families at home, featuring puppets, songs, and dancing for all ages. In episode four, Tom teaches the motions to the Elephant’s Lullaby and sings the story of the little elephant who doesn’t want to go to sleep. Also, Tom learns that Allie has been borrowing his phone. This has been a popular staple of Tom’s live puppet show for 20 years, and he’s pleased to share it with you in this new video form.
The Tom Knight Show: “Henry’s Magic Trick”
Hilltown Families and western Massachusetts musician/artist, Tom Knight, have partnered up to offer a series of singing puppet shows for families at home, featuring puppets, songs, and dancing for all ages. In episode three, Henry the Magician attempts to make a rabbit come out of a hat. Things don’t go as planned with surprising and funny results, as Tom, Allie and,their friends give Henry advice.
ABOUT TOM KNIGHT
Tom Knight is a multimedia artist, based in Haydenville, MA. He has been delighting children and their grown-ups with his original, interactive, musical puppet show since 1988 with a unique blend of musicianship and puppetry shows. With his release of five CD’s for children and over 900 performances at festivals, museums, and libraries across the country, Tom Knight’s show are always lively and engaging for an intergenerational audience.
ABOUT HILLTOWN FAMILIES PRESENTS
Hilltown Families presents is a program of Hilltown Families, a community-based education network serving all of western Massachusetts, partnering with local artists, performers, individuals, organizations, and small businesses in the delivery of educational and entertaining video content for families at home. Interested in participating? Send your proposal to swildfield@hilltownfamilies.org.
The Tom Knight Show: “Rockabilly Goats Gruff”
Hilltown Families and western Massachusetts musician/artist, Tom Knight, have partnered up to offer a series of singing puppet shows for families at home, featuring puppets, songs, and dancing for all ages. In episode two, “Rockabilly Goats Gruff,” a rockin’ musical puppet version of the folk tale, Billy Goats Gruff. Allie learns that folk tales are stories that can change over time, and viewers of all ages can join Allie the Alligator and his friends, Henry and the Pig.
ABOUT TOM KNIGHT
Tom Knight is a multimedia artist, based in Haydenville, MA. He has been delighting children and their grown-ups with his original, interactive, musical puppet show since 1988 with a unique blend of musicianship and puppetry shows. With his release of five CD’s for children and over 900 performances at festivals, museums, and libraries across the country, Tom Knight’s show are always lively and engaging for an intergenerational audience.
ABOUT HILLTOWN FAMILIES PRESENTS
Hilltown Families presents is a program of Hilltown Families, a community-based education network serving all of western Massachusetts, partnering with local artists, performers, individuals, organizations, and small businesses in the delivery of educational and entertaining video content for families at home. Interested in participating? Send your proposal to swildfield@hilltownfamilies.org.
The Tom Knight Show: “Alligator Jump”
Hilltown Families and western Massachusetts musician/artist, Tom Knight, have partnered up to offer a series of singing puppet shows for families at home. In this series premiere episode, “Alligator Jump,” viewers of all ages can find themselves laughing out loud at the banter between Allie and Tom, and joining in their singing, dancing, grunting, and wiggling.
ABOUT TOM KNIGHT
Tom Knight is a multimedia artist, based in Haydenville, MA. He has been delighting children and their grown-ups with his original, interactive, musical puppet show since 1988 with a unique blend of musicianship and puppetry shows. With his release of five CD’s for children and over 900 performances at festivals, museums, and libraries across the country, Tom Knight’s show are always lively and engaging for an intergenerational audience.
ABOUT HILLTOWN FAMILIES PRESENTS
Hilltown Families presents is a program of Hilltown Families, a community-based education network serving all of western Massachusetts, partnering with local artists, performers, individuals, organizations, and small businesses in the delivery of educational and entertaining video content for families at home. Interested in participating? Send your proposal to swildfield@hilltownfamilies.org.
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