Marisa Fusaro's Canadian Television Production

If you look at my previous blog, you will see a LONG, LONG, web address! That is the web address that Marisa Fusaro, my former student at Adams Street School (see former blogs) sent me last week to my e-mail address. I tried to copy and paste it to my blog but it will not turn blue, However, if you copy and paste it to your address bar you will see a delightful rehearsal of Marisa's childhood writing of "THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING EMERALD. What really comes through with these wonderful Canadian actors and actresses is their cameraderie and enthusiasm for their craft. They are a lot of fun to watch. Marisa tells me that the production will take place sometime in December. This is all taking place in Ottawa, Canada. Many of you who regularly read my blog know about this already, but if you are new, let me fill you in. Marisa grew up on Shrewsbury Street here in Worcester (Ma.) and went to Adams Street School through the sixth Grade. You can read about our writing and publishing the book "Togetherness" in previous blogs. When she and her group decided to produce the works of children, Marisa recalled her work as a child and looked me up on Google. That's how it all got started.
Another kid in that class was Vinny Pedone who is now a state representative from Worcester serving in the state legislature. Vinny didn't write a play but that troup up in Canada should consider his contribution for production also. Let me summarize it for you: He wrote a story about a dream he had that he was in Antarctica and he found a blueberry bush that was 7centimeters high! (How this blueberry bush was growing in Antarctica I will never know!) Anyway, Vinny and his friends dig up the bush and bring it back to town (wherever that is.) They watch it grow. They contact the President of the United States and are invited to the White House! (Leave it to a future politician to wrangle an invite to Washington!) He gets to Washington only to be rebuffed by the guard at the door because the guard does not believe that this kid could possibly get an invitation to visit the president with his foolish blueberry bush. The story unfortunately ends abruptly as dreams do naturally when Vinny wakes up with his mother asking him, "WOULD YOU LIKE SOME BLUEBERRIES WITH YOUR CORN FLAKES".....(Marisa said she is going to send me the link when the television production takes place in Canada. I can hardly wait!!!!
Postscript: Marisa, if you are reading this: You know, besides the African-American author, Corrine Bostic who has since passed away, there was another lady who was in that project. Do you remember who she was? Her name was Princess White Flower and she was a Nipmuc Indian who came from Grafton, Massachusetts. The ONLY reason I know that is Anthony Petrone wrote a story about her coming to visit the class and teaching the class about Indian celebrations called "POWWOWS". She told the class about a weaved basket that held water and also taught them how to count to five. I can remember Corrine very well, but I have no recollection of Princess White Flower at all. I think she came to the class that one time only. I also remember asking Corrine, who as I recall was an excellent author, whether I had any promise as a writer. Her reply?....."Well, maybe as a newspaper reporter." Hmmm.When I look at that poem I put in "Togetherness", I couldn't agree with her more!......Newspaper reporters are okay though.