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Oregon Reads 2009 at Hillsboro Shute Park Library
Oregon Reads 2009
Hillsboro Shute Park Branch
775 SE Tenth Avenue, Hillsboro((503) 615-6500
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El Tesora ... Cuento y Canciones or The Treasure ... Story and Song
Musical theater plus language lessons equal fun in this bilingual musical theater where audiences are encouraged to sing along in English and Spanish, participate in the story and play games. An all-ages event presented by Learning English and Spanish through the Arts (L.E.S.T.A.) at the Shute Park Branch on Saturday, April 18 at 2 p.m.
There will be one performance only and admission is free; seating is limited, so be sure to arrive early.
L.E.S.T.A. uses musical theater as a way to integrate fun and language lessons. According to Cyndi Turtledove, L.E.S.T.A.’s Artistic Director, “Theater is the perfect combination of all four language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. It is natural to move while we speak, and it natural to speak while we move.”
L.E.S.T.A. shows are truly bilingual, and use both Spanish and English during the same show, sometimes alternating languages between lines — without exact translations, but becoming understandable through the interaction of questions and answers by the characters. People who come to the shows and speak/understand NO English and only Spanish, understand the whole show, and people who come and speak/understand NO Spanish but only English also understand the whole show because of this.
As part of the performance, audience members will have the opportunity to sing along in English and in Spanish, participate in the story, and play games. Attendees will also take away some bilingual vocabulary!