Happy Easter and Passover!
Posted on April 12th, 2009
Hope you all are doing great! Saw the sunrise on the beach, a beautiful start to a wonderful day.
Take a look at this video of Kelly Reno my good friends Todd & Dr. Anna Marie (of the Weather channnel) shot a few weeks ago;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVRy1×7I5YU
Think global volunteer local
Posted on March 10th, 2009
Thought you’d like to see these letters … this one was quite a surprise from Venice High School. Made my day!
The Tombigbee Library System letter thanked us for caring about books and literacy in Mississippi. The Black Stallion Literacy Foundation has offered the reading program to all the public schools in the state of Mississippi.
We were happy to donate Black Stallion books for their library shelves. Nice library, great people!
My wife Pamela’s family, the Barrons, were among the first pioneer settlers in Choctaw county (Ackerman), Mississippi around 1830.
Thanks for reading!
tim
The Black Stallion Literacy Foundation
BSLP Road Show Itinerary
Posted on April 15th, 2008
Little Rock, Arkansa
Barton Coliseum
2600 Howard Street
Little Rock, AR 72206
Monday, April 21, 2008 – Two Performances (SHOWS)
10:30 a.m. BSLP Matinee Performance
12:15 p.m. BSLP Matinee Performance
Jonesboro, Arkansas
10:00 -10:30 a.m. Magness Creek Elementary
Special visit from the “Black Stallion”.
Arkansas State University
217 Olympic Drive
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – One Performance
10:30 a.m. BSLP Matinee Performance
Bentonville, AR
Benton County Fairgrounds
7658 SW Regional Airport Blvd.
Bentonville, Arkansas 72712
Thursday, April 24, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. – General Admission show for the General Public
Friday, April 25, 2008 – Two Performances (SHOWS)
10:30 a.m. BSLP Matinee Performance
12:15 p.m. BSLP Matinee Performance
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson Rodeo Grounds
4208 S. Santa Rita Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85714
Thursday, May 1, 2008
10:30 a.m. – BSLP Matinee Performance (SHOW)
Phoenix, Arizona
Westworld
1661 N. Pima Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Monday, May 5, 2008 (SHOW)
10:30 a.m. – BSLP Matinee Performance
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 (SHOW)
10:30 a.m. – BSLP Matinee Performance
Las Vegas
Horseman’s Park
5800 E. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89122
Thursday, May 8, 2008 (SHOW)
10:30 a.m. – BSLP Matinee Performance
Denver, Colorado
National Western Complex
4655 Humboldt Street
Denver, CO 80216
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 (SHOW)
10:30 a.m. BSLP Matinee Performance
Ft. Worth, Texas
Will Rogers Memorial Center
3401 W. Lancaster Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 (SHOW)
10:30 a.m. – BSLP Matinee Performance
Orlando Sentinel: “Horse story with true literary heart”
Posted on January 2nd, 2007
“Two Florida friends whose lives intertwine around a love of things equine and a children’s novel, The Black Stallion, launch a nationwide literacy program.
By Wes Smith | Sentinel Staff Writer. KISSIMMEE, FL — -Just a few steps into the darkened Arabian Nights, Jonathan Eldredge came to a halt with hundreds of other fourth-graders filing in behind him. The stocky 9-year-old drank in the sights, sounds and smells of the arena, and let out a whoop: “Holy moly, this is too good to be true!” The flabbergasted Clermont boy was among 3,800 area schoolchildren invited to attend four performances this month at the dinner-theater attraction offering all courses with horses, from leaping stallions to chariot races. The special brown-bag matinees were rewards for participating in a unique reading program built around The Black Stallion series of children’s books that have sold more than 100 million copies in 28 languages.”
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Road Show: “The Black Stallion”
Posted on October 8th, 2006
In conjunction with the U.S. Nationals Arabian & Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show: Experience the magic of the most recognized Arabian of all time: The Black Stallion. Arabian Nights Dinner Theatre (Kissimmee, FL) brings a fairy tale to live on horseback in an evening performance culminating with Walter Farley’s Black Stallion. The Arabian Nights Dinner Theatre Road Show is coming to U.S. Nationals courtesy of the Black Stallion Literacy Project, an inspiring Non-Profit dedicated to reading skills development of 1st and 4th grade children.
Friday, October 20th at 7:00pm
Freedom Hall-Louisville, KY
The Black Stallion Literacy Project
Posted on March 1st, 2002
The Black Stallion Literacy Project motivates children toward successful lives by helping them discover the joys of reading and wonders of learning through the magic of live horses and Black Stallion books by Walter Farley. The Black Stallion Literacy Project was featured on ABCNews.com on 3/29/2002.