Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!!

I want to give a really big round of applause to the awesome teen volunteers we had this summer. Without them summer reading would not have run so smoothly. We had teens tallying books at the summer reading table all summer and helping us with the programs. I hope all of them will be with us next year. From all of us here at the Hobart Library Thank You so much for volunteering.

IBT: Indiana Ballet Theatre

The Indiana Ballet Theatre is a non-profit organization that was established in 1980 by Gloria Tuohy. Ms. Tuohy's career has spanned 40 years of professional dance, teaching, choreography, and costume design in experience in England, Europe, and the United States. The IBT is dedicated to the art of dance and to enriching the cultural life of its community. They accomplish that through their education and outreach programs. The Indiana Ballet Theater came to the Hobart Library and put on an hour program. They first started by introducing themselves to the kids and how they became interested in dancing. They talked about the process of becoming a dancer and the type of gear you need to get started. The audience learned about the audition process, how to do stage makeup, the careers you can have from a dance background, and learned about the IBT organization. Along with all that the dancers demonstrated some of the dances and the moves it takes to dance flawlessly. The pictures below show some of the performances given. The very last picture shows the boys in the audience holding their arms out straight. They had to see how long they could hold it. Dance is hard work and they got a little taste of what the dancers go through.

To check out more about IBT: http://www.ibtnw.org/.

Ice Cream Social

On July 29th the Hobart library had an ice cream social. Forty five people enjoyed the icy cold treats and I ran out of ice cream. I was so involved in dishing out the ice cream I forgot to take pictures. Shame on me.

Pet Show

The Lake Station New Chicago library had a real live pet show on Wednesday July 29th. The the library was invaded by 3 cats, 3 bunnies, and 11 puppies/dogs, and 43 humans. Below are some pictures of them.

Pre-School Pet Show

The Lake Station New Chicago library had a stuffed animal pet show. Pre-schoolers were able to come and bring their favorite stuffed animal to parade around. From the pictures below you can see that they had a dolphin, a duck, a chicken, a monkey and much more.

Creative Aquariums

On July 23rd school age children created their own aquariums. The best part is you don't have to feed the fish, because everything is fake. Using sand, moss, grow bugs, and much more the kids made some really great aquariums. I like the one below with the sand art at the bottom. Very Cool!

Marbelized Paper

On July 22nd pre-teens used marbles and paint to create their own marbleized paper creations. It was a lot of fun.