Grandma Linda, from the Jeffco Spellbinders, visited the LAC on
Saturday to weave her tales of dragons for a rapt audience. With
enthusiasm and inflection, she captured our attention with first a story
of a poor mother and her son, who she sends out to find wealth to keep
the family alive. Meeting a hungry snake, the boy shares his last
morsel of food. To repay this kind deed, the snake turns into a dragon
that provides the boy with a horse that spits out gold coins. Of course
there's an evil uncle in the mix, who steals the horse and confounds
the boy, but gets his in the end. And the moral of the story was not
lost on Grandma Linda's audience. Be kind and share.
After
cookies and a drink, Grandma Linda continued with her second story,
involving a prince and princess, with a fun but unexpected ending. The
princess outsmarting a boastful dragon was a good lesson in female
wisdom, much to the delight of the ladies listening.
When
the stories were over, dragon-art beckoned. Learn to draw a dragon,
color a dragon mask and fold an origami flying dragon kept the kids
busy. And venturing upstairs to see the City of Lakewood's Youth Summer
Art Camp exhibit, more dragons awaited viewing. It was a dragon-tastic
day!
What fun, having tales told -- the oldest
form of sharing stories. The Jeffco Spellbinders are available to
delight young and old. Contact them at jcspellbinders@comcast.net if
you're interested in attending a meeting, becoming a volunteer, or to
have them visit your function.
