Stone Soup and Other Stories set March 13

3:51 p.m., March 4, 2005--Stone Soup and Other Stories, favorites from Africa, India, Eastern Europe and the United States, will be told in UD’s 2004-05 Family Performing Arts Series at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 13, in Mitchell Hall.

Filled with humor, fantasy, color and wit, each tale gently allows children to explore worlds beyond their own. The vignettes offer a charming, well-seasoned blend of carefully selected folk tales from around the world. Dynamic, participatory and filled with zesty entertainment, the show is especially recommended for children in grades pre-K through 3

Tickets are $17 for the general public, $12 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $5 for students and children. A 15 percent discount is available for group sales of 20 or more tickets per show.

For tickets, call the Hartshorn box office at (302) 831-2204, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays.

At noon, Friday, March 11, the Hartshorn box office will stop selling tickets for the performance to allow for the transition to the Mitchell Hall box office. Any remaining tickets will be available for purchase in person at the Mitchell Hall box office beginning one hour before the scheduled start time of the performance.

For more information, visit [www.udel.edu/performingarts], send e-mail to [performingarts@udel.edu] or call (302) 831-8741.

The University of Delaware 2004-05 Performing Arts Series and Family Series are made possible, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency committed to promoting and supporting the arts in Delaware, as well as support by Embassy Suites-Newark/Wilmington South and Arby's.

Article by Martin Mbugua

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