FOR TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE AND MATH SUPPORT

From Sand Dunes to Stars, Let’s Now Fly to Mars
This interactive aviation show introduces the youngest students to aviation and takes them on a journey of flight with tales of early hang glider flights, hot air balloons, bi-planes, jets, rockets to the moon and space shuttles through the stars and beyond. Our mission with this show, a winner of a Wolf Aviation Award, is to expose the young, open minds to the many ways man has taken to the skies and excite them with the 21st century wonders they may one day pilot through the stars. In addition to touring performances, this show is in residence at the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum in Middle River, MD and can be scheduled as a field trip that could include Museum tours and education activities.


Recipient of a Grant from the Alfred L. and Constance C. Wolf Aviation Fund



The Gizmo Invention Show
CELEBRATING ITS 11th ANNIVERSARY OF INSPIRING YOUNG AUDIENCES
“I learned that inventions come from people who keep on trying!” from Rebecca of Hagerstown, Maryland

This 50 minute interactive musical features inventors whose inventive spirit changed the way people live on a daily basis over the centuries. “Name That Artifact”, a game show segment, challenges critical thinking skills. Entertaining audiences for eleven years, Gizmo inspires imagination and creativity as it encourages students to design and create their own inventions. “Our students and faculty thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. The interaction with the students was positive, enthusiastic and very upbeat.” writes a teacher from Chambersburg, PA

Right Place Right Time Wright Brothers

“I never knew history could be so much fun!” exclaims a third grade student in Fort Worth, Texas

This interactive presentation celebrates the industrious spirit of the Wright brothers as they worked to achieve their dream to fly. Our musical history lesson of vision, productivity and achievement follows the Wright brothers as they publish newspapers, repair and build bicycles, and work together to solve the mystery of flight. This story shares how Wilbur and Orville addressed and resolved all the knotty problems that accompanied their endeavor. Some problems are practical as discussed in the song “How is a Bumblebee Able to Fly”. There are problems that are philosophical, as shared in the song “Hello There, Mr. Chanute”. Some problems are romantic in the broadest sense as in the musical number “To Fly Like a Bird”. Then there are problems that are enthusiastically solved and demonstrated as in the song “Yaw, Pitch and Roll”. There are problems not easily solved, such as dealing with location issues in “Mosquitoes and Rain”.

The audience is taken on a journey of conflicts, trials and troubles, a journey that culminates in the brothers’ triumph and the place that success has earned them in history. As the show moves to its finish, Wilbur and Orville, and their sister Katherine bring us forward in time through the accomplishments of man in flight with the song “One Small Step” and anchors all of these achievements solidly to the vision and courage of Wilbur and Orville Wright, who were absolutely at the right place at the right time.


Recipient of a Grant from the Alfred L. and Constance C. Wolf Aviation Fund



Educational Objectives:
* To promote contributions of heroic people who provided our country with the innovative technology that changed the world around them.
* To inspire appreciation of the past.
* To demonstrate the importance of perseverance and persistence in achieving a goal.
* To capture and encourage the creativity and imagination of the audience..