Stories at the Statue of Hans Christian Andersen 2016 Saturdays — 11:00AM-12:00PM Nd 72 Street & Fifth Avenue in Central Park Storyteller Stories Include Origin

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Stories at the Statue of Hans Christian Andersen 2016 Saturdays — 11:00AM-12:00PM nd 72 Street & Fifth Avenue in Central Park Storyteller Stories include Origin

June – Youth story teller(s) at all June sessions 4 Danish Consul General, A. D. Riggelsen 60th Anniversary Opening Celebration A. Forbes - Bagpipe Therese Plair (w/ guitarist) Princess and the Pea H.C. Andersen Rolf Stang/Mary Ann Schmidt The Emperor’s New Clothes/Storm Child HCA/Brightwood 11 Bill Gordh The Magical Cow Iceland Navida Stein The Well of Truth Egypt 18 Jeannine Laverty Seven Ravens Grimm Brothers Jack McKeon Wiley and the Hairy Man American 25 Megan Wells/Marc Young Myth of the Midnight Sun/ Joha’s Banquet Nordic/Sephardic Robin Bady Bettle’s Journey H.C.Andersen

July 2 Connie Reagan Blake, Len Cabral Special Independence Day Celebration Appalachian, Carib- Laura Simms, Lise Marie Nedergaard Cellist, Lynn Andersen bean, and Danish 9 Anne Shimojima The Wave Japan Megan Hicks Master of All Masters British 16 Julie Della Torre The Swineherd H.C. Andersen Julie Pasqual Juan Bobo and the Pig Puerto Rico 23 Rita Auerbach The Tinderbox H.C. Andersen Joy Kelly Horse and Toad Haiti 30 Heather Forest Three Strong Women Japan LuAnn Adams Magic Fish South Africa

August 6 Regina Ress The Most Incredible H.C. Andersen Ron Sopyla Sun Moon, Brother Sister K0rea 13 Gerald Fierst Nightingale H.C. Andersen Arif Choudhury Arabian Tale Arabian 20 April Armstrong The Tea Pot H.C. Andersen Laura Bobrow A True Life Story 27 Peninnah Schram The Snow Queen H.C. Andersen Judith Heineman Seven Brothers H.C. Andersen

September 3 Leeny Del Seamonds Renaldo Argentina Laura Simms The Mud Sisters True tale 10 Rachel Zucker (and friends) Celebration of Diane Wolkstein Various 17 Donna Jacobs Sife Samson and Delilah Biblical Susan Stone Hansel and Gretel German 24 Rolf Stang (as H.C. Andersen) The Ugly Duckling's Birthday Party Cookies from ASS Laura Simms The Heart of the Giant Norway Peter Stevenson Duck Fairytale Welsh

Celebrating 60 Years of Storytelling at the Statue #HCA60 Monitors: (Jun) Mary Ann Schmidt/Jean Hale, (Jul) Julie Della Torre, (Aug) TBD, (Sep) TBD Artistic Director: Laura Simms www.LauraSimms.com Storytelling is held rain or shine. The stories are appropriate for children six years and up. Parents or guardians are asked to sit with their children. Sponsors: Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center, Inc. To support the program please visit: www.hcastorycenter.org Check for updates on our facebook page – Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Center THE HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN STORYTELLING PROGRAM NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT 60 YEARS OF STORYTELLING IN 2016

Each summer on Saturday morning for the past 60 years, New Yorkers of all ages have listened to Andersen tales and other stories, folktales, and fairytales from around the world told by a group of brilliant storytellers at the Hans Christian Andersen Statue in Central Park. This landmark New York event has remained free. In today's world, the engagement, benefits, and magical delight of listening to a story are ever more important.

This program is funded by the Hans Christian Andersen Story Telling Center, Inc. ("HCASTC") which also sponsors special outreach programs at public schools in New York City, where children are taught the art of storytelling. To keep these traditions going, we need your help!

HCASTC is a not-for-profit corporation that depends on contributions from the public. It is approved by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation, and contributions are tax deductible. All of the directors and officers of HCASTC are unpaid volunteers, but our professional story tellers and monitors are compensated.

To make your tax-deductible contribution, you may visit our website (www.hcastorycenter.org) and make a donation online using PayPal. (All donations will receive a receipt automatically.) Or you may complete the slip found below and mail a check. For larger contributions, please contact Anne-Mette Elkjaer Andersen (212 513 3224) directly.

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Please issue your check to "HCA Story Telling Center, Inc." and mail it to: Hans Christian Andersen Story Telling Center, Inc., Attention: A.M. Andersen, President, 31 West 52nd Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019.

The undersigned hereby makes a contribution to the Hans Christian Andersen Story Telling Center, Inc., in the amount of $______. A check in such amount is enclosed. A receipt will be sent for contributions of $25 or more.

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