From: melynda@titipu.meta.com (Melynda Reid)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.poems,rec.arts.fine,alt.artcom
Subject: a public lecture on household management (oecology)
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:06:46 GMT
Reply-To: melynda@titipu.meta.com (Melynda Reid)
Organization: Paleolithic Refugia
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the rabbit environmentalist returns to the stage after five years in storage.
NOTHING CONTRARY TO NATURE OR SCIENCE, a comic song and dance revue written
by melynda claire reid with original music and songs performed by ray brooks
will debut
          friday and saturday evening 8.00 and 10.00 pm
          the 11th and 12th of september 1992 at
          WINDOW ON GAINES
          517 west gaines street
          tallahassee, florida 32301.

show order----a brief menu

cookies and lecture                  jest'a'housewife
    "oecology"                       the rabbit environmentalist

song and dance                       enfauna terrible
     "alligator choose"                   with music composed and
                                          arranged by ray brooks

poems and lecture                    rita the red-cockaded woodpecker
     "art of birds"                        with monologue and excerpts
                                           from Pablo Neruda's work
                                           performed in Spanish by
                                           ardis nelson, phd in
                                           hispanic literature

audience participation               rita leads a re-creation of a 
     "make noise"                          primordial forest with
                                           ray brooks on talking drum

song and dance                       naturally wild flora
      "hermaphroditty"                     with music composed and 
                                           performed by ray brooks
                                           on the accordion

improvised music                     the rabbit re-appears to impishly
      "four elements"                      provide a demonstration on
                                           how fire and water and wind
                                           have shaped terrestrial
                                           communities in florida
                                           with ray brooks on fretted 
                                           bass

song and dance                        naturally wild flora or 
      "good-bye"                      the ribbit environmentalist (a mime
                                      frog should i lose my voice)
                                            with music composed and
                                            arranged by ray brooks

children and adults are welcome. art work derived from the stake-out at 
post office bay will be on display. rita is a new character as is the frog
named the ribbit environmentalist. this is a rare opportunity for people 
to participate in a partly improvised comic and musical show. all four
shows will be partly different. 

jest'a'housewife, the rabbit environmentalist, the ribbit environmentalist,
naturally wild flora, rita the red-cockaded woodpecker, and enfauna terrible
are characters i use to lobby on behalf of endangered species and traditional
land use patterns in my area. in this revue i wear head-dresses i have created
to define the separate characters. when i lobby i usually wear the shoes from
the costume but not the full assemblage. y'all are cordially invited to attend.
                               melynda claire reid, jest'a'housewife etc. 

melynda reid   who wears hats but does not type caps
  eel:   melynda@titipu.meta.com  or  nosc.mil!titipu.meta.com!melynda
  snail: p o box 378 greensboro, florida 32330