Scottsboro Public Library will feature celebrated magician, Tommy Johns, for its Summer Library Program kickoff.<\/p>\n
Scottsboro Public Library\u2019s Summer Program 2023 kicks off the first week of June with \u201cLet\u2019s B Friends\u201d magic show, featuring award-winning performer Tommy Johns. The performance will be at 2 p.m. Wed, June 7 at the library.<\/p>\n
\u201cTommy is always a crowd-pleaser,\u201d says Martha Avans, library assistant at SPL. \u201cThis show features magic, puppets, fun and great storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the show, Tommy, his sidekick Roosevelt Rat, a hippo named Claudia, and the kids at the library will learn how to make friends and how to be a friend. \u201cOur summer theme is All Together
\nNow, and friendship is a big part of what we\u2019re talking about throughout the next two months,\u201d says Avans.<\/p>\n
Based in Calhoun, Georgia, Tommy Johns is an educator, comedian, magician, puppeteer and storyteller who travels all over the southeast performing programs that encourage kids to read. He has won numerous awards including the Greater Atlanta Magician of the Year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe that reading opens the door to learning about everything else in life. That\u2019s why all my school and library shows encourage reading,\u201d says Johns, who has been a professional performer
\nsince his college days. An avid reader himself, Johns performs about 200 shows each year in schools and libraries and at special events all over Georgia and Alabama.<\/p>\n
For more information about Scottsboro Public Library, visit scottsborolibrary.org or follow on Facebook at facebook.com\/ScottsboroPublicLibrary.<\/p>\n
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