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Irondale announces an elementary school tour of a new play: The Never Ending Task - the work of Peace Over the last five years Irondale has created and toured three different plays for elementary school audiences. They've been seen by thousands of children across the province, and have all toured under the title Gentle Ways Are Best. The tours have met with great success receiving acclaim from teachers and students alike. This new play is the latest in Irondale's repertoire for children and is designed to deliver positive messages to young people. These messages offer alternatives to violence and encourage co-operation, creative problem solving and peaceful living. The Never Ending Task is a collection of world tales that ponder the reality of peace. Together they form a mosaic of stories, songs, dances and colourful characters who proclaim peace as the greatest problem solver in the world. They also show that peace is the result of hard work that we each must do our share of. Others cannot do our labour. These stories say that peace cannot be enforced from without; it cannot be won through the waging of war; and it is not arrived at by accident or magic. The Never Ending Task presents peace as a quality that lives in each and every one of us. It could be the guiding force behind every choice we make. Unfortunately it isn't. Peace is often the result of a long and difficult journey, first inward and then outward into the conflict of human interaction. When this journey proves to be too much for us, we give up on peace and succumb to the more base quality of war. The Never Ending Task tells stories that reward collaboration while encouraging the expansion of choices that nurture peaceful living. It affirms that the daughter of peace is joy, and that peace does not arrive empty handed. The plot that connects the various stories within the play is that of a group of friends who are suddenly confronted with the anger and intimidation of a neighbourhood bully. As they struggle to come to terms with these negative feelings, they find that the peace that connects them as friends is a strength far greater than the war the bully wants to wage. They discover that bullying hurts not only those being picked on, but the bully as well. Within the play is an analysis of the characteristics of bullies and how violence and bullying are interrelated. The Never Ending Task - the work of peace has been developed for a primary to 6 audience. For more information, or to book the show for your organization or school, call Andrea at 429-1370. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Questions about sust-mar? Problems? Email <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> Please remember to UNSUBSCRIBE if your email account is changing, or if you are going away. To leave the list, just send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> As the text of your message, type only "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes)
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