Rootabaga Country

Ben Tompkins tells me his musical version of "The Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who was in it" is set for Saturday, April 21 at 2 PM in the Main Library in the Charleston (S.C.).
This sounds like it will be a good experience for children and their parents. Ben says he has the music finished and they are rehearsing for the presentation. But there is still a little tweaking to do.
This from Ben:

"The scoring is for string quartet and percussion, and some of the percussion stuff is a bit crazy. So far I've been looking at the pitches of the pans in my kitchen, and testing the musical possibilities of slurping water out of a bowl."

I'm 500 miles away, so won't be there, but I would love to have any glowing reports after the fact.
Here's the Charleston Library website.
Here's the story, The Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who was in it.