The 2nd grade River Otters wrote this original song in collaboration with their teachers for Rainbow’s Annual Winter Program last month. As one 2nd grader put it best, “We wrote about how we know we’re loved.” Rainbow children grow up knowing their loved from the moment they walk on campus. From teachers who design their classrooms to feel like home, to classmates who learn to communicate their feelings with honesty and compassion, children are exposed to the raw power of Love through their Rainbow community and their Rainbow education every day. These second graders however are unwilling to keep all that love for themselves. They take it one step further spreading their enthusiasm for love with cheeky grins and sincere joy as they sing out to us, “I love myself, hope you do to!”
This year’s Rainbow Community School student winter music consort features original music written by students, teachers, and special guests. We hope you are able to attend and partake in the love that our children have to share!
Friday, December 18th, 2015
Rainbow Community School Auditorium
60 State Street, Asheville, NC
10:30 AM Preschool through Eighth Grade Performance
6:00 PM First Grade through Eighth Grade Performance
From the bottom of our hearts we thank YOU for voting for Rainbow Community School in this year’s Best of WNC Awards! This year, RCS placed in five categories:
Best Preschool – First Place!
Best Science and Technology Program – First Place!
Best Music Teacher (We love you, Sue Ford!) – First Place!
Hobey Ford in one of his performances called, “Animalia“.
Hobey Ford at Rainbow Community School
Fantastical characters and sound effects. Incredible stories, puppets and sound effects. All this and more if you come see Hobey Ford!
It’s Saturday, February 28 at 3:30 pm. We’ll start with a sing-a-long with Sue Ford. Doors open at 3.
There will be a kids’ sing-a-long, a raffle, and fun times, too!
Tickets cost $12 for adults and $7 for children at the door. $25 maximum per family.
A Little About Hobey Ford…
Hobey Ford makes his hand-made “Foamies” puppets come alive. He takes children into another world, using his voice, sound effects and song to tell a story.
He engages his audiences and mesmerizes children with delightful, interactive performances. During a show, Hobey is unmasked, but plays many different roles.
Sometimes he’ll be the MC, the storyteller, the puppeteer, and the magician. Artistic scenery and backdrops add to the fun for the whole family.
Hobey Ford Performances
We are so blessed to have Hobey come to Rainbow. His list of performances is incredible!
Animalia
Migration
The Rainbow Bridge and Other Tales
World Tales
Turtle Island Tales
Tales of Light
The Ant and the Grasshopper
In addition to these signature performances, Hobey also helps educators. He can do teacher residences, workshops with the puppets. He also does student workshops, teaching students how to work with puppets.
You should definitely come to this event!
Just look at one of his testimonials:
“Animalia was visually and aurally engrossing; it was a gentle show.
In these days when our children are bombarded with thousands of images per minute, frequently deafening sound and high-tech effects, the show was in startling counterpoint – it progressed at a non-hurried pace children seemed to respond to every nuance, delighting in the playfulness of the animals and in you, too, as you made the animals swoop over them or land on their heads.
The realism of the animals’ movements was truly amazing . . . It was a pleasure to work with you. . . . the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
I know one teacher who used the materials and puppets before the end of the week!
—Christine Brown, Director, Center for the Arts, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
But did you know that all three of her daughters attended Rainbow at one time? Or that they’re making names for themselves in big ways?
Sallie Ford
Sue’s daughter Sallie, all of 27, is not only “googleable” but, she’s even in Wikipedia!
Her musical talents are getting noticed in New York and beyond.
She’s rocking out with her all-female band. With her distinctive style, she marches out with a raw-soul sound in her music. She lives in Portland when she’s not touring.
Sue’s daughter, Lauren Ford, is living in New York City and loves it!
She went there to pursue her dream of acting and was trained at Emerson College in Boston. She graduated in 2005 with honors and won the Carol Burnett award – the highest award offered to any student graduating in performing arts.
She’d already made waves before that: while still living in Asheville, she won the “Best Actor” award from ACT when she was just 13 for her portrayal of Anne Frank.
She moved to NYC in 2007 and worked off broadway, in touring companies and in regional theater.
As you can imagine, it’s really tough to make it in New York and she keeps herself very busy working multiple jobs including coat check girl with a fancy Manhattan restaurant, leading sake and whisky tastings, babysitting, working with flowers and plants and working for a catering company.
Those are her day jobs while her dream becomes reality.
Louisa Ford, 24, moved to Portland two years ago after graduating from Appalachian State University with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a concentration in Sustainable Development.
She is living in Portland trying different jobs including waitressing, hostessing, working in a children’s museum, and teaching tap dance lessons.
She’s a musician too and she tap dances, plays guitar and sings all at the same time.
All three girls are singers and songwriters – hmm…we wonder where they got that from?
Sue Ford is extremely proud of her daughters. Every day she smiles at how proud they make her.
Something they all have in common is Rainbow.
And wouldn’t you know, Sue’s husband, Hobey Ford is coming to Rainbow for a puppeteer performance in the auditorium in February!
Sue’s daughter Sallie, all of 27, is not only “googleable” but, she’s even in 
Louisa Ford, 24, moved to Portland two years ago after graduating from Appalachian State University with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a concentration in Sustainable Development.
