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Back to School Greetings!
It's hard to believe that summer's all but over in Taos, especially when the sun just keeps on shining - let's hear it for our 325 days of sunshine a year! We've had a really great summer here at Twirl. The courtyard has been filled with little people having fun and making friends, and so many new people have found us - we can only assume you've been doing a great job spreading the word, so thank you!
Before we say goodbye to summer completely, we will be having one more Ice-Cream Sunday Party, this time with a Back to School theme. As usual, there will be FREE Ice-Cream, along with Button-Making and a Back to School Kids' Clothing Swap. Come join in the fun and bring your hand-me-downs. We will set up tables by size in the back courtyard, and you can lay out your clothes to trade. Better still, unswapped clothes will be taken to the freebox/CAV/birthing center. This Sunday, August 22nd from 2-4pm.
Back to School Button Making with Lindsy begins Wednesday September 1 and will continue every Wednesday afternoon through end September from 3.30 - 5pm. We'll have our Button Bar set up in-store for budding designers to come along and make their own buttons - 50c for one and $2 for five. Design your own, color in one of our templates or bring favorite magazine clippings and make a collage. Submit any of your designs to our Button of the Month competition for the chance to win a Fishcake button collection and have your design made by us and sold in the store - with full artistic credit!
We'll be making a couple of changes to our weekly schedule starting Septmber 1, so please check it out below. Hoop Dancing with Liz will be back from September 6 on Mondays 4 - 4.45 - great for all those wiggle worms out there.
Finally, if you're not yet fully kitted out for the new school year, the store has super kid-friendly lunch boxes, thermos flasks and water bottles, along with funky back packs, pencils, pads, erasers and all that jazz. |
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Classes and Activities
Details of all activities and classes as follows. Drop-ins welcome. Cost is $5 with punchcard, $6 without, unless otherwise stated. 10am - 11am Mommy and Me Pilates with Sadie. Recommended for infants. 4pm - 4.45pm Hoop Dancing with Liz - Starts September 6.
Tuesdays
4pm - 4.45pm Radiant Child Yoga w/ Laura ages 3-8
Wednesdays
10.15am - 10.45am Family Music for Babies
11.00am - 11.30am Family Music
Thursdays
11.30am - 12.30pm Baby Playgroup. Free
12.30pm - 1.30pm. Toddler Playgroup. Free.
Starting September 2, our baby and toddler playgroups will become one big happy group! Come join us upstairs at Twirl for free fun, play and snacks - and meet friends, old and new.
3pm - 5pm Twirl Creative Adventures. Free.
Aug 5 Origami Pond Aug 12 Worry Dolls Aug 19 Back to School! Aug 26 Recycled Crafts 11.15am - 12pm Ballet for preschoolers with Amber
Saturdays
11am-1pm Twirl Explorers. Free
Aug 7 Rock Crafts
Aug 14 Puppet Play
Aug 21 Bread Clay Beads
Aug 28 Jungle Dioramas
PLUS:
Sunday August 22nd, 2 - 4 pm. Ice-Cream Sunday, with Free Ice-Cream, Games and a Back to School Kids' Clothing Swap. See above.
Friday August 27. Twirl Toy Playday from 3-5 pm. |
Highlights of other family-friendly events taking place over the next month are listed below. See our website for full details.
Saturday August 21, 3pm - 6pm. Glam Trash Fashion Show at the Stables Art Gallery. Runway models present designer fashions created from recycled and found materials. The result is fun, strange and sometimes provocative! Call Wholly Rags at (575) 751-9862.
Aug 20 - 22 Taos County Fair. See prize-winning livestock and sample local blue ribbon recipes. Pie eating contest. For more info, call 575-758-3982
Saturday August 21, 3pm - 6pm. Glam Trash Fashion Show at the Stables Art Gallery. Runway models present designer fashions created from recycled and found materials. The result is fun, strange and sometimes provocative! Call Wholly Rags at (575) 751-9862.
Saturday August 21, 10am - 6pm. Gay Pride Taos Event at Kit Carson Park, with food, music, gay performers from all over New Mexico and Colorado, vendors, fashion show, live radio broadcast, karaoke, and much more! www.gaypridetaos.com. The Twirl booth will be there with carnival games to play. Sunday August 22. Ice-Cream Sunday and Back to School Clothing Swap at Twirl. See above. Sunday August 22. Roots and Wires Presents Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Live, funky and family-friendly music from New Orleans. Doors open 6 p.m. - Cajun food on OBL's lawn and opening act Christof Brownell - the 'Band with One Man' at 7 p.m. Tickets $17 in advance at Taos Sound, Vibrations and OBL Wine Shop, or $20 at the door. Old Blinking Light Restaurant and Bar, 100 State Road 150. RSVP at (575) 776-8787 www.taosrestaurantgroup.com
Tuesday Aug 24. Full Moon Guided Hiking Tour. Enjoy a guided 2.5 mile hiking tour to Williams Lake. Delight in the full moon in the beautiful mountains of Taos Ski Valley. Meet at 7pm; free. For more information call 575-776-1413 or visit www.skitaos.org
Friday Aug 27 Back to School Teen Dance - The entry fee is $1.00. D.J. Hollywood will be playing all hit music, at the Town of Taos Youth & Family Center, There are no in and out privileges if you leave the dance during dance hours you are not allowed back in. 6.30 - 8.30. For info., Judy at 758-4160
Aug 27 - 28 Autumn Run Car Show Classic car show at Kit Carson including music, poker run, street dance, and BBQ. For the whole family! 575.758.1405
Saturday Sept 4 - A FREE guided hike to Wheeler Peak, the highest peak in New Mexico 13,161ft ! This spectacular hike is 8 miles each way and takes approximately 8 hours, so would only be suitable for older children who can walk continuously for that length of time. Meeting place Twining Campground.For more information call 575-776-1413
Sunday Sept 5 - Taos Mountain Music Festival at the Taos Ski Valley.
A fantastic day of celebration for the entire family. Kidzone, chairlift rides, horseback rides, local food and craft vendor village; then sit back and relax on the magical Strawberry Hill for a night's musical entertainment with headliner Government Mule. See /www.taosmountainmusicfestival.com for tickets.
Full details of all these events plus other family-friendly activities available at twirlhouse.com. |
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We're so happy to have you as part of the twirl family and always welcome any suggestions you might have for improvements either to the store, the playspace or this newsletter.
Warm regards,
the twirl team | |
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