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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello from the New York Parents of Blind Children!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please read on for information on an exciting workshop that NY PBC and NY BELL academy have put together. We ask that you share the details far and wide! Families can register by emailing PBC president Maura Kutnyak at: <a href="mailto:maurakut@buffalo.edu">maurakut@buffalo.edu</a>. Registration is due by Nov 16<sup>th</sup>. See details below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Circus Sampler Sunday!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Sponsored by the NYPBC division and the NYS BELL academy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please join us for this sensational sampler of circus skills, sight not required for Success. We are excited to welcome blind and VI children, ages 8 and up, living in, or able to travel to the Buffalo NY area to a circus inspired arts experience. The New York Parents of Blind Children, a proud division of the National Federation of the Blind of New York State inc has partnered with the New York State Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning Academy, to sponsor this event, which is being run by the talented professionals at the Bird’s Nest Circus Arts studio. We are pleased to offer this free workshop to inspire young blind movers and shakers. We know that exposing blind children to experiences which inspire adventurousness, encourage competence and instill confidence will help to raise expectations of blind children. Participants will have the opportunity to utilize a variety of ground-based prop manipulations and to spend time on an assortment of aerial apparatuses.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The activities and concepts presented will speak not only to your child’s inner athlete, but to their inner artist, and scientist as well. Students will increase their body awareness, refine their proprioception, and discover their own strength on static trapeze, aerial hoop, and aerial hammock. In addition prop-based circus arts employing: fabric dance scarves, hula hoops, and poi (a spinning prop originating from the Mâori people of New Zealand) will reenforce fine motor skills, enhance tactual discrimination, and engage kids with bodily kinesthetic learning. Talented teaching artist, Benjamin Berry will facilitate the exploration of elements of creative movement, including Space, Time, and Force, because… athletes can succeed in STEM, scientists can hone their creativity in the arts, and artists can find their niche in athletics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Important Details!<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>This workshop will be held on Sunday November 21, 2021, from 3:00 P.M. until 4:30 P.M.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>The Bird’s Nest Circus Arts, is located at </b>64 Filmore Ave. Buffalo New York 14210<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Children must be 8 years or older, as per facility requirements, and we welcome kids and teens up to age 16.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For the safety of all, the wearing of masks is required inside the facility, regardless of vaccination status.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>No prior experience is required, and comfortable clothing is recommended<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Space is limited, therefore registration is required, by the deadline of Tuesday, November 16<sup>th </sup>2021.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>To register, please email the NYPBC president, Maura Kutnyak at: </b><a href="mailto:maurakut@buffalo.edu"><b>maurakut@buffalo.edu</b></a><b> and include the following information<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b>Your child’s full name and preferred pronouns.<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b>Your child’s age, and current grade in school<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b>Any special needs you would like to make the teaching staff aware of<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b>For the individual who will be accompanying the child to the event, their full name, and their relationship to the child,<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b>Your child’s t-shirt size<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b>Your preferred email and phone contact details,<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>