<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On</span><span class="gmail_default"> Monday, June 29th</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, we will welcome </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">SillyJoe</span><span class="gmail_default"> as he presents the </span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span class="gmail_default"><b>"Story Elements and Elemental Stories"</b>  workshop.  Creating songs and stories isn’t magic; it’s a simple process of drawing material from everyday experience and transforming them into art.  Following a few basic principles, youth will learn how to create stories and songs that will charm and delight their audiences.</span></font><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">This will part one in a series of three workshops.</font> </span><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">The event starts at </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">2 p.m. for Elementary (Ages 6-12)  and  </span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.2px;white-space:pre-wrap">3 p.m for Middle and High School (Ages 13 – 18).</span></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">  <br><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Bring your creative genius to work with Mr. Joe (Silly Joe) in this virtual imaginative program.   </span></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Register for this event at this link: <a target="_blank" href="https://forms.gle/AGWnjxdND36z1XHXA">https://forms.gle/AGWnjxdND36z1XHXA</a></font></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">This event will count as 15 points towards your summer reading challenge.  Be sure to get the activity code <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">at the program </span>to redeem your points.  Haven't registered for summer reading?  It is not too late. Register for the "Imagine Your Story" summer reading program at <a target="_blank" href="https://marylandlbph.beanstack.org/">https://marylandlbph.beanstack.org</a><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br>If you have any questions, please feel free to connect with me off-list.</font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">Best, </font></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">LaShawn </font></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table style="font-size:12.8px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:76.5pt;border-top:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-right:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="102"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:5pt"><br></span> <img height="96" width="90" src="cid:ii_14e8cd7de7082e4b"></p></td><td style="width:175.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt" valign="top" width="234"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">LaShawn Myles </span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.6667px">Youth Services Librarian</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Maryland State Library</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt">415 Park Avenue</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001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