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Desoto Appeal May 11th
2003
FILLING A VOID IN TV LAND
By Jennifer Biggs
Nesbit Mom films videos
for kids
“Mr. Rogers is gone.
Shari Lewis...there’s no Captain Kangaroo”!
Lori Reeves believes
something is missing in children’s television.
“They have no human mentor right now. Mr. Rogers is gone, Shari Lewis is
gone, there’s no Captain Kangaroo,” the Nesbit Mother of one child
said on Saturday.
She thinks she might have
the solution in Miss Lori and her mascot pig, Sqedunk.
On Saturday, Reeves set
up in the Desoto Civic Center Theater with her crew to film her second
video, Miss Lori Live.
Young children from
around the area were on hand to sing along with Reeves as she led them
through some of their favorite songs. There was Little Bunny Phoo Phoo,
Five Monkeys jumping on the bed and the favorite, Ten Little
Indians.
Liked that one best,”
said Tristan Scarbrough, 4, of Lakeland. She was one of the 10
children selected to don feather hats and join Miss Lori on the stage to
sing the popular song.
Mic Scarbrough said he
heard about the performance on the radio and that the trip to Desoto
County was well worth it.
Finger plays don’t
include finger puppets, but is a form of acting out songs and skits that
involve hands, like the pinky to thumb twists in Itsy Bitsy Spider.
The children were also
treated to a reading of Reeves’s book, Sqedunk takes a tub tub.
When his mother adds
bubbles to Sqedunk's bath, a bubble machine sent cascades of the soapy
orbs raining down on the children.
After the book, Sqedunk
himself came on stage to dole out the hugs to the squealing children.
Reeves, 38, who said she’s
in negotiations with studios about the Miss Lori character, plans to take
the show on the road after the video is released.
She said she is blessed
to have the opportunity to do the work she does. “I’ve always
been able to capture children’s attention,” she said. “They
love to interact with a human face, with a big smile.
The public is invited to
attend another taping of Miss Lori Live at 2:00 pm today at the
civic center theater.
The show lasts about 90
minutes and Reeves said there will be gifts for mothers to celebrate the
day.
-Jennifer Briggs
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