future performances

We will be performing The Lion's Roar (Narnia) again in December.

Christmas performances:  December 14 & 15, 2012

Aslan is alive!

Hosanna Dance

Narnia: snowy land

Father Christmas forgot his beard for dress rehearsal

May 25 &26, 2013 we will be performing Sleeping Beauty (The Bride of Christ)

Practice in the kitchen

Sarah Easter 2012

Dancing into Narnia: Hosanna Dance program is Friday - Capital Journal: News

Dancing into Narnia: Hosanna Dance program is Friday - Capital Journal: News: Fauns, dryads and human children dance in a land called Narnia – and also on stage at the Riggs High School Theatre in Pierre.

By Lance Nixon

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Experiences on borrowing ebooks

I would imagine different people would find different readers as easiest. I haven’t tried all the different ebook readers that work with SD Titles To Go but here are my experiences with borrowing library ebooks…



I have a Kindle Fire (got it a couple weeks ago). It has been very easy to check out books from Titles To Go. I haven’t had to connect to a computer to download any of the books – everything done on the Kindle using wifi. Even for the books that said download via computer usb only, I still didn’t have to connect to a computer – worked fine using wifi. For me it is much easier to not have to connect to a computer to download a book before I can read it.
I haven’t tried to get Titles To Go audiobooks on the Kindle Fire yet -- would probably have to use the computer for that or I have seen that there is a way to get the Overdrive app or media console on the Fire so that the MP3 audiobooks could be downloaded directly (without using a computer) but I haven’t tried that yet. I haven’t yet gone beyond trying the easy & immediately available options with this new gadget.


I also have the Overdrive app on an iPod Touch which should be pretty similar to using the iPad, only a whole lot smaller. This works pretty easy once you get the app setup. You do have to get an Adobe ID (free) first in order to set up the overdrive app, but once that is done you’re ready to go. You can get EPUB books and MP3 audiobooks without using a computer. The last time I tried the WMA audiobooks, though they are compatible, I did have to use a computer to download & transfer the file. I don’t know if that has changed, it’s been a few months.


I also have an iPod classic that I have used for MP3 & WMA audiobooks in Titles To Go. You definitely have to use a computer to download & transfer the books using the Overdrive Media Console that you download on to your computer. It’s been awhile since the last time I did this.


I believe that for Nook Readers you have to connect to a computer to download books from Titles To Go and also have Adobe Digital Editions (free) on your computer.

I also have the Nook app & Kindle app on the Touch. Haven’t used them a whole lot.

You can probably see a trend going here… what I personally find easiest (of the options I have tried) are the ones I use most frequently – the options where I don’t have to connect to a computer. It may not be what others find easiest.


The Get Started With… page is useful to see what steps are involved in using each of the various compatible devices     http://help.overdrive.com/?Sup=http://southdakota.lib.overdrive.com/Support.htm

One of the songs we did for the Annual Hour of Reflection at the Captiol on Sunday afternoon - If We've Ever Needed You.

Children's Dance Books: 2011 Year-In-Review | Dance Advantage

Children's Dance Books: 2011 Year-In-Review Dance Advantage

Library information desk

Library information desk
library of the Faculty of Architecture of the TU Delft Library

creative way to re-purpose old or obsolete textbooks

Tu Delft Architecture Bibliotheek 

Delft, Netherlands

TU Delft library

The large lawn roof is tilted up at one corner like a sheet of paper held by a single point. The hollow beneath houses the library. A cone, the symbol of technology, pierces the library and the landscape, affixing them like a pushpin. With a grass-covered roof, high-performance glazed facades and subterranean storage for heating and cooling, the building reaches high standards of sustainability. The entrance affords a glimpse of the sunken book stacks for rare and irreplaceable books. Inside the towering suspended bookcase for the less fragile books astonishes the visitor. The deep blue background gives the wall-to-wall racks the feel of a theatre set. The columns in the central hall are not only structural but also provide lighting and heating. The sloping metal ceiling continues without interruption across all spaces above a floor the colour of Saharan sand.

... A huge cone pierces the green expanse, articulated by a 1500 mm wide necklace of glazing in the plane of the roof. Supported on splayed steel columns, the cone houses four levels of traditional study spaces connected by a helical stair. Within the cone, a central void provides daylight from a glazed roof to the internal reading spaces. The apex of the cone is formed by an open frame. Extending forty metres above grade and floodlit at night, the cone acts as a beacon on the campus day and night.

... Designated as the national library for technical and natural sciences, the facility is also connected electronically to major libraries around the world. The library thus satisfies both electronic needs and the sensory pleasures derived from being able to touch and smell the books.

http://www.mecanoo.nl/Default.aspx?tabid=135&pcode=A126&subs=false

In SD again!

Ballet Magnificat will be in Yankton again.

10/30 Yankton High Auditorium
2:30 pm. Matinee Performance

For more info call: 605-665-7729



Alpha Company performing "The Arrival" and "Deliver Us" (Prince of Egypt)