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BY CAROL LUCKING
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer ■ A group of local home schooling children discovered a common interest in the folklore of the fairy world and turned their curiosity into a creative adventure in play writing last year. Monday evening, April 24 at 7, Ki Theater will come alive with their premiere performance of “The Spring that Wouldn’t Come”. Written by Paige and Jordan Lysaght and Tiana and Maia Lucking, the play is brief enough to hold the attention of a young audience, yet charming enough to capture the imagination of adults.
As the winter fairies prepare to turn over the task of caring for the forest to the spring fairies, they discover that something is wrong. The signs of spring do not appear and they consult Mother Nature to help them solve the mystery. Of course, every play must have an evil witch, played by home schooling mother Heidi Eastham. But the clever fairies create a potion with Mother Nature’s help so that spring eventually arrives with great jubilation.
All this creativity began by sharing playtime in the backyard, which happens to border the Shenandoah National Park, after lessons were over.
A haven of wildflowers, mosses and sparkling streams tantalized their imaginations. They shared their favorite fairy web sites via e-mail communications. They spent time using moss, sticks and rocks to create shelters for the woodland creatures they couldn’t see, left notes for them, and made garlands and wreaths out of fall leaves, flowers, and
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