Donna Marie Seim-Authors Series a Young Adult Readers author focus
August 8, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Denmark Arts Center (DAC) Performances, Authors Series, Kids Camps, and Family Fun DAYS will be held in Bicentennial Park across from the Arts Center. DAC will follow CDC guidelines for outdoor events. Family Fun SaturDAYS and Authors Series will be a Pay-What-You-Can this summer. Pre-registration is requested.
Join us as Denmark Historical Society, Public Library and Arts Center Collaborative presents the Authors Series an afternoon with Donna Marie Seim. This afternoon presentation can be enjoyed by middle grade readers, older kids, and adults, as well. Ages 8 and up-really, good for ALL ages.
Award winning author, Donna Marie Seim, will be presenting “The Story Behind the Story, of Charley, the Boy Who Sings Alone” at the Denmark Arts Center Author Series, on August 8, 2021 at 4:00. Charley is based on the true story of a twelve-year-old boy living in Boston in 1910. He and two of his siblings, abandoned by their down and out father, wind up on the steps of an orphanage, New England Home for Little Wanderers. Charley, blessed with a beautiful voice like his father’s, joins the choir and travels throughout New England. After each concert the children wait-in-line, hoping that a good family might choose them. When Charley’s dreams of a home and family are all but dashed, he sings his way into a dairy farming family in rural Maine. Now Charley must face his ultimate challenge! Will he have the skills and courage necessary to succeed on a farm? Or, will he fail and be sent back to the city streets?
Charley has won the Eloquent Quill Award from Literary Classics Awards and Best Regional Fiction from the New England Book Festival. Charley, the book, has now been adapted as, Charley, the play, and has been performed in New England Theaters. Donna is a part time resident of Denmark, ME. There will be a book signing following her presentation.
Donna is a graduate from The Ohio State University with a BSSW in the field of Social Welfare. Donna also holds a MA in Special Education from Lesley University.
Donna lives in Newbury, Massachusetts, with her husband, Martin.
Funded by support from the Maine 200 Bicentennial Commission, Kendal C. & Anna Ham Charitable Foundation, and Maine Humanities Council-Thank you!
Denmark Arts Center (DAC) Performances, Authors Series, Kids Camps, and Family Fun DAYS will be held in Bicentennial Park across from the Arts Center. DAC will follow CDC guidelines for outdoor events. Family Fun SaturDAYS and Authors Series will be a Pay-What-You-Can this summer. Pre-registration is requested.
Join us as Denmark Historical Society, Public Library and Arts Center Collaborative presents the Authors Series an afternoon with Donna Marie Seim. This afternoon presentation can be enjoyed by middle grade readers, older kids, and adults, as well. Ages 8 and up-really, good for ALL ages.
Award winning author, Donna Marie Seim, will be presenting “The Story Behind the Story, of Charley, the Boy Who Sings Alone” at the Denmark Arts Center Author Series, on August 8, 2021 at 4:00. Charley is based on the true story of a twelve-year-old boy living in Boston in 1910. He and two of his siblings, abandoned by their down and out father, wind up on the steps of an orphanage, New England Home for Little Wanderers. Charley, blessed with a beautiful voice like his father’s, joins the choir and travels throughout New England. After each concert the children wait-in-line, hoping that a good family might choose them. When Charley’s dreams of a home and family are all but dashed, he sings his way into a dairy farming family in rural Maine. Now Charley must face his ultimate challenge! Will he have the skills and courage necessary to succeed on a farm? Or, will he fail and be sent back to the city streets?
Charley has won the Eloquent Quill Award from Literary Classics Awards and Best Regional Fiction from the New England Book Festival. Charley, the book, has now been adapted as, Charley, the play, and has been performed in New England Theaters. Donna is a part time resident of Denmark, ME. There will be a book signing following her presentation.
Donna is a graduate from The Ohio State University with a BSSW in the field of Social Welfare. Donna also holds a MA in Special Education from Lesley University.
Donna lives in Newbury, Massachusetts, with her husband, Martin.
Funded by support from the Maine 200 Bicentennial Commission, Kendal C. & Anna Ham Charitable Foundation, and Maine Humanities Council-Thank you!
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