Wells Fargo's Discovery Series
Presents
The World Premiere of an Original Children's Show
BROTHER TADPOLE
The Musical
Created by Loreta Kovacic
Saturday, March 28th, 2009 at 12 Noon
Downtown at Discovery Green Park
Performed by Loreta Kovacic & the LudeWiggs
Free Admission
Coloring Book and CD release show
A cow, two fairies and a bunny. Brother Tadpole premiered
on March 28th, 2009 at Discovery Green Houston, Texas
(L-R) Anna Eastman plays the Balvarian mythical peasant
creature, Thad Pugh plays Cyclops Hans and Haydn Pugh plays Jack in BROTHER
TADPOLE.
CAST
Travis Elementary and Alchemist Piano Students and Friends
MARY……………………Eleanor Faraguna
JACK…................………………Haydn Pugh
GODDESS………......………...Aransas Haley
CYCLOPS HANS………………...Thad Pugh
NARRATOR………......………...Herlinda Castagnoli
BROTHER TADPOLE………......………...Joe Parani
Narrator Herlinda Castagnoli.
EXTRAS
Magical Tree……………………Cheryl Pugh
Fairies……Maya Parani, Mathilde Adams, Tess Rudie, Nicole Gonzalez, Lola Lama
Bunnies……Johnny Parani, Abby Eastman, Livia Schooley, Sam Faraguna, Madaleine Megsamen
Cows……Quentin Key-Tello, Eli Key-Tello, Palmer Schooley, Ty Pugh
Girls…...Ali Campbell, Elodia Long, Katy Whelan, Mara Long
Balvarian Mythical Peasant Creature……Anna Eastman
Balvarian Mythical Crystal Creature……created by artist Hana Hillerova played by Toby Kamps
BAND
Piano and voice……………………Loreta Kovacic
Theremin……....Joe Parani
Drums……Matt Henderson
Bass……Bryan McVicker
Backup Vocal……Cheryl Pugh
Piano Soloists……Quentin Key-Tello, Herlinda Castagnoli and David King
The Brother Tadpole Band: (L-R) Herlinda Castagnoli (narrator),
Matt Henderson (drums), Joe Parani (theremin), Loreta Kovacic (piano and voice)
and Bryan McVicker (bass).
Loreta Kovacic and the cast of Brother Tadpole which
premiered on March 28th, 2009 at Discovery Green Houston, Texas.
Loreta Kovacic with her magic wand.
Loreta Kovacic and the cast of Brother Tadpole which
premiered on March 28th, 2009 at Discovery Green Houston, Texas.
BROTHER TADPOLE is a story about friendship and love, ending with a positive resolution of conflict between friends. Mary and Jack (amigos) are always quarreling. Why can't they just get along?!! They come to the magical land inhabited by Cyclops, cute little bunnies and other strange creatures. They become friends with the popular Cyclops Hans and his friend, Brother Tadpole. Jack falls in love with the goddess Dama, but she is out of reach. Mary and Jack become better friends to each other. They learn how to live in peace like the two fun loving Cyclops. It's all good in the land of Balvaria. Peace, love and joy amigos!
Brother Tadpole Coloring Book.....Illustrations by Loreta
Kovacic
Mary played by Eleanor Faraguna and Jack played by Haydn Pugh
stars in Brother Tadpole.
Magical fairies dance around
Bunnies hopping with Mary
Brother Tadpole Coloring Book.....Illustrations by Loreta
Kovacic
Magical fairies dance around
A couple of fairies in Brother Tadpole
A couple of bunnies in Brother Tadpole
Magical fairies dance around
Dancing magical fairy
Brother Tadpole Coloring Book.....Illustrations by Loreta
Kovacic
Brother Tadpole cows
Brother Tadpole cow. What a talented cow!
Brother Tadpole cows: such hardworking cows!
Mary and a hardworking cow.
Brother Tadpole cows: such hardworking cows!
Brother Tadpole cows: such hardworking cows!
MARY
Another talented cow!
Quentin Key-Tello on the keyboards. What a talented cow!
What a hardworking cow!
(L-R) The two Cyclops friends HANS played by Thad Pugh and
BROTHER TADPOLE played by Joe Parani.
A magical fairy.
BROTHER TADPOLE
BROTHER TADPOLE
BROTHER TADPOLE
Cyclops HANS played by Thad Pugh
Mary and Jack are always fighting.
Cyclops HANS can't understand why Mary and Jack are always
fighting.
Cyclops HANS tries to stop Mary and Jack from fighting.
A talented pianist of Brother Tadpole
Mary and Jack stop their daily quarrels to watch Hans' puppet
show.
Mary and Jack stop their daily quarrels to watch Hans' puppet
show.
Mary and Jack stop their daily quarrels to watch Hans' puppet
show.
Mary and Jack stop their daily quarrels and join in Hans' puppet
show.
Magical Tree played by Cheryl Pugh and fairies.
Goddess Dama (played by Aransas Haley) is greatly adored by all
creatures of the Grand Balvaria.
Hans and Brother Tadpole both like music. They speak about
peace in their songs.
Jack is a good ART GUY. He leads the group in the creative
art project. Together they enjoy making a beautiful art piece.
What a beautiful art piece!
What a beautiful art piece!
Magical Tree played by Cheryl Pugh and the Balvarian mythical
peasant creature played by Anna Eastman.
Magical Tree played by Cheryl Pugh
Who ever said cows are lazy? Eli Key-Tello plays the
hardworking cow of Balvaria in Brother Tadpole.
The goddess played by Aransas Haley and Mary played by Eleanor
Faraguna in the musical Brother Tadpole.
The cast of the musical Brother Tadpole in Discovery Green,
Houston Texas.
The cast of the musical Brother Tadpole in Discovery Green,
Houston Texas.
Hans, Brother Tadpole and everyone get together for a feast.
Uh-oh. What is this? Does Jack have a pie in his
hand? What is Jack thinking? Is he still fighting with his friend
Mary?
Oh No he didn't!!!
Oh No......but it looks like Mary got him back.
Why can't they just get along??!!!
Brother Tadpole and the goddess try to tell them to start
thinking about the most precious thing in their life.
Jack, Mary and their friends in Balvaria conclude that the
three most important things in their lives are peace, love and joy.
Amigos, today is a brand new day and trouble is gone away......
The cast of BROTHER TADPOLE do the Cyclops Dance as an
audience member joins in.
The cast of BROTHER TADPOLE.
The cast of BROTHER TADPOLE.
A modern-day children's Mozart, the super talented Houstonian from
Croatia and brilliant BROTHER TADPOLE creator LORETA KOVACIC
LORETA KOVACIC composes fun yet artistically meaningful music for children. She knows how to spark their imagination with music, lyrics and drawings. Dr. Kovacic believes that children relate better to the combination of visual and musical arts rather than to each one individually. Her experience as a pedagogue and children's composer is extensive.
The Brother Tadpole premiere was held at DISCOVERY GREEN, the new free park offered by the City of Houston. DISCOVERY GREEN was the vision of Mayor Bill White and is a $122 million project that opened on April 13, 2008. Visit DISCOVERY GREEN at www.DiscoveryGreen.com.
Discovery Green in Houston, Texas. Boardwalk facing the
George R. Brown Convention Center.
Discovery Green in Houston, Texas.
Discovery Green stage in Houston, Texas.
A view of the buildings surrounding Discovery Green Houston,
Texas.
Discovery Green is a $122 million project that opened on April
13th, 2008.
Discovery Green in Houston, Texas. Boardwalk facing the
George R. Brown Convention Center.
The Hilton Americas in downtown Houston, view from the Discovery Green Houston, Texas.
Discovery Green in Houston, Texas. The Hip2BFit Fun Club
for children and family were warming everyone up before the show.
Discovery Green is a free park offered by the City of Houston
and was the vision of mayor Bill White.