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The Castle Dance Project

What do children love to do that’s good for their bodies and builds their brains? Dance & Pretend!

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The Castle Dance Project

The Castle Dance Project

The Castle Dance Project

The Castle Dance Project

The Castle Dance Project

What do children love to do that’s good for their bodies and builds their brains? Dance & Pretend!

What do children love to do that’s good for their bodies and builds their brains? Dance & Pretend!

What do children love to do that’s good for their bodies and builds their brains? Dance & Pretend!

What do children love to do that’s good for their bodies and builds their brains? Dance & Pretend!

Jory Aronson
Jory Aronson
Jory Aronson
Jory Aronson
1 Campaign |
Portland, United States
$7,142 USD by 138 backers
$7,142 USD by 138 backers on Nov 5, 2015

Short Summary

GREETINGS! 

A few years ago, Sharon Thormahlen (a harpist) gave Jory Aronson a CD of her original harp pieces. Jory began to play it for the children in her preschool classroom and they quickly selected dress-up clothes and started to dance. It was magical! Ever since, Sharon and Jory have been collaborating to bring this remarkable project to life. With your help, we’d love to make it available to a wide audience of children, parents, grandparents, and teachers.

Castle Dance pairs a CD of original and traditional music for young children with an enchanting picture book. The unfolding story and delightful tunes inspire movement, creativity, and joy! Children dance to short musical pieces as they listen to, read, and/or act out a tale that connects all the tunes together.

Our project aims to make the Castle Dance music-and-storybook widely available to anyone who has or works with young children.

About The Castle Dance Project

Castle Dance tells the story of an ancient kingdom celebrating a joyous event. There's a conflict with a neighboring kingdom that leads to a delightful opportunity to dance and ultimately, to share. It features your children as a cast of prancing ponies, dancing cats, queens, kings, princesses, princes, jesters, and more. Children love to play make-believe and express themselves with their bodies. Like the classic “Peter and the Wolf”, Castle Dance captures and ignites children’s imaginations.

This project creates a new and treasured tool for parents, grandparents, teachers, and others. Castle Dance is that rare activity that lets children be their most energetic selves: solo, or in small or large groups. 

The music features Sharon Thormahlen on harp and Jory Aronson on mandolin, with guest musicians featured on specific tunes. Children are exposed to an array of musical styles and moods.

Our History 

Connecting young children to music is a longtime passion of Jory’s. As a certified master trainer of teachers and a professional children's musician, she teaches early childhood educators how children’s development is enhanced and strengthened by actively using their bodies and their senses. Studies show that music is one of the best ways to promote this. Castle Dance sets an effective ‘stage’ for children to do what they naturally love to do: learn through connecting music, movement, stories, and fun. Help us spread the joy and benefits of this far and wide!


What We Have

 Stage I of this project is complete: The tunes and the story are written, Beta-tested, and ready to go.  We have original artwork in the works, which will form the basis for the storybook. Our web site and other social media basics are in place. 

What We Need

We need your contributions ($6,500 total) for the next two stages of the Castle Dance project. Stage II (final development) and Stage III (production and initial distribution)

·  We have an experienced sound engineer ready to record us. We’ll professionally mix and master the album.

·  We have a talented graphic artist ready to expand the original art into a prototype for the full 34-page storybook.

·  We will duplicate a limited run of the CD and are poised for the book printing.

·  We are ready to send promotional copies to an extensive network of educators, distributors, and others.

·  We have social media and web experts ready to help us spread the word about Castle Dance.

We hope you will share our excitement for Castle Dance! You can help us make this project a reality with your contribution.

Financial Contributions

The support we generate through this site will be crucial to making this project take off. We have so many of the pieces in place, but now we are turning to our friends for help in getting the final steps done and getting Castle Dance into the hands of children, parents, and teachers.

Please take a look at our 'perks' and consider making a donation.

Besides your financial contribution 

Help us by shouting out and sharing our Indiegogo Campaign with your Facebook friends, e-mail contacts, Twitter stream, and more! 

If you have mailing lists, do send our info out on them. Use the easy Indiegogo 'share tools'. 

Please 'like' our Castle Dance Album Facebook page; https://www.facebook.com/Castle-Dance-464130563746538/timeline/

You're absolutely essential to getting the ball rolling!

We thank you with all our heart.

Our Backgrounds

Sharon has produced 14 books of her original harp music, is a harp teacher, a therapeutic musician, and a performer. She and her husband Dave travel extensively, performing concerts and teaching at harp conferences www.thorharp.comSharon taught at Head Start for 17 years and has an Early Childhood Associate’s Degree.

Jory is an early childhood educator, children's musician, and a certified master teacher trainer. She created and operated a music-and-art based childcare program in Portland, Oregon for ten years, as well as teaching in many arenas of early childhood education.  Jory has toured the country presenting concerts and teacher trainings, and has recorded several children's music albums of original music, (two are now available on CD Baby). 

Thank you for looking at our project. We welcome your questions and comments. Contact Jory through www.jorysings.com 







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8x10" Poster

$15 USD
Poster of the delightful Castle Dance Book Cover by Jan Reed.
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3 CDs

$25 USD
Get all three CD's; Groovin' In The Garden, Dessert First, (both swing music from the Swingbeans), AND 'Jory's Explore-A-Rama', (Jory and The String Beans) (that's 3 burned CD's of rare 'vintage' music). We'll throw in free shipping and handling.
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CD and Book, 'Castle Dance'

$30 USD
The finished Castle Dance Storybook & CD for your family, classroom, or to give as a gift.
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Live From the Harp Shop

$30 USD
This CD is Dave and Sharon Thormahlen playing harp, guitar, mandolin and banjo. All instruments that Dave built (except the banjo) and many songs written by Sharon along with some Irish, some latin. Check it out at the link below. http://www.thorharp.com/pages/LiveFromtheHarpShop.htm
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Beginning Harp Book & CD/Book

$50 USD
Sharon Thormahlen's Harp Book for beginning harp players, plus Castle Dance Storybook & CD.
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3 CDs and Castle Dance Set

$50 USD
Get all three CD's; Groovin' In The Garden, Dessert First, (both swing music from the Swingbeans), AND 'Jory's Explore-A-Rama', (Jory & The String Beans) (that's 3 burned CD's of rare 'vintage' music) We'll throw in free shipping and handling.
4 claimed

Two Harp Books & CD/Book

$75 USD
Two different Harp Music Books of your choice, plus Castle Dance Storybook and CD.
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3 Harp Music Books & Book/CD

$100 USD
Three different Sharon Thormahlen Harp Music Books of your choice, plus a Castle Dance Storybook & CD.
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2 Harp Lessons & CD/Book

$125 USD
Two harp lessons with Sharon Thormahlen, (at her home in Corvallis, Oregon), plus a Castle Dance Book and CD.
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2 harp lessons, Books, Book/CD

$200 USD
Two harp lessons with Sharon Thormahlen, (at her home in Corvallis, OR), two harp books, and one Castle Dance Storybook and CD
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Children's Concert With Jory

$300 USD
Children's House Concert with Jory Aronson, in your home, (within 40 miles of Portland, OR), plus one Castle Dance Storybook and CD.
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7 Harp Books & Book/CD

$300 USD
The complete collection (7), of Sharon Thormahlen's Harp Music Books, plus one Castle Dance Storybook and CD.
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House Concert & Book/CD

$500 USD
House concert around Corvallis or Portland area, with Sharon and Dave Thormahlen; harp, guitar, mandola....plus one Castle Dance Storybook and CD.
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House Concert & Book/CD

$500 USD
House Concert with Sharon and Jory playing music from Castle Dance, from Vancouver, WA to Eugene, OR, along the I-5 corridor, plus one Castle Dance Storybook and CD.
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