"The British are coming" is a myth. Paul Revere didn't shout this warning during a midnight ride.
Roan Forest Elementary School students discovered this on the exact morning that the American Revoluation started 242 years earlier. The night before was the anniversay of Paul Revere's ride in which he is recorded as saying: "The Regulars are out."
Bill Perryman brought Revere to life as part of a 40-minute, multi-sensory presentation made possible by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts. A week earlier, Perryman brought his "History In Person" presentation to Encino Park Elementary School in which he portrayed Thomas Jefferson for one show, and Meriweather Lewis for the second show.
The llibrarians at both schools accessed the Texas Commission on the Arts website to apply for a grant that paid for half of the performance fees. Perryman targets his performances to various elementary grade levels, as well as laces his presentations with facts that connect to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.
Encino Park and Roan Forest joined Colonial Hills and Thousand Oaks elementary schools as recipients of the Arts Respond Performance Support, offered by the TCA, during the 2016-2017 academic year.
The TCA granted the following amounts to these four schools:
- $375 - Encino Park
- $825 - Roan Forest
- $300 - Colonial Hills
- $475 - Thousand Oaks
Visit the Grant Support page on this site for available grants.
Bill Perryman portrays explorer Meriwether Lewis
