"Just
a quick note to let you know how much we all appreciated your great
talent!! We all had such a
wonderful Retreat and enjoyed
you very much, not only as a performer and workshop leader, but as a
great person with an "award winning" personality!! I want you
to know that I banged on tables all week-end!! Thanks again for sharing
your talents with us and being involved in the Department of Education’s
very first Retreat!"
Peggy Lancaster,
Centra Health Care DOE Lynchburgh,
VA
"Thank you for your
outstanding presentation to our office staff! You’ve inspired a lot of
creativity as well as an increased level of team work!"
Mitch Katz, Premiere
Financial Svcs, Woodbury,
CT
"Mark Shepard is doing
something no one else is doing and doing it magnificently."
David Amram
"Thank you so much for sharing your insights into the creative
process for us. Your multidisciplinary approach to learning and success
is refreshing and inspiring!"
Gene Moore, President
Pyramid Productions
Group, Inc., Mt. Kisco,
NY
"My sister in law raved after seeing you at the New England
Storytelling Conference for Teachers (at Keene State College, Keene,
NH). Your multi-disciplinary and creative approach to staff development
workshops would be ideal for my organization."
Paula Montesi, Millville, MA
"Research has already
validated the benefits of play and humor on learning, collaboration and
productivity. Mark Shepard uses multiple creative venues, pulls
them all together in an engaging, experiential package and leaves you
feeling energized and revitalized. His tactics are refreshingly
"outside of the box" - and they definitely bring about a burst
of fresh ideas and creativity."
Elizabeth Hall, Human Resources,
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Review from Peter Hawes:
Mark has
long been a friend and was even a musical collaborator for a
brief time in the early 1990s. He’s not only among the best
songwriters I know, he’s also possibly the fastest and most
prolific. Some people need roadies to carry the PA system; Mark
needs one to schlep his song notebooks. Over time he’s stepped
well beyond the typical singer-songwriter mold, combining fluid
guitar playing, imaginative hand percussion and an unmistakably
powerful (yet graceful) baritone singing and storytelling voice
into a very open and entertaining solo show. |
"The show and your talents far
exceeded what I thought I had booked for the presentation."
-Peggy Sheehan, PTO, Cultural Arts Committee, Bethlehem Elementary
School."
We received great feed back -
The parents loved it as much as the children! More than one expressed
the hope that we would have you return."
- Jean Poli, North Salem Free Library
"This is the second time you came
to Castleton Elementary School. We really liked seeing you the second
time because we think you were even better!"
- Mrs. Leggieri's Class
"I have your Breathing
Underwater CD. I played "Silkie"
about 40 times, wrote down the words, was near tears every time!
Wow! What a poignant DrumSongStory!"
"Just a note to thank you on behalf of the entire Lyme School
Community for an incredible day of drums, songs and stories! The
workshops and performance were outstanding! The staff surveys we
have received have been extremely positive, and I have heard reports of
many new instruments from kids who visited your website that
evening...Thanks again!"
- Linda Winzer, Lyme Consolidated
School PTO Cultural Committee
"Your visit to Naramake School
last week was wonderful. I bought one of your tapes and my kids
just love it. They listen to it every night at bed time they must know
every song or story by now, they are always singing the songs. We are
also trying to make some of the instruments. I just wanted to say
thank you and please keep up the good work." - Erica Hines, a
Naramake mom
"From the moment I walked
into the gym, to the moment I walked out, it was safe to say I, and the rest
of the school, were spellbound by the talent and enthusiasm of one amazing
man: Mark Shepard." - Matthew
Connolly, 7th Grader, Our Lady Of Mt. Carmel School
For
the entire review follow this Link.
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