A big hit at birthday parties, The Great Zucchini has entertained children at the White House Easter Egg Roll and the National Zoo.  He bring his interactive  show, especially for the toddler-set, to both of the Washington, DC’s area Cinema & Drafthouses in Arlington and Montgomery.

The Great Zucchini’s magic tricks may not be all that amazing to an adult, but his interaction with his pre-school audience, making himself the brunt of every joke, is what makes children howl with laughter.

The Great Zucchini 
Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse
2903 Columbia Pike
Arlington, Virginia (map it)
and
Montgomery Cinema & Drafthouse
11006 Veirs Mill Road
Silver Spring, Maryland (map it)

Dates and Times 

• At the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse – Saturdays – January 10, 2009 at noon, February 14 at 11:00 a.m., March 14 at 11:00 a.m., and April 11 at 11:00 a.m.
• At the Montgomery Cinema & Drafthouse – Saturdays – all shows at 11:00 a.m. – Saturday Jan 24, 2009, February 28, March 28, and April 25.

Tickets – $8.00 and are available online.  These shows often sell out, so best to order tickets in advance.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Arlington Drafthouse – Pentagon City, Blue and Yellow lines, then a 1½ mile walk or cab ride. Montgomery Drafthouse – Wheaton – Red line, then a ¼ mile walk.

Parking – Arlington Drafthouse – Street and garage parking is available within a couple blocks of the theater.  Montgomery Drafthouse  – free parking at the Wheaton Plaza mall.

Images – Laughing child

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Post from: The DC Traveler

Four years later, WGN-TV in Chicago, broadcast a 3-minute holiday short, that brought Frosty the Snowman to life.

In 1969, a 30-minute television cartoon was broadcast and is today, an annual holiday classic.

Adventure Theater in suburban Glen Echo, Maryland bring to live the story of how the mischievous Frosty comes to life, thanks to a magical top het, and quickly becomes everyone’s favorite snowman.

Adventure Theatre
Glen Echo Park 
7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, MD 20812  (map it)

Dates and Times - December 5, 2008 through January 4, 2009.
Saturdays at 11:00 a.m., 1:30 and & 4:00 p.m., Sundays at 1:30, additional afternoon performances on December 26, 29, 30, and January 2 and 7:00 p.m evening performances on December 5, 16, 17, 18,19, and 23.

Tickets – Adults – $15.00, children 12 & under – $12.00 and are available online.  this is an all ages shop.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Bethesda – Red line, then a 3-mile taxi ride.

Parking – Free parking is available in the park’s lot at MacArthur Blvd and Oxford Road. The theater is a short 5-10 minute walk though the park.

CLICK READ MORE BELOW TO READ TO WORDS TO “FROSTY”

Image – Flickr – Frosty

Frosty the Snowman

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul,
With a corncob pipe and a button nose,
And two eyes made out of coal.

Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, they say,
He was made of snow but the children
know how he came to life one day.

There must have been some magic in that
Old silk hat they found.
For when they placed it on his head,
He began to dance around.

Oh, Frosty the snowman
Was alive as he could be,
And the children say he could laugh
And play just the same as you and me.

Thumpety thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.

Thumpety thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.

Frosty the snowman knew
The sun was hot that day,
So he said, ‘Let’s run and
we’ll have some fun
now before I melt away.’

Down to the village,
With a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all
Around the square saying,
Catch me if you can.

He led them down the streets of town
Right to the traffic cop.
And he only paused a moment when
He heard him holler ‘Stop!’

For Frosty the snowman
Had to hurry on his way,
But he waved goodbye saying,
‘Don’t you cry,
I’ll be back again some day.’

Thumpety thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.

Thumpety thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow. _________________________________________________

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