Smarties, the Children’s Theatre of Charlotte newest production, the world premiere of Grace for President, is coming to town. The timing couldn’t be any more perfect with the upcoming presidential election. If you ever wanted to teach your children about the Electoral College, government, democracy…. This is for you! 
Check out these book reviews…
“DiPucchio and Pham are game gals. Explaining the electoral system to adults isn’t easy, but they made it understandable to kids.”
-Booklist
“…the book delivers lessons on electoral votes, polls and the reason every vote counts.”
-New York Times
If these are the book reviews, can you imagine how amazing the CTC’s performance is going to be? They are masterful on bringing stories to life. I am super excited!
Smarty Giveaway: Four (4) tickets to ‘Grace for President’
“”Where are all the girls?”
This is the question Grace Campbell asked her teacher as she was hanging a poster of the American Presidents on the wall.
“No Girls…Who’d ever heard of such a thing…I want to run for president,” responded Grace.
Little smarties, do you have what it takes to run for President? “In the name of Democracy,” we invite all of you (boy & girls), to join our Smarty contest/giveaway. Winning this contest isn’t going to be easy. Please ask your li’l Smarty one of the three following questions and leave his or her answer here in the comments section below:
1.) What would be your campaign slogan?
2.) What qualities make you a good leader?
3.) What issues are important to you?
For an extra vote, create a campaign poster or submit a photo of you volunteering, recycling, helping others, being SMARTY, etc…and post it on social media using the hashtag #graceforpresident #charlottesmartypantselection and tag us @charlottesmartypants.
Good luck, little smarties. We will pick a winner on Thursday, October 20th.
Grace for President
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
October 21- November 6
Wells Fargo Playhouse
*Recommended for ages 6 and older.
For more information and to order tickets, go to CTC’s website www.ctcharlotte.org
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Question 3:
There are a couple important issues that I would like to see addressed. Girls should not be judged by the way they look and feel pressure to always look pretty. People should treat poor people with more respect and help them earn money.
– Jane DiSciullo, age 10
My son says that the qualities that would make him a good leader are that he is smart, kind, and cares for other people.
My daughter is 4 so the questions were a bit beyond her years. I started explaining what a president was and she asked to see pictures of what a president looks like. So I went to google and showed her Obama, George Washington, Abe Lincoln, etc. Her first response without any pushing/leading was “WHERE ARE THE GIRLS?” We’d love to see this play!
“Pancakes all day every” if you vote for me!
I’m smart and a good big sister
Everyone needs to be nice. Love everybody. And no hitting each other.
“Ice cream and cookies for everyone who votes for me”
My daughters said leaders need to be trustworthy and kind. Amen to that!