It's fun to hear the little kids laugh

     Our library is in the middle of its Summer Reading Programs.  For the last three weeks, programs for the kids have been held on Tuesdays and Thursdays here in the Moultrie-Colquitt County Library.  The programs are being held on Wednesdays at the Doerun Municipal Library.
     But this past Tuesday night must have been an exception to a good time for all the kids who attended the Ron Anglin entertainment in the adult reading area of the library.  Our adult book club, "Novel Destinations," was meeting in the classroom adjacent to the Children's Library and we could hear the laughter through our closed door.  It made us want to go out there and see what all the laughter was about.
     So, out of curosity, I talked to Miss Norman, our Children's Librarian, this morning about all that fun and she gave me the low-down.
     There were about 50 attendees to see Ron Anglin, a magician, juggler and clown, known in the Atlanta area as "Dr. Tiny."  He is a bonafide member of Cirque du Soleil and often takes his act to the Atlanta hospitals to jolly-up the patients.
     Miss Norma said he is a true professional, performing silly slapstick stuff with an elegant pause that just cracks people up, even the little kids.
     Tuesday night he played around with magic tricks that he pulled from a diaper bag, a long piece of plastic that he used as a tourniquet, and "boomwackers," plastic tubes of different lengths that made different notes when they hit something.  On this particular night he played "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" on a little boy's head and the kids just ate it up.  They couldn't get enough of his entertainment.
     Miss Norma said that Ron was a helicopter pilot in the war and then became a high school teacher.  He was very proud to say that one of his students has also become a professional clown, and together they are planning on doing a two-man show.  How great that we can provide such professional entertainment to the patrons of our library.
     Of course, there are still more programs coming to the library for kids and their parents to enjoy.  But the group Tuesday night took a vote and decided that this Thursday morning at 10 a.m. they want "Movies on the Wall," and everyone will be entertained by Miss Norma's old movies.
     Why not bring the kids to the library auditorium tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. and watch the fun and hear the kids laugh.  It will just make your day.  That's a promise.