The Maryland Theatre caters to kids this weekend during a concert featuring a favorite children's television personality, stories set to music and a doll's dance.
The fourth annual "Stories in Music" family concert at the theater, 13 S. Potomac St. in Hagerstown, starts at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 6. During the hour-long show, Music Director Elizabeth Schulze will lead the Maryland Symphony Orchestra through its musical interpretation of "John Henry" and "Paul Bunyan." Emmy award-winning children's show host Bob Heck will narrate the stories, which were written by composer Robert Lichtenberger of Ellicott City, Md.
Heck has served as Maryland Public Television's energetic Bob the Vid Tech since 1992, imparting short educational lessons to kids in his trademark green jacket, purple shirt and snazzy ties as host of "MPT KidWorks." Heck, who often portrays multiple characters in the same scene, has won the Capital Region Emmy Award five times. The Baltimore resident has worked as a stand-up comic, impressionist, actor, emcee and musician in theater, film and television for more than 20 years.