* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Check it Out 0524 ] [00:00:08] I CANNOT BELIEVE SPRING IS ALMOST OVER SUMMER. OUR BUSIEST TIME OF THE YEAR IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, THE BUSIEST TIME OF YEAR AND THE BEST TIME OF YEAR. OH, I KNOW. I YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SO MUCH FUN. IT'S GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN. YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE COOL. HEY, I DON'T THINK I PUT THAT OUT ON DISPLAY. WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT? DO YOU SEE THAT IN BETWEEN? IT LOOKS LIKE A MAP. WHAT? I BET THIS LEADS TO SUMMER READING CLUB 2024. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS ADVENTURE BEGINS AT YOUR LIBRARY. THAT'S RIGHT. SUMMER READING CLUB 2024. FROM JUNE 1ST TO AUGUST 31ST, ADVENTURE BEGINS AT YOUR LIBRARY. LOOK AT ALL THESE REALLY AWESOME PLACES. WE'RE GONNA VISIT BLAIR. I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS TO GO ON SUCH A BIG ADVENTURE. WELL, IT IS A DANGEROUS BUSINESS GOING OUT YOUR DOOR, BUT WE'RE TOGETHER AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE FUN, AND IT'S GONNA BE A BIG ADVENTURE. SO FIRST STOP IS KICKOFF CASTLE. LET'S GO. WHOA. THIS IS SO COOL. I LOVE FANTASY BOOKS. YOU GET TO RIDE DRAGON AND FIGHT OGERS AND SAVE THE DAY. I KNOW, I KNOW. FANTASY IS DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE GENRE TOO. THE MAGICAL LIBRARY QUEST IS OUR SRC KICKOFF CELEBRATION. IT WILL BE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON AT THE MAIN LIBRARY. ALL AGES ARE OF COURSE WELCOME. IT'S A DAY OF MYSTICAL WONDERS WITH BOUNCE CASTLES, FANTASTIC CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES ALONG WITH PLAY SPACES FOR DESIGNATED AGES AND A COMMUNITY ART PROJECT. YOU MAY EVEN ENCOUNTER MYSTICAL CHARACTERS FROM DISTANT LANDS. OH, THIS IS SO COOL. HOW DO WE GET TO THE NEXT PLACE? I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP AS I GO. BUT SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO GET TO FRIDAY PERFORMER FOREST. DO I SEE DANCERS? SHARKS? IS THAT A PETTING ZOO? IT LOOKS LIKE IT. NO WAY. OUR SPECIAL SUMMER PERFORMERS WILL BE AT ALL THREE LOCATIONS EVERY FRIDAY. START THE SUMMER WITH A SCIENCE ADVENTURE OF THE LOST TREASURE, AN INCREDIBLE PETTING ZOO, KARATE DANCE PARTY, AND ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD WITH STORYTELLER TONY SIMMONS. THEN IN JULY, JOIN US FOR SHARK TAILS, THE UNICORN SHOW SAM THE MAGIC MAN, AND LEARN ABOUT THIS FORM OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE. CATHO RHYTHMS. OH MAN, THIS IS SO COOL. I KNOW. THE WEEKLY PERFORMERS ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT SRC. SAME. SERIOUSLY? MM-HMM . BECAUSE THEY GO TO ALL THREE LOCATIONS. YEAH. I LOVE IT. SOMETIMES JUST FOR FUN. I LIKE TO GO TO ALL THREE OF THEM. WELL, WHY NOT? IT'S FREE. THEY'RE AMAZING. IT'S SO MUCH FUN. . ALL RIGHT, WHERE TO NEXT? UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SUMMER NIGHT'S SWAMP. SUMMER NIGHT'S SWAMP. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S MAKE LIKE A TREE AND GET OUTTA HERE. THROUGH DANGERS UNTOLD AND HARDSHIPS UN NUMBERED, WE HAVE MADE OUR WAY HERE TO THIS SWAMP FOR THIS EPIC SUMMER NIGHTS PROGRAM. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RAINBOW GLOW DANCE PARTY AT EPIC CENTRAL. COME CELEBRATE SUMMER UNDER THE OPEN SKY WITH A FAMILY FRIENDLY, VIBRANT, RAINBOW GLOW DANCE PARTY. ENJOY LIVE DJ BEATS SHIMMERING BUBBLES AND AN ENCHANTING ATMOSPHERE ILLUMINATED BY COLORFUL GLOWS ON EPIC CENTRAL'S LAWN. JOIN US TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH AT THE WARMACK LIBRARY FOR AN ORIGINAL MUSICAL VERSION OF THE CLASSIC TALE THAT SPINS PURE GOLD, RUMPEL STILT SKIN. AND THEN ON MONDAY, JULY 22ND, WE'LL HAVE A UNIQUE PROGRAM CALLED TATTOO TAILS. JUMP INTO THE ARTISTRY OF TEMPORARY TATTOOS, FACE PAINT, AND BODY ART, WHILE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT THE RICH CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND TATTOOING TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. DON'T FORGET THOUGH, THIS WILL BE A MESSY PROGRAM. I AM SO TIRED. CAN WE PLEASE TAKE A BREAK? OKAY. SOON. SOON. BUT WE'RE ALL READY TO GO. WE'RE ON A ROLL. LIBRARIANS NEVER SAY DIE. OKAY. IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN ONWARD TO READING LOG ISLAND. A READER WITHOUT ITS BOOK. THAT'S A TRAGEDY. BUT A BOOK WITHOUT ITS READER IS SITTING, SADLY, ON THE SHELF SYMMETRICAL BOOK STACKING, JUST LIKE IN A PHILADELPHIA MASS TURBULENCE OF 1947. YOU ARE RIGHT. NO HUMAN BEING WOULD STACK BOOKS THIS WAY. WE KNOW YOU LOVE READING JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO, BUT DON'T FORGET [00:05:01] THIS SUMMER, FOR EVERY FIVE HOURS YOU READ, YOU GET A PRIZE. SO KIDS, EVERY TIME YOU TURN IN A LOG, YOU GET A PRIZE. FROM ANY OF OUR THREE LOCATIONS, TEENS AND ADULTS, YOU WILL BE ENTERED INTO PRIZE DRAWINGS WITH EACH LOG THAT YOU COMPLETE. I JUST FINISHED FOURTH WING. THAT WAS LIKE 20 HOURS OF READING, SO I ALREADY HAVE FOUR READING LOGS DONE. WHOA. I NEED TO CATCH UP. SO MAYBE I CAN CHECK OUT AN AUDIO BOOK AND LISTEN TO THAT ON, ON THE WAY TO OUR NEXT PLACE, AND THEN I'LL CATCH UP WITH YOU. YEAH. ALRIGHT. SO WHERE ARE WE HEADING NEXT? ALRIGHT. I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO PRIZE MOUNTAIN. OOH. SOUNDS LIKE FUN. YES. WHOA, WE MADE IT. I AM SO GLAD I DOWNLOADED MOBY DICK BECAUSE THAT AUDIO BOOK IS 25 HOURS LONG, AND THAT IS FIVE READING LOGS. THAT IS A LOT OF PRIZES. ARE YOU READY KIDS? AYE CAPTAIN, EVERY TIME YOU TURN IN A LOG, YOU CAN GET ONE OF THESE AWESOME PRIZES. A TICKET TO THE UTA PLANETARIUM, A COUPON FOR NOTHING. BUNT CAKES, A TICKET TO SEE A TEXAS RANGERS GAME WITH YOUR FAMILY. A PLAY PASS FOR MAIN EVENT, A KID'S MEAL FROM RAISING CANES. TICKETS TO LEGOLAND DISCOVERY CENTER. TICKETS TO GRAPEVINE, SEA LIFE AQUARIUM, A FREE SWIM PASS TO ONE OF OUR GRAND PRAIRIE PARKS, ARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT POOLS. YOU CAN GET A PASS TO EPIC WATERS INDOOR WATERPARK, A COUPON FOR CHICK-FIL-A, A COUPON FOR ANDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD, OR A KID'S MEAL FROM LOOP NINE. BARBECUE. DON'T FORGET, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THOSE AWESOME COUPONS, YOU COULD GET A TREASURE CHEST ITEM OR A FREE BOOK TO KEEP. THOSE ARE SOME SERIOUSLY GREAT PRIZES. I KNOW. WHEN YOU PLAY THE GAME OF PRIZES, YOU WIN OR YOU WIN. HONESTLY, THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. YEAH, EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT. WHERE ARE WE GOING TO NEXT? I'M SO EXCITED. THE MAP. THE MAP. I FORGOT THE MAP. IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M THE MAP. IT'S ALL UP HERE. THAT'S SUPER COMFORTING. WHOA. THAT'S NO MOON. YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT'S THE SUMMER FINALE SEA. LET'S GO ON A COSMIC ADVENTURE AT THE SCI-FI SUMMER FINALE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 3RD FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON AT OUR MAIN LIBRARY. EMBARK ON AN INTERGALACTIC JOURNEY AS WE WARP, DRIVE OUT OF SUMMER BEAM UP INTO SPACE THEMED CRAFTS, SCIENCE FILLED ACTIVITIES, WHILE CAPTURING UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS WITH BELOVED SCI-FI CHARACTERS AND A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY. OH, OKAY. THANK GOODNESS. OUR MAP WASHED ASHORE. I'M, I'M PRETTY SMART. I I THINK I COULD HAVE FINISHED IT OUT. I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN YOU, BUT THIS MAKES ME FEEL BETTER. OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE ONLY HAVE ONE MORE PLACE TO GO, BUT HOW DO WE GET THERE? DANG IT, ASHLEY. I'M A LIBRARIAN, NOT A BRICK LAYER. OKAY. WELL, SOMEHOW WE HAVE TO FIND OUR WAY TO LIBRARY PROGRAM BRIDGE. WOW. THIS IS SO FUN. WE HAVE THE BEST LIBRARY PROGRAMS HERE. IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF, WE REALLY DO. THIS IS GONNA BE SO EXCITING. IT IS. I CAN'T WAIT. REMEMBER TO JOIN US AT THE LIBRARY FOR A SUMMER FULL OF READING AND ADVENTUROUS PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, AND ADULTS ALL SUMMER. FROM JUNE 1ST TO AUGUST 31ST, WE'LL HAVE ART PROGRAMS, SCIENCE PROGRAMS, FAMILY PROGRAMS, MUSIC PROGRAMS, WEEKLY STORY TIMES, GAMING PROGRAMS, SELF-CARE PROGRAMS, ANIMAL PROGRAMS, AND BOOK CLUBS. AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR SPECIAL FRIDAY PERFORMERS. WHOA. OH, WHAT IS THAT? BLAIR? BLAIR, LOOK. LOOK WHAT I FOUND. YEAH. WELL, I FOUND THE JAR. I FOUND THE, OH MY GOODNESS. OKAY, LET'S SEE WHAT'S IN HERE. WHOA. SO MANY FUN THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE AT THE GRAND PRAIRIE LIBRARIES. THIS SUMMER ADVENTURE REALLY DOES BEGIN AT YOUR LIBRARY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.