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Hello, my name is Candido Bretto, and I’m the author of The Falling Star Repairman, published by Briley & Baxter Publications. Have you read it? No, well then you're missing out on a new original take on falling stars. Some say shooting stars, but I prefer the word falling, as in falling asleep. The Falling Star Repairman is a bedtime story your child will ask you to read over and over again. I loved reading bedtime stories to my little boy, Marcus. And I'd be honored to read The Falling Star Repairman for you.
If necessary I can bring two projectors. Projector #1 projects the book onto a screen. #2 provides twinkling stars overhead.
Reading, Q&A session, sign books, fun, lasts 40-45 min!
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Price Range: $200 - $300
Gig Length: 40 - 50 minutes
Languages: English
You get professional show right from the start with pro lighting and sound. Candido introduces himself. Next he asks the children questions about the moon and the stars. He then asks them if they have grandparents. The children answer questions about their grandparents.
Candido uses that conversation to seque into reading the book. The children follow along with the page turns projected on the screen.
After reading the story, the children get to ask Candido questions. Kids ask the darndest things.
Students may then purchase “The Falling Star Repairman” hardcover or paperback. They are $24.95 and $16.95 respectively plus MA state tax of 6.25%.
Parents of any child can bring their child up to Candido to meet him personally and watch as he signs their book.
Candido Bretto is the author of The Fallng Star Repairman children's book published by Briley & Baxter Publications LLC released August of 2022. A book inspired by a Marshfield Massachusetts local named Elmer Mendes of Duxbury, Massachusetts.
Candido began playing trumpet at St. Joseph School Holbrook, Massachusetts in the 4th grade, then switched to baritone horn in the 5th grade. When his family moved to Marshfield, MA he began public school where music was not part of the curriculum for 3 years so he lost interest in playing a brass instrument. In 9th grade he picked up the electric bass and he’s been playing it ever since.
After high school, he received a Certificate of Study from world renowned Berklee College of Music Boston. He taught music at the Woodward School for Girls Quincy, MA and was the Arts Specialist at Bay Farm Montessori Academy in Duxbury, MA.
He has played for the Governor of MA Charlie Baker, former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, Big Papi of the Boston Red Sox, Mark Wahlberg, Boston Bruin Bobby (link hidden)rough his music he’s helped organizations raise money for various causes including but not limited to, the Boston Police Foundation's fundraisers, the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester, Cape Cod’s Figawi Charity Ball and the Boston Children’s Hospital Fundraiser and the Max Warburg Curriculum, The Tolman MDA Telethon.
Candido appeared on Season 5 Episode 1 “Directing Drama” of A&E’s Wahlburgers reality show with Johnny Drama Alves in Drama’s band Johnny Drama and His Funky Entourage.
Since then he’s sung on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno stage, played electric bass with Grammy-winning artists such as Barry Goudreau and Sib Hashian (of the rock band Boston), Maurice Starr (NKOTB), Brad Paisley and Kenny Loggins, Mike Stone (Queensryche), Michael Goods (Aaron Neville), Trez Gregory (Brooks and Dunn) and Teddy Mathews (American Idol) and Michelle Brooks Thompson (The Voice).
Recently Candido performed in Naples, Florida for the Naples Winter Wine Festival at Campiello’s on 3rd Street. The Naples Children & Education Foundation, founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival has raised over $191 million for underprivileged and at-risk children in Collier County.
He currently lives in Marshfield, Massachusetts is the proud father of violin maker Marcus Bretto of Burlington, VT.
My performances are self-contained. I provide a high-quality Bose sound system. A well-lit stage approximately 20' x 20', a clean flat surface and electricity is all I need to make the show a complete success! If the music teachers at your school would like to involve their students, I am happy to provide the music and lyrics on request.
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood starring Fred Rogers, was a PBS television show for kids on the air for many years. Some folks have lovingly referred to me as “The Black Mr. Rogers.”
Storytime with Candido meets the Scope, Sequence, and Content of the Grades and Courses Pre K - Grade 4 as defined by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
A projector screen or white wall is needed to project the images onto.
A clean, flat, 20’ x 20’, dry space
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