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Southland Opera is proud to present two Nutrition Education Assemblies, Indy Jo and the Pyramid of Food and Indy Jo and the Template of Health.

Both of these assemblies are:

A four-person musical theatre piece with live piano accompaniment, singing, set and costumes.
Highly interactive with the audience throughout the 40 minute presentation.
Appropriate for grades K-5.
Complimentary to the Network for a Healthy CA curriculum.
Helpful in emphasizing the importance of good nutrition in a fun and memorable way.

Both assemblies encourage the students to:

Make half of their grains whole grain.
Eat more fruits and vegetables of varying color, especially dark green leafy and orange.
Start their day by eating a healthy breakfast.

Be active every day and to know their pyramid by going to www.mypyramid.gov.

Indy Jo and the Pyramid of Food is:

A musical comedy adventure that pits Indy Jo against her nemesis, F.F. Greasy, and Mr. Greasy's assistant, Sugah, in an effort to solve the mystery of the ancient, scrambled Pyramid of Food. The audience helps Indy overcome many obstacles that stand in her way including F.F. Greasy, Sugah, the Bag of Couch Potatoes and the Lizard of Laziness. With the help of the audience, Indy finds the missing pyramid pieces, deciphers the riddles in each food group and finally solves the mystery of the ancient Pyramid of Food.

Adventure! Excitement! Songs! Laughs!
And learning about good eats! These shows have it all!

Southland Opera has prepared study materials for many of its ongoing productions and encourages teachers to use them to introduce their students to the music and stories of the operas.

Each set of study material is available in PDF (Acrobat Reader required), DOC (Word or similar word processing program required) and TXT formats for convenience:

Indy Jo and the Pyramid of Food - PDF

With the help of educators, Southland Opera is dedicated to reaching children and youth by presenting production on school campuses that are fresh, exciting, accessible and consistent with the standards of performing excellence.

Southland Opera worked with two gifted artists on Indy Jo and the Pyramid of Food:

Phil Lollar, Writer

Mr. Lollar has been involved in the creation, writing and production of dozens of kids’ audio/video series, including: Adventures in Odyssey; Jungle Jam and Friends; Little Dogs on the Prairie; Marvy and the RazzleFlabbinz; 3, 2, 1 Penguins; Threads; Paws & Tails; The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss and Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective. Two of those series have been credited with re-inventing the art of radio drama: the hit comedy Jungle Jam and Friends and Focus on the Family’s dramatic series Adventures in Odyssey (winner of the Golden Mike Award). Mr. Lollar co-created the Odyssey series and wrote and directed more than 250 episodes for the show.

As for video, Mr. Lollar is a co-creator and performer in Little Dogs on the Prairie (winner of the Film Advisory Board’s Award of Excellence), was a writer and consultant for the Nickelodeon/Jim Henson television series The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (twice nominated for the prestigious Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Series), and wrote, performed and co-produced Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective, the Internet’s first weekly animated series (winner of the Annie Award for Best New Technology Animated Series).

Eli Villanueva, Composer

Eli Villanueva began his professional career at age 11 and has since earned outstanding credentials as a performer, a stage director and a published composer. Mr. Villanueva’s compositions are praised for their appeal to audiences and performers alike. Music ranging from solo vocal to choral works to popular Handbell songs, can be found through publishing companies like Fred Bock Music and Laurendale Associates.

Mr. Villanueva has appeared internationally in leading baritone roles including Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Marcello and Schaunard in La Bohème, and Falke in Die Fledermaus with such noted companies as the San Francisco Opera Center, Los Angeles Opera, and for the Cultural Arts Festival in Cortona, Italy.

Presently, Mr. Villanueva is stage director for Los Angeles Opera’s acclaimed In-School Opera Outreach. As Resident Stage Director for OperaWorks, a nationally recognized opera training program, he teaches stage techniques and co-creates new works. He also has appeared as guest stage director for universities throughout Southern California.