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Musicians Brian and Terri Kinder helped Concordia Parish Library kick off its 2025 Summer Reading Program on Tuesday. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Left, musician Brian Kinder protests after being sprayed by the skunk held by Terri Kinder during the Concordia Parish Library Summer Reading Program. Right, Paris Rosenthal ducks while getting sprayed by the skunk plushie in the Summer Reading Program at the Vidalia Library. It was just water.(Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Children raise their hands and sing along to the Summer Reading Program with Brian and Terri Kinder at the Concordia Parish Library — Vidalia branch. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Left, Brian Kinder plays his guitar. Walt and Katherine Dawkins, Lily and Dunkan Gable and Harmonee Walker sit on the front row during the musical program at the Vidalia Library, pretending to sing underwater. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Brian Kinder tosses a fish plushie into the audience during a fishing song. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Children sing and tap their legs to the beat of the music in the Concordia Parish Library Summer Reading Program on Tuesday. Musicians Brian and Terri Kinder sing a fishing song with a pretend fishing pole. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Harmonee Walker gets a kiss from Brian Kinder’s bird nest finger puppet. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Walt and Katherine Dawkins from Birmingham, Alabama, visit the Concordia Parish Library Summer Reading Program on Tuesday at the Vidalia library branch. Musicians Brian and Terri Kinder use puppets to tell a story in song about why a robin builds a nest. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Siblings Lily and Dunkan Gable give each other side hugs during a song about friendship and love at the Concordia Parish Library Summer Reading Program on Tuesday. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Children participate in the Concordia Parish Library Summer Reading Program on Tuesday by keeping a giant globe in the air.(Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

CONCORDIA PARISH, La. — Musicians Brian and Terri Kinder helped Concordia Parish Library kick off its 2025 Summer Reading Program on Tuesday, sponsored by Concordia Band & Trust.

The Kinders sang and invited area children to sing along to songs accompanied by puppets, stuffed animals and other props.

Here is the list of more upcoming shows in Vidalia, Ferriday and Monterey this summer.

Storyteller Sylvia Davis will be at the Ferriday library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Vidalia library at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 5.

The Dinosaur Experience, with Martin Wilmott and Family, will be at 10:15 a.m. at the Vidalia library and at 2 p.m. at the Ferriday library on Tuesday, June 10.

Chatty the Mime, featuring mime, magic and juggling – will be at the Ferriday library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Vidalia Library at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 12.

Harvey Rabbit, a music variety show, will be at the Vidalia library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Ferriday library at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17.

Dorian LaChance, a magical storyteller, will be at the Ferriday Library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Vidalia Library at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 19.

Wink Danenberg, a juggler, will be at the Vidalia library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Ferriday library at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24.

Terrance Morgan, hip-hop artist, will be at the Ferriday Library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Vidalia Library at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 26.

LSU AgCenter Summer Event will be at the Concordia Bank in Monterey at 10:15 a.m. on Monday, June 30; at the Vidalia Library at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1, and at the Ferriday Library at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 3.

Rick Hessler, balloon artist, will be at the Vidalia library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Ferriday Library at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8.

The live alligator man, Gabe Giffin, will be at the Ferriday Library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Vidalia Library at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 10.

Steve’s Snaketuary, snakeman, will be at the Ferriday Library at 10:15 a.m. and at the Vidalia Library at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 17.

These Summer Reading Guests are co-sponsored by the Concordia Bank & Trust Co. and Concordia Parish Library. All programs are free and open to the public.

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