Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts™
State College, Pennsylvania

July 10-13, 2008 ~ Children's Day is July 9, 2008

DAILY SCHEDULES:   Children's Day July 9   ~   July 10   ~   July 11   ~   July 12   ~   July 13

CHILDREN'S DAY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Schedule of Events: Wednesday, July 9
b = Button required for admittance

Academy of the Performing Arts
9:00 a.m.; Shell
The Academy of the Performing Arts is a devoted to the artistic development of the young child to adult. A small school that offers individual attention, the Academy of Performing Arts offers classes in ballet, creative movement, musical theater, piano, voice and choir.
Carol Pharo (814) 238-2361

Nittany Dreamers
11:00 a.m.; Shell

Children and Youth Day Sidewalk Sale
Sponsored by Penn State Federal Credit Union
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.; South Allen Street
Young people are bursting with energy-artistic and otherwise. The Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale is a fun way for boys and girls to express themselves visually. CPFA encourages young people to develop their artistic potential through personal expression in individually crafted, original objects. Artists ages 8 through 18, who live in or have relatives in Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin or Union Counties, are encouraged to participate. All work must be designed and produced by the entrant; work made from kits is not permitted.

Voice Students of Terri Dennis
11:00 a.m.; Allen
Voice students of Terri Dennis, aged from four to sixteen will perform Disney favorites, songs from Broadway shows, and other popular fare. Terri Dennis’s students perform at retirement communities, festivals, and other local venues. Singers will be accompanied by Desiree Dennis on keyboard and Emily Dennis on violin.
• Terri Dennis (814) 234-2034

National Marionette Theatre presents Peter and the Wolf
Sponsored by The Schreyer Foundation
b 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Schwab Auditorium
Each season the National Marionette Theatre tours extensively performing their award winning adult and family productions for festivals, theaters, colleges, universities and performing arts centers throughout the USA and Europe. So polished is their technique, so tasteful is their artistry that today the company is recognized as one of the finest in the world. The National Marionette Theatre will be presenting Peter and the Wolf, the classic children’s story written by Russian composter Sergei Prokofiev in 1936

Students of the Music Academy
12:30.; Allen

Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop
1 p.m.; Shell
Students will present a narrated demonstration of styles of dance and excerpts from their recent production, Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes. The Fraser Street Dancers will make a special appearance, and the Pennsylvania Dance Theater will present a work from their repertory.
• Jill A. Brighton, (814) 237-2666

Centre Dance Studio
2:30 p.m.; Shell
Centre Dance offers ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and hip hop to students age 3 and up at its State College studio. Students perform several times a year, including spring recitals and traditional Christmastime The Nutcracker. Centre Dance’s director, Nicole Swope, is a member of Dance Masters of America.THe Performance will also feature members of the Centre Dance competition team, Avid Dance Productions.
• Nicole Swope, (814) 238-8685

Centre County Outstanding Young Woman
2:30 p.m.; Allen

The 2008 Centre Daily Times Children & Youth Day Grand Procession
Sponsored by Centre Daily Times
4 p.m., beginning at Old Main Lawn
Distribution of procession pieces will begin at 3:15 p.m.
Our popular procession features an array of small, medium and giant sized puppets, masks, drums, and banners suitable for 400 “marchers”. The procession will travel on Allen Street from the Penn State Campus to the Central Parklet.
• Ed Stoddard, Puppet Master

Clowns-On-Call Birthday Celebration
11:00 a.m. Old Main Lawn
A birthday party? On Old Main Lawn? You betcha! Clowns-On-Call is celebrating its 20th birthday entertaining children and young of heart adults throughout central Pennsylvania. Please join us from 11:00 till noon on Old Main Lawn to help make our 20th anniversary with you a very special day.
• Esquire the Clown at 880-6625.

Dance Academy
4:30p.m.; Shell

CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

Central Parklet
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Art in the Parklet
Staff from Centre Region Parks and Recreation will get your creative juices flowing!

Face Painting Sponsored by Ameriserv
Mary Kay Beauty Consultants of Central Pennsylvania

The Learning Disabilities Association of Centre County helps children release their inner artist.

Old Main Lawn
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Face Painting Sponsored by Ameriserv

Art Alliance of Centre County
Centre County’s oldest cooperative art school will stir your creative juices.

The Nittany Chemical Society and the Penn State University Center for Nanoscale Science present Kids, Chemistry and Art!

Who knows what special guest may turn up when our local PBS affiliate WPSX-TV presents storytelling and crafts?

Penn State’s Center for Women Students encourages non-violent behavior though art.

Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State is the place to go for fun things to make!

Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center teaches about our local wild fauna.

4 H Puppy Raisers
Seeing-eye dogs go through a rigorous training process so that they can assist the sight impaired with mobility issues that many of us take for granted. 4-H members raise puppies that will one day assist the sight impaired as seeing-eye dogs.

Community Room, State College Borough Building
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sponsored by Kid to Kid
Join Hal and Natalie Hallock to make something festive to wear today in their Grand Procession hat workshop.

DAILY SCHEDULES:   Children's Day July 9   ~   July 10   ~   July 11   ~   July 12   ~   July 13

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